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Article 14

第十四条

Names are entered in the following order:

氏名を記載するには、左の順序による。

First: the name of the husband when the husband and wife take the husband's surname, or the name of the wife when they take the wife's surname;

夫婦が、夫の氏を称するときは夫、妻の氏を称するときは妻

Second: the name of the spouse;

配偶者

Third: the names of any children.

子

The names of any children are entered in the order of their birth.

子の間では、出生の前後による。

The name of a person for whom the reason to join a family register happened after the family register was created is entered at the end of the family register.

戸籍を編製した後にその戸籍に入るべき原因が生じた者については、戸籍の末尾にこれを記載する。

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