If a hotelier has died and the heir (or the person selected at the unanimous consent of all heirs as the heir that will succeed to the hotel business, if there are two or more heirs; the same applies hereinafter) seeks to continue to run the hotel business that the decedent ran, the heir must apply to the prefectural governor within sixty days of the decedent's death and obtain the approval of the prefectural governor.
If an heir applies for the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Article 3, paragraph (1) licensing of the decedent is deemed to be conferred on the heir from the day of the decedent's death until either the day the heir is approved or the day the heir is notified that approval will not be granted.
The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) (limited to the part relating to the applicant) and paragraphs (3) through (6) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in paragraph (1).
第三条第二項（申請者に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項から第六項までの規定は、第一項の承認について準用する。
An heir who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) succeeds to the status that the decedent held as a hotelier.
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