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Chapter II Housing Complexes第二章 団地
Article 65第六十五条
Association of Building Owners in a Housing Complex(団地建物所有者の団体)
Article 65, paragraph (1)
If two or more buildings are located in a single housing complex and the land or attached facilities located in the housing complex (including rights related to the land or facilities) is co-owned by the buildings' owners (or the unit owners, for buildings with exclusively-owned areas), all of those owners together (hereinafter referred to as the "owners of buildings in a housing complex") may organize an association to manage the land, attached facilities, and buildings with exclusively-owned areas that are located within the housing complex; and may hold meetings, establish bylaws, and assign a manager, pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
Article 66, paragraph (1)(建物の区分所有に関する規定の準用)(Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions Concerning Unit Ownership in a Building)Changed
The provisions of Article 7, Article 8, Articles 17 through 19, Article 25, Article 26, Article 28, Article 29, Article 30, paragraph (1) and paragraphs (3) through (5), Article 31, paragraph (1), and Articles 33 through 56-7 apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding Article. In such a case, the terms "unit owner" and "incorporated management association" in those provisions (excluding Article 55, paragraph (1), item (i)) are deemed to be replaced with "owner of buildings in a housing complex as prescribed in Article 65" and "incorporated housing complex management association", respectively; the phrases "a common area, the grounds of the building, or attached facilities of the building other than a common area" and "unit ownership" in Article 7, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced with "the land or attached facilities in the case prescribed in Article 65 (hereinafter referred to as 'land or attached facilities')" and "rights to the land or attached facilities, building, or unit ownership", respectively; the phrases "common area" in Article 17, Article 18, paragraphs (1) and (4), and Article 19, "the common areas, and the grounds and attached facilities of the relevant building in the case prescribed in Article 21" in Article 26, paragraph (1), and "the building, its grounds, and its attached facilities" in Article 29, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced with "the land or attached facilities, as well as the land and attached facilities set forth in Article 68, paragraph (1), item (i) and the common areas of the buildings set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph that are specified for management by the bylaws under the provisions of that Article"; the term "exclusively-owned area" in Article 17, paragraph (2), Article 35, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 40, and Article 44, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "building or exclusively-owned area"; the phrase "specified in Article 14" in Article 29, paragraph (1), Article 38, Article 53, paragraph (1), and Article 56 is deemed to be replaced with "of the shares in the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)"; the phrase "a building or its grounds or attached facilities" in Article 30, paragraph (1) and Article 46, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the land or attached facilities or the things set forth in the items of Article 68, paragraph (1)"; the phrase "the exclusively-owned areas, common areas, or grounds or attached facilities of the building (including rights related to the grounds or attached facilities)" in Article 30, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "the buildings or exclusively-owned areas, or land or attached facilities (including rights related to the land or attached facilities), or the land or attached facilities set forth in Article 68, paragraph (1), item (i) (including rights related to them) or the common areas of the buildings set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph that are specified for management by the bylaws under the provisions of that Article"; the phrase "within the building" in Article 33, paragraph (3), Article 35, paragraph (4), and Article 44, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "within the housing complex"; the phrase "Article 61, paragraph (5), Article 62, paragraph (1), Article 68, paragraph (1), or Article 69, paragraph (7)" in Article 35, paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 69, paragraph (1) or Article 70, paragraph (1)"; the term "possessor" in Article 46, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "person who possesses a building or exclusively-owned area but who is not an owner of buildings in a housing complex as prescribed in Article 65"; the phrase "Article 3" in Article 47, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 65"; the phrase "the building (or, for an incorporated management association consisting of unit owners who should have common use of a private common area, that common area)" in Article 55, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)"; and the phrase "the exclusively-owned areas in the building having ceased to exist" in item (ii) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them) having ceased to be co-owned by the owners of buildings in a housing complex as prescribed in Article 65".and Section 4 (excluding Article 27), Section 5 (excluding Article 30, paragraph (2), Article 31, paragraph (2), and Article 32), and Section 8 of the preceding Chapter apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding Article. In such a case, in addition to the term "incorporated management association" in those provisions (excluding Article 55, paragraph (1), item (i)) being deemed to be replaced with "incorporated housing complex management association", the words and phrases set forth in the middle column of the following table in the provisions set forth in the left-hand column of that table are deemed to be replaced with the words and phrases set forth in the right-hand column of that table.
