Article 5Grounds for Disqualification

一a minor;

二a person who is subject to a decision on the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and has not had their rights restored;

三a person who has been subject to a disposition of disqualification as a labor and social security attorney by way of disciplinary action, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that disposition;

五a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment under the provisions of laws and regulations other than those set out in the preceding item, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution;

六a person who has been subject to a disposition of revocation of registration under Article 14-9, paragraph (1), and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that disposition;

七a person who has been subject to a disposition of disciplinary dismissal as a