Supplementary Provisions, Article 13
第十三条
The following laws and regulations are repealed:
Grand Council of State Proclamation No. 235 of 1872 (Matter Concerning Changes of Surname and Given Name)
Grand Council of State Proclamation No. 118 of 1873 (Matter Concerning the Use of the Characters of the Taboo Names and Names of Successive Emperors)
Act No. 4 of 1940 (Matter Concerning Family Register Notifications by Entrustment or by Mail)
Ministry of Justice Order No. 47 of 1946 (Matter Concerning Notifications of Birth and Death, etc. Based on Imperial Ordinance No. 542 of 1945 Concerning Orders to Be Issued upon the Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration)
左の法令は、これを廃止する。
明治五年太政官布告第二百三十五号(改姓名に関する件)
明治六年太政官布告第百十八号(御歴代の御諱及び御名の文字の使用に関する件)
昭和十五年法律第四号(委託又は郵便による戸籍届出に関する件)
昭和二十一年司法省令第四十七号(昭和二十年勅令第五百四十二号ポツダム宣言の受諾に伴い発する命令に関する件に基く出生及び死亡の届出等に関する件)
With regard to the entrustment of family register notifications made before this Act comes into effect, Act No. 4 of 1940 remains in force. In this case, the confirmation referred to in Article 1, paragraph (1) of that Act is made by the family court.
この法律施行前にされた戸籍届出の委託については、昭和十五年法律第四号は、なお、その効力を有する。この場合には、同法第一条第一項の確認は、家庭裁判所がこれをする。
The provisions of Article 122 apply mutatis mutandis to the confirmation referred to in the preceding paragraph.