Article 3-(2). In case those who have finished study as judicial apprentices held office as a specialist or an investigator of the Standing Committee for Judicial Affairs of the House of Representatives or the House of Councillors, a secretary (Sanji) of the Legislative Bureau of the House of Representatives or the House of Councillors, a Presiding Judge (Shimban-cho), a Judge (Shimban-kan) or a Complaints Judge (Kokoku-Shimban-kan) of the Patent Agency whose official rank is Secretary of the Ministry of International Trade and Insutry or an Examiner (Shinri-kan) to be established in the Radio Regulatory Commission, the years of their holding office shall be deemed the years of holding office of a secretary of the Attorney-General's Office, in respect of the application of the provisions of Articles 41, 42 and 44 of the Court Organization Law.