A person entered in a family register (including a person whose name has been removed from the family register (excluding a person for whom all of the entries the register have been made based on the error of the mayor of a municipality and then corrected pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2))), or their spouse, lineal ascendant, or lineal descendant may request the issuance of a transcript or extract of the family register, or a certificate of the particulars entered in the family register (referred to below as a "family register transcript, extract or certificate").
戸籍に記載されている者（その戸籍から除かれた者（その者に係る全部の記載が市町村長の過誤によつてされたものであつて、当該記載が第二十四条第二項の規定によつて訂正された場合におけるその者を除く。）を含む。）又はその配偶者、直系尊属若しくは直系卑属は、その戸籍の謄本若しくは抄本又は戸籍に記載した事項に関する証明書（以下「戸籍謄本等」という。）の交付の請求をすることができる。
The mayor of a municipality may refuse the request referred to in the preceding paragraph if it is clear that the request has been made for an unjust purpose.
市町村長は、前項の請求が不当な目的によることが明らかなときは、これを拒むことができる。
A person who seeks to make the request referred to in paragraph (1) may request that the family register transcript, extract or certificate be sent to them by postal mail or by any other method specified by Ministry of Justice Order.