Art. 1. "Kodan" within the meaning of this Ordinance is the Sempaku "Kodan" (Public Corporation) established under the Sempaku "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Law, the Petroleum Distribution "Kodan" (Public Corporation) established under the Petroleum Distribution "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Law, the Solid Fuel Distribution "Kodan" (Public Corporation) established under the Solid Fuel Distribution "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Law, the Industrial Reconstruction "Kodan (Public Corporation) established under the Industrial Reconstruction "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Law, the Foreign Trade "Kodan" (Public Corporation) established under the Foreign Trade "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Law and the Price Adjustment "Kodan" (Public Corporation) established under the Price Adjustment "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Law.

Art. 2. The registration of the establishment of "Kodan" (Public Corporation) shall be carried out at the seat of the main office within two weeks from the day on which the President or the Chief Director receives the transfer of the business concerning the establishment from the members of Establishment Committee or the business concerning the reorganization of Industrial Reconstruction Corporation from the members of Reorganization Committee. The registration of the establishment shall include following matters: 1. Objects and matters pertaining to the business; 2. Name; 3. Office; 4. Amount of fund; 5. Matters pertaining to officers; 6. Scope and limit of representative right, if it is given to Vice-President or Vice-Chief Director or other Directors; 7. Matters pertaining to accounting; 8. Method of making public notice. The "Kodan" (Public Corporation) shall register the particulars mentioned in the preceding paragraph at the seat of its branch offices within two weeks from the day on which the registration of the establishment was made.

Art. 3. In case any branch office is set up after the establishment of the "Kodan" (Public Corporation), the fact of setting up of the branch office shall be registered at the location of the main office within two weeks, while, at the place where the branch office is located, the registration according to paragraph 2 of the preceding Article shall be made within three weeks. Besides, at the place where another branch office is located, the fact of such establishment shall be registered within three weeks. In case a new branch office is established within the area under jurisdiction of a registration office which has jurisdiction over the main or branch office, it is only required to register the fact of the new establishment.

Art. 4. In case the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) moves its main office, the removal registration shall ,be made at the former location within two weeks, and the registration pursuant the paragraph 2 of Article 2 shall be made at the new location within three weeks. In case the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) moves its branch office, the removal registration shall be made at the former location within three weeks and the registration pursant to the same paragraph shall be made at the new location within four weeks. If the removal of office is effected within the jurisdiction district of one and the same registration office, the registration of the fact of removal shall be sufficient.

Art. 5. In case any change occurs in the matters mentioned in paragraph 2 of Art. 2, the alteration registration shall be made within two weeks at the location of the main office and within three weeks at the location of the branch office, respectively.

Art. 6. When the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) has appointed any proxy who is authorized to Conduct the whole judicial or non-judicial actions concerning the matters of the main or branch offices, the name and address of the proxy, the office appointed the proxy, and the restriction, if any, upon the right of representation of the proxy shall be registered within two weeks at the place where the appointment was made. The same shall also apply in case the matters registered change or the right of representation eliminates.

Art. 7. If the particulars to be registered are subject to the approval of the Government Office, the period of registration shall be counted from the date on which such approval is obtained.

Art. 8. Matters that have been registered shall be notified to the public by the judicial court without delay.

Art. 9. The local court which has jurisdiction over the area where the office of the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) is located shall be the registration office of the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) Each Registration office shall keep the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) registration book.

Art. 10. The registration of establishment of the "Kodan" (Public Corporation) shall be effected upon the application by all the officers of the "Kodan" (Public Corporation), while other registrations shall be effected upon the application by the President or the Chief Director.

Art. 11. The application for the registration of establishment shall be accompanied by the Articles of Incorporation, the documents certifying that the fund has been paid up and the documents showing the qualification of the officers.

Art. 12. The application for the registration of appointment of a proxy mentioned in Article 6 shall be accompanied by the documents certifying the appointment of such proxy and also the documents showing the scope of the limit, if the right of deputation for the proxy has been limited.

Art. 13. The application for the registration of the new establishment or the removal of offices or any other alteration of the matters mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 2 shall be accompanied by the documents showing the fact of such establishment of offices or the alteration of the registered matters.

Art. 14. The provisions of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the registration of alteration of the matters registered in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 and the registration of the lapse of the right of deputation for the proxy.

Art. 15. The provisions of Article 142 to Article 151-(6) inclusive and Article 154 to Article 157 of the Non-litigent Case Procedural Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the registration in accordance with this Imperial Ordinance.