Article 7, paragraph (1) a unit owner an owner of buildings in a housing complex (meaning an owner of buildings in a housing complex as prescribed in Article 65; the same applies hereinafter)
a common area, the grounds of the building, or attached facilities of the building other than a common area the land or attached facilities in the case prescribed in that Article (hereinafter referred to as "land or attached facilities")
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
unit ownership rights to the land or attached facilities, building, or unit ownership
Article 8 unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 17, paragraph (1) common area land or attached facilities, as well as the land and attached facilities set forth in Article 68, paragraph (1), item (i) and the common areas of the buildings set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph that are specified for management pursuant to the bylaws under the provisions of Article 68 (hereinafter referred to as "property under housing complex management")
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 17, paragraph (2) common area property under housing complex management
exclusively-owned area building or exclusively-owned area
Article 17, paragraph (3) common area property under housing complex management
act of preservation of an exclusively-owned area or the nature of an exclusively-owned area act of preservation of a building or exclusively-owned area or the nature of a building or exclusively-owned area
act of preservation, etc. of an exclusively-owned area act of preservation, etc. of a building or exclusively-owned area
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 17, paragraph (4) act of preservation, etc. of an exclusively-owned area act of preservation, etc. of a building or exclusively-owned area
exclusively-owned area that is the subject building or exclusively-owned area that is the subject
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 17, paragraph (5) and Article 18, paragraph (1) common area property under housing complex management
Article 18, paragraph (4) common area property under housing complex management
exclusively-owned area building or exclusively-owned area
Article 18, paragraph (6) and Article 19 common area property under housing complex management
Article 25 unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 26, paragraph (1) the common areas, and the grounds and attached facilities of the relevant building in the case prescribed in Article 21 (referred to as "common area or co-owned grounds or attached facilities" in the following paragraph) property under housing complex management
Article 26, paragraph (2) common area or co-owned grounds or attached facilities property under housing complex management
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 26, paragraphs (4) and (5) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 29, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
specified in Article 14 of the value of the shares in the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)
proviso to Article 29, paragraph (1) the building, its grounds, and its attached facilities property under housing complex management
Article 29, paragraph (2) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 30, paragraph (1) a building or its grounds or attached facilities land or attached facilities or the things set forth in the items of Article 68, paragraph (1)
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 30, paragraph (3) the exclusively-owned areas, common areas, or grounds or attached facilities of the building (including rights related to the grounds or attached facilities) the buildings or exclusively-owned areas, or land or attached facilities (including rights related to the land or attached facilities), or the land or attached facilities set forth in Article 68, paragraph (1), item (i) (including rights related to them) or the common areas of the buildings set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph that are specified for management pursuant to the bylaws under the provisions of Article 68
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 30, paragraph (4), Article 31, paragraph (1), and the proviso to Article 33, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 33, paragraph (4) within the building within the housing complex
Article 34, paragraphs (3) through (5) and Article 35, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 35, paragraph (2) exclusively-owned area building or exclusively-owned area
Article 35, paragraph (3) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
exclusively-owned area building or exclusively-owned area
Article 35, paragraph (4) within the building within the housing complex
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 36 unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 38 unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
specified in Article 14 of the value of the shares in the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)
Article 38-2, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
the relevant unit owner the relevant owner of buildings in a housing complex
unknown or missing unit owner unknown or missing owner of buildings in a housing complex
unit owners other than owners of buildings in a housing complex other than
general unit owner general owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 38-2, paragraph (2) unknown or missing unit owner unknown or missing owner of buildings in a housing complex
the building the building in the housing complex that is owned by owners of buildings in a housing complex who are co-owners of the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph)
held by the persons who hold the right to use the grounds related to that building or the persons who hold a share of co-ownership in the attached facilities of that building (including rights related to them) held with respect to the land or attached facilities
Article 38-2, paragraph (3) general unit owner general owner of buildings in a housing complex
proviso to Article 38-2, paragraph (3) within the building within the housing complex
Article 39 unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 40 exclusively-owned area building or exclusively-owned area
Article 41 and Article 42, paragraphs (3) and (4) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 44, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
exclusively-owned area building or exclusively-owned area
Article 44, paragraph (2) within the building within the housing complex
Article 45, paragraphs (1) and (2) and Article 46, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 46, paragraph (2) possessor person who possesses a building or exclusively-owned area but who is not an owner of buildings in a housing complex
the building, its grounds, or its attached facilities land or attached facilities or the things set forth in the items of Article 68, paragraph (1)
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 47, paragraph (1) Article 3 Article 65
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 47, paragraphs (6), (8), and (9) and Article 48-2, paragraph (2) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 52-2, paragraph (1) the building, its grounds, and its attached facilities property under housing complex management
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
the unit ownership of that building, or that building and the land on which that building is located the buildings in that housing complex or their unit ownership, or the land or attached facilities in that housing complex
Article 52-2, paragraph (2) unit ownership building or unit ownership
Article 53, paragraph (1) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
specified in Article 14 of the value of the shares in the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)
Article 53, paragraph (3) and Article 54 unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 55, paragraph (1), item (i) the building (or, for an incorporated management association consisting of unit owners who should have common use of private common areas, those common areas) land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)
Article 55, paragraph (1), item (ii) the exclusively-owned areas in the building having ceased to exist the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them) having ceased to be co-owned by the owners of buildings in a housing complex
Article 55, paragraph (2) unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
Article 56 specified in Article 14 of the value of the shares in the land or attached facilities (including rights related to them)
unit owner owner of buildings in a housing complex
The bylaws referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article may establish that a building (inclusive of a portion of a building provided for in Article 1) constituting the attached facilities of a single housing complex is a common area in a housing complex. This being the case, a common area may not be asserted against a third party as a common area unless it is registered as such.
A person who wholly owns two or more buildings that are located in a single housing complex may establish bylaws under the preceding paragraph by a notarial deed.
一団地内の数棟の建物の全部を所有する者は、公正証書により、前項の規約を設定することができる。
Article 67, paragraph (3)
The provisions of the main clause of Article 11, paragraph (1), Article 11, paragraph (3), and Articles 13 through 15 apply mutatis mutandis to the common areas in a housing complex. This being the case, the term "unit owner" in the main clause of Article 11, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the owner of a building in the housing complex as prescribed in Article 65" and the term "exclusively-owned area" in Article 14, paragraph (1) and Article 15 is deemed to be replaced with "building or exclusively-owned area".
Article 68, paragraph (1)(規約の設定の特例)(Special Provisions on the Establishment of Bylaws)Changed
In order to establish the bylaws referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 66 forconcerning the following things, it is required, for the land or attached facilities set forth in item (i), that the consent of at leastmore than three-fourths of the co-owners who hold at least three-fourths of the shares has been obtained formore than a three-fourths share in all of the land or all of the attached facilities, respectively is required, and for the buildingsbuilding set forth in item (ii), that a resolution has been adoptedthe adoption of a resolution by at least a three-fourths majority of the unit owners present (excluding those who do not hold voting rights; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph (excluding item (i))) and at least a three-fourths majority of thetheir voting rights, at a meeting under the provisions of Article 34 for each the whole building (limited to a resolution adopted at a meeting attended by a majority of those buildingsthe unit owners (or, if a higher proportion has been specified in the bylaws, that proportion or more) who hold a majority of the voting rights (or, if a higher proportion has been specified in the bylaws, that proportion or more)) is required:
the land or attached facilities that are located in a single housing complex (including rights related to the land or facilities), if these are co-owned by the owners of some of the buildings located in the housing complex (or unit owners, for buildings with exclusively-owned areas) (excluding land and attached facilities co-owned only by the owners of buildings not constituting buildings with exclusively-owned areas); and
a building with exclusively-owned areas that is located in the housing complex.
当該団地内の専有部分のある建物
Article 68, paragraph (2)(規約の設定の特例)
The provisions of Article 31, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a meeting resolution referred to in the preceding paragraph for the matters concerning the private common areas of the building set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph that do not affect the interests of all of the unit owners.