Article 8-(10). The state or those who are entitled to receive medical care, etc. under this Law may request delivery of certificates, free of charge, within the extent deemed necessary, from the State, mayor or headman of city, town or village (the cities referred to in Article 155, Paragraph 2 of the Local Autonomy Law (Law No.67 of 1947);headman of a ward in the area where special wards are established within Tokyo Metropolis or from their duly authorized representatives.