Article 1. The Notary Law (Law No.53 of 1908) shall be partially amended as follows:
"The District Court," "the President of the District Court," "the District Court to which he belongs" and "the President of the District Court to which he belongs" shall be amended as "the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau," "the Chief of Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau," "the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau to which he belongs" and "the Chief of Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau to which he belongs" respectively.
In Art.7 par.3, "an Imperial Ordinance" shall be amended as "a Cabinet Order."
Art.8 shall be amended as follows:
Article 8. In cases where there exists no notary in the district under jurisdiction of a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau or its Branch Bureau, or the notary is unable to perform his duties, the Attorney General may have a secretary of the Attorney-General's Office in the service of such Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau or its Branch Bureau perform the duties of notary within the district under its jurisdiction.
In Art.9, "judge or court clerk who disposes of the duties" shall be amended as "a secretary of the Attorney-General's Office who performs the duties"
The proviso to Art.10 par.1 shall be deleted, and par.2 of the same Article shall be amended as follows:
The number of the notaries who belong to each Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau shall be fixed by the Attorney-General as regards respective district under jurisdiction of Legal Affairs Bureau District Legal Affairs Bureau or its Branch Bureau.
Art.13 shall be amended as follows:
Article 13. Any person who possesses the qualification to be a judge (exclusive of judge of Summary Court), public procurator (exclusive of assistant public procurator) or lawyer may be appointed a notary without examination or practice.
Following one Article shall be added next to Article 13:
Article 13-(2). The Attorney-General may appoint any person who, having engaged is the legal affairs, has the learning and experience necessary for performing the duties of notary and has been selected by the Notary Examination Committee, to be a notary. This shall be applicable only in cases provided for in Art.8.
In Art.14 item (4), "Persons who have been dismissed by means of disciplinary punishment" shall be amended as "Persons who have been sentenced to dismissal, discharged from governmental or public service by means of disciplinary punishment," and "were dismissed" shall be amended as "were dismissed, discharged from governmental or public service."
Art.15 par.1 item (3) shall be item (4) and following one item shall be added next to item (2). In the same Article par.2, "item (3)" shall be "item (4)" and "the Committee for Disciplinary Punishment in the Appeal Court which has jurisdiction over the District Court to which such notary belongs" shall be amended as "the Notary Examination Committee" :
3. In case, a notary has reached age of seventy years.
Art.18 par.3 shall be deleted.
Art.19 par.2 shall amended as follows:
The amount of guaranty-money shall be fixed by Cabinet Order.
In Art.24 par.1, "copyists" shall be amended as "clerks."
In Art.25 par.1, "or an examining judge" shall be deleted.
Art.28 par.2 shall be amended as follows, and "in respect of a fact which is not juristic act" in par.3 of the same Article, shall be deleted and par.5 of the same Article shall be deleted:
When the notary does not know the name of the person who has requested or has not acquaintance with him, he shall have such person verify, as to his identity, by sure means such as submitting the certificate of a seal-impression made by governmental or public office or other reliable means.
Art.32 par.2 shall be amended as follows:
If the certificate mentioned in the preceding paragraph is a deed signed by private person which has not been authenticated, the notary shall cause to submit a certificate for seal-impression or signature made by governmental or public office in addition to the said deed and to establish the deed to be genuine. However, this shall not apply in the case where the genuiness of the deed is evident through the documents preserved by the said notary.
The following proviso shall be added in Art.34 par.3, and in item (7) of the same paragraph, "Copyist" shall be amended as Clerk":
However, this shall not apply in the case mentioned in Art.30 par.2.
In Art.36 item (3), "and the effect that the notary has had the representative submit a certificate for establishing his power of representation and to testify his power," shall be deleted, and in item (5) of the said Article, "In cases where the notary has caused to submit a deed testifying that the permission or consent of third person has been obtained and to establish the permission or consent" shall be amended as "In the case, where the permission or consent of the third person has been obtained," and items (6) and (7) of the said Article shall be amended as follows:
6. In cases where the notary has caused to verify, as to his identity, by sure means such as submitting a certificate of seal-impression or other reliable means, or, as to the authenticity of the deed, by submitting a certificate for seal-impression or signature, such effect and the cause thereof;
7. In the case of the proviso of Art.32 par.2, the effect and the cause thereof.
In Art.37 par.3, the figures (in Chinese ideographs) of 1, 2, 3 shall be altered to those of simplified ideographs.
In Art.38 par.2, "the said character" shall be amended as "the number of the characters," and "the person who has requested or his representative, and the witness" in the same paragraph and in par.3 of the same Article, shall be deleted.
"And the witness," in Art.39 par.4, "the person who has requested or his representative and the witness" in par.5 of the same Article, and par.6 of the same Article shall be deleted.
In Art.40 par.1, "the person who has requested or his representative and the witness" shall be deleted.
Art.41 par.1 shall be amended as follows, and in par.2 of the same Article, "the person who has requested or his representative and the witness" shall be deleted:
The certificate for establishing the power of representative, the certificate of governmental or public office, the deed for establishing the permission or consent of the third person and other attached documents shall be filed with the deed prepared by the notary. However, when the original of the attached document was asked to be returned by the person who has requested, the copy thereof may, instead of the original, be filed with the deed.
In Art.44 par.2, "pars.2 and 5, Art.31 and Art.32 pars.1 and 2" shall be amended as "and par.2, Art.31 and Art.32 par.1," and par.4 shall be deleted.
Art.45 shall be amended as follows:
Article 45. The notary shall prepare the ledger of deed.
In Art.46 par.1 item (2), "The domicile and" and "and office" shall be deleted, and in par.3 of the same Article, "the two preceding paragraphs" shall be amended as "the preceding paragraph," and par.2 of the same Article shall be deleted.
In Art.47 par.2, "pars.2 and 5" shall be amended as "and par.2," and in the same paragraph "and par.4" shall be deleted, and the following one paragraph shall be added:
The provisions of Art.32 par.2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the deed to be submitted in the case where the successor of the person who has requested demands the authenticated copy of deed.
In Art.51 par.2, "pars.2 and 5, Art.31, Art.32, pars.1 and 2 and Art.44, pars.3 and 4" shall be amended as "and par.2, Art.31, Art.32 par.1 and Art.44, par.3."
In Art.55 par.1, "deed" shall be amended as "the authenticated copy of deed" and in par.2 of the same Article, "the copy" shall be amended as "the authenticated copy or copy."
In Art.59, "the notary" shall be added next to "seal on it and."
In Art.60, "and Art.39 pars.5 and 6" shall be amended as "and Art.39 par.5."
Art.61 par.2 and Art.62 par.2 shall be deleted.
In Art.62-(4) par.1, "the certificate of mayor, head of ward, town or village, police officer or consul" shall be amended as "the certificate of governmental or public office," and in par.2 of the same Article, "Art.41 par.2" shall be amended as "the proviso of Art.41 par.1 and par.2 of the said Article."
In Art.63 par.1, Art.64 par.1 and Art.67 par.1, "the district of jurisdiction of the same Local Court or that adjacent thereto" shall be amended as "the district under jurisdiction of the same Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau."
In Art.71 par.1, "the same Local Court" shall be amended as"the same Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau or its Branch Bureau.
In Art.73, "the Local Court" shall be amended as "the secretary of the Attorney-General's Office."
Arts.74 and 75 shall be amended as follows:
Article 74. The notary shall be under the supervision of the Attorney-General.
The Attorney-General may have the chief of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau handle the affairs of supervision over notaries within the district of its jurisdiction.
In Art.76, "the two preceding Articles" shall be amended as "Art.74."
Art.78 shall be amended as follows:
Article 78. The person who has requested or any person interested may lodge an objection against the disposal of affairs by notary to the chief of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau to which the said notary belongs.
The person who has complaint against the disposition made with regard to the objection mentioned in the preceding paragraph may lodge an objection again to the Attorney-General.
In Art.30 item (2), "1,000 yen" shall be amended as "50,000 yen."
In Art.81 par.1, "disciplinary punishment committee" shall be amended as "the Notary Examination Committee."
Arts.82 and 83 shall be amended as follows:
Article 83. When a notary has been placed under detention or sentenced to penal detention, he shall be suspended form performing his duties until he is released.
When the Attorney-General deems that a disciplinary punishment case comes under suspension from office, change of post or dismissal, he may suspend the notary from performing his duties until the disciplinary punishment procedure is concluded.
The provisions relating to suspension from office of notary shall apply with necessary modifications to case of suspension of performing his duties.
Art.85 shall be amended as follows: