Act on Building Unit Ownership

A resolution to the effect that the renewal of the building (meaning making changes to the shape of the common areas in order to maintain or recover the utility of the structurally principal parts of the building (including securing the utility that they normally should have) and, in connection with this, making changes to the shape, area, or positional relationships of all of the exclusively-owned areas; the same applies in the following paragraph) is to be carried out (referred to as a "resolution to renew the building" in that paragraph and paragraph (3)) may be adopted at a meeting by at least a four-fifths majority of the unit owners (excluding those who do not hold voting rights) and at least a four-fifths majority of the voting rights.

A resolution to renew the building must establish the following matters:

an outline of the design of the building after the renewal of the building;

the estimated amount of expenses necessary for the renewal of the building;

matters concerning the sharing of expenses prescribed in the preceding item; and

matters concerning the attribution of the unit ownership of the building after the renewal of the building.

The provisions of Article 62 (excluding paragraphs (1) and (4)) and Articles 63 through the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a resolution to renew the building. In such a case, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in Article 62, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-5, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "item (iii) and item (iv) of the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-5, paragraph (2), item (iii) and item (iv)"; the phrase "reconstruction of the building" in paragraph (7), item (i) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "renewal of the building (meaning the renewal of the building prescribed in Article 64-5, paragraph (1); the same applies hereinafter)"; the phrase "reconstruction of the building" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "renewal of the building"; the phrase "in the reconstruction" in Article 63, paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) through (6), Article 64, and Article 64-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "in the renewal of the building"; the phrase "demolition work on the building" in Article 63, paragraphs (7) and (8) is deemed to be replaced with "work for the renewal of the building"; and the phrase "implement the reconstruction" in Article 64 is deemed to be replaced with "implement the renewal of the building".

If the right to use the grounds is ownership or any other right held by multiple persons, a resolution to the effect that the building and its grounds (including rights related to them) are to be sold (referred to as a "resolution to sell the building and its grounds" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) may be adopted at a meeting by at least a four-fifths majority of the unit owners (excluding those who do not hold voting rights), at least a four-fifths majority of the voting rights, and at least a four-fifths majority of the value of the shares in that right to use the grounds (excluding shares held by unit owners who do not hold voting rights).

A resolution to sell the building and its grounds must establish the following matters:

the name of the person who is to be the counterparty to the sale;

the expected amount of the price from the sale; and

matters concerning the method of calculating the amount of money that each unit owner may acquire through the sale.

The provisions of Article 62 (excluding paragraphs (1) and (4)) and Articles 63 through 64-4 apply mutatis mutandis to a resolution to sell the building and its grounds. In such a case, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in Article 62, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-6, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "item (iii) and item (iv) of the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-6, paragraph (2), item (iii)"; the phrase "reconstruction of the building" in paragraph (7), items (i) and (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "sale of the building and its grounds (including rights related to them)"; the phrase "in the reconstruction" in Article 63, paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) through (6), Article 64, and Article 64-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "in the sale"; the phrase "demolition work on the building has not commenced" in Article 63, paragraph (7) is deemed to be replaced with "there has been no transfer of rights to the building and its grounds (including rights related to them) under a sales contract (hereinafter referred to as a 'transfer of rights to the building, etc.' in this paragraph and the following paragraph)"; the phrase "not commencing the demolition work on the building" in the proviso to that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "there having been no transfer of rights to the building, etc."; the phrase "the commencement of demolition work on the building" in paragraph (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the transfer of rights to the building, etc.", and the phrase "demolition work on the building has not commenced" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "there has been no transfer of rights to the building, etc."; and the phrase "implement the reconstruction" in Article 64 is deemed to be replaced with "implement the sale".

If the right to use the grounds is ownership or any other right held by multiple persons, a resolution to the effect that the building is to be demolished and the grounds of the building (including rights related to them; the same applies in the following paragraph) are to be sold (referred to as a "resolution to demolish the building and sell its grounds" in that paragraph and paragraph (3)) may be adopted at a meeting by at least a four-fifths majority of the unit owners (excluding those who do not hold voting rights), at least a four-fifths majority of the voting rights, and at least a four-fifths majority of the value of the shares in that right to use the grounds (excluding shares held by unit owners who do not hold voting rights).

A resolution to demolish the building and sell its grounds must establish the following matters:

the estimated amount of expenses necessary for the demolition of the building;

matters concerning the sharing of expenses prescribed in the preceding item;

the name of the person who is to be the counterparty to the sale of the grounds of the building;

the expected amount of the price from the sale of the grounds of the building; and

matters concerning the method of calculating the amount of money that each unit owner may acquire through the sale of the grounds of the building.

The provisions of Article 62 (excluding paragraphs (1) and (4)) and Articles 63 through 64-4 apply mutatis mutandis to a resolution to demolish the building and sell its grounds. In such a case, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in Article 62, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-7, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "item (iii) and item (iv) of the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-7, paragraph (2), item (ii) and item (v)"; the term "reconstruction" in paragraph (7), items (i) and (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "demolition and the sale of the grounds of the building (including rights related to them)"; the phrase "in the reconstruction" in Article 63, paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) through (6), Article 64, and Article 64-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "in the demolition of the building and the sale of the grounds of the building (including rights related to them)"; and the term "及び" (and) in Article 64 is deemed to be replaced with "並びに" (and, joining a larger group of items), and the phrase "implement the reconstruction" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "implement the demolition of the building and the sale of the grounds of the building (including rights related to them)".

A resolution to the effect that the building is to be demolished (hereinafter referred to as a "resolution to demolish" in this Article and Article 77) may be adopted at a meeting by at least a four-fifths majority of the unit owners (excluding those who do not hold voting rights) and at least a four-fifths majority of the voting rights.

A resolution to demolish must establish the following matters:

the estimated amount of expenses necessary for the demolition of the building; and

matters concerning the sharing of expenses prescribed in the preceding item.

The provisions of Article 62 (excluding paragraphs (1) and (4)) and Articles 63 through 64-4 apply mutatis mutandis to a resolution to demolish. In such a case, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in Article 62, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-8, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "item (iii) and item (iv) of the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 64-8, paragraph (2), item (ii)"; the term "reconstruction" in paragraph (7), items (i) and (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "demolition"; the phrase "in the reconstruction" in Article 63, paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) through (6), Article 64, and Article 64-2, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "in the demolition"; and the phrase "implement the reconstruction" in Article 64 is deemed to be replaced with "implement the demolition".