①If part of a building equivalent to up to half of the building's value has been destroyed, each unit owner may restore the common areas and their own exclusively-owned area that have been destroyed; provided, however, that this does not apply to the common areas if the resolution referred to in paragraph (3), paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 64-5, paragraph (1), Article 64-6, paragraph (1), Article 64-7, paragraph (1), Article 64-8, paragraph (1), Article 70, paragraph (1), Article 71, paragraph (1), or Article 84, paragraph (1) has been adopted before the commencement of restoration work.

②A unit owner who has restored a common area pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may request the other unit owners to reimburse them for the amount required for the restoration in accordance with the proportion specified in Article 14.

③In the case prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (1), a resolution to restore the destroyed common areas may be brought before a meeting.

④The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not preclude any provisions to the contrary in the bylaws.

⑤Except in the cases prescribed in the main clause of paragraph (1), if part of a building has been destroyed, a resolution to restore the destroyed common areas may be adopted at a meeting at which a majority of the unit owners (excluding those who do not hold voting rights; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (or, if a higher proportion is specified in the bylaws, at least that proportion), who hold a majority of the voting rights (or, if a higher proportion is specified in the bylaws, at least that proportion), are present, by at least a two-thirds majority each of the unit owners present and of their voting rights.

⑥In the minutes of a meeting at which a resolution under the preceding paragraph was adopted, whether each unit owner's vote was in favor of or against the resolution must be entered or recorded.

⑦Other than in the cases referred to in the following paragraph, if a resolution under paragraph (5) has been adopted, once two weeks have elapsed from the day of the resolution, unit owners other than those who were in favor of the resolution (including the successors of those who were in favor of the resolution; hereinafter referred to as "those in favor of the resolution" in this Article) may request that some or all of those in favor of the resolution purchase the building and the rights to the building's grounds at their market value. In such a case, within two months from the day of the request, those in favor of the resolution who have been so requested may request that some or all of the others who were in favor of the resolution purchase the building and the rights to its grounds at their market value in accordance with the proportion specified in Article 14, calculated by excluding the unit owners other than those in favor of the resolution.

⑧If a person who is capable of purchasing the building and the rights to its grounds has been designated by those in favor of the resolution by unanimous consent, and the designated person (hereinafter referred to as the "designated purchaser" in this Article) has notified the unit owners other than those in favor of the resolution to that effect in writing within two weeks from the day of the resolution under paragraph (5), the unit owners who have been so notified may only make the request prescribed in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph against the designated purchaser.

⑨Pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order and with the consent of the unit owners who are to be notified under the preceding paragraph, a designated purchaser may use electronic or magnetic means to notify the unit owners that a designated purchaser has been designated, in lieu of the written notice under the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the designated purchaser is deemed to have given the written notice.

⑩If a designated purchaser does not perform all or part of the obligations connected with the purchase money for the transaction based on a request prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (7), those in favor of the resolution (excluding those who have become designated purchasers; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (15)) will be jointly and severally liable to perform those obligations in whole or in part; provided, however, that this does not apply if those in favor of the resolution have proved that the designated purchaser has sufficient financial resources, and that the execution can be easily performed.

⑪A person who has convened a meeting referred to in paragraph (5) (if the designated purchaser has already been designated, the designated purchaser; the same applies in the following paragraph) may specify a period of four months or more and demand in writing that unit owners other than those in favor of the resolution give a definite answer within that period as to whether they will make the request prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (7).

⑫Pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order and with the consent of the unit owners provided for in the preceding paragraph, in lieu of a demand in writing under the preceding paragraph, a person who has convened a meeting referred to in paragraph (5) may use electronic or magnetic means to make a demand that the unit owners other than those in favor of the resolution give a definite answer as to whether or not they will make the request prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (7). In such a case, the person who convened the meeting referred to in paragraph (5) is deemed to have made the demand in writing.

⑬A unit owner who has received a demand prescribed in paragraph (11) may not make the request prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (7) after the period specified pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph (11) has elapsed.

⑭In the case prescribed in paragraph (5), if a resolution under that paragraph, paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 64-5, paragraph (1), Article 64-6, paragraph (1), Article 64-7, paragraph (1), Article 64-8, paragraph (1), Article 70, paragraph (1), Article 71, paragraph (1), or Article 84, paragraph (1) has not been adopted within six months after the day of the partial destruction of the building, each unit owner may request that other unit owners purchase the building and the rights to its grounds at their market value.

⑮In the cases referred to in paragraph (2), paragraph (7), paragraph (8), and the preceding paragraph, the court may grant a reasonable period for the payment of the redemption money or the purchase money at the request of a unit owner who has been requested to make the redemption or the purchase, a designated purchaser who has been requested to make the purchase, or those in favor of the resolution who has been requested to perform the obligations under the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (10).

①A resolution to demolish a building and construct a new building on the grounds of the building being demolished or on part of its land, or on land that includes all or part of the grounds of the building being demolished (hereinafter this is referred to as a "resolution to reconstruct") 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 votes.

②For the purpose of applying the provisions of the preceding paragraph in the case where the building falls under any of the following items, the term "four-fifths" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "three-fourths":

③When establishing or changing the standards referred to in the items of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice is to consult with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in advance.

④A resolution to reconstruct must establish the following matters:

⑤The matters referred to in item (iii) and item (iv) of the preceding paragraph must be established in a manner that does not undermine the equity of each unit owner.

⑥Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 35, paragraph (1), if a meeting whose subject matter is a resolution to reconstruct is convened, the notice under Article 35, paragraph (1) must be sent at least two months prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however that this period may be extended by the bylaws.

⑦In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, when a person gives the notice referred to in Article 35, paragraph (1), they must give notice of the following matters, in addition to the subject matter of the meeting and the outline of the proposal:

⑧A person who has convened a meeting referred to in paragraph (6) must hold an explanatory meeting to explain to the unit owners the matters of which the person is required to notify them when convening a meeting, by at least one month prior to the date of the meeting.

⑨The provisions of Article 35 and Article 36 apply mutatis mutandis to the holding of an explanatory meeting referred to in the preceding paragraph.

⑩The provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the minutes of a meeting that has adopted a resolution to reconstruct.