Article 23-4Submission of an Amended Shelf Registration Statement

If, on or after the day on which a shelf registration was made and before the day on which the shelf registration ceases to be effective, new documents are submitted that are of the same type as the reference documents to which the shelf registration statement states, pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, that reference should be made (excluding cases in which the shelf registration statement states the due date for the submission of those same type of documents and those same type of documents are submitted by the due date) or any other circumstance arises that is specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessitating that the content of the shelf registration statement and accompanying documents (hereinafter referred to as "shelf registration documents" in this Article) be amended in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the person that made the shelf registration (hereinafter referred to as the "shelf registrant") must submit an amended shelf registration statement to the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. The same also applies in the absence of such a circumstance, if the shelf registrant finds there to be something in the shelf registration documents that necessitates an amendment. In this, the shelf registrant may not make an amendment in order to increase the planned amount of issuance or the maximum outstanding balance, change the planned issuance period, or change any other particular specified by Cabinet Office Order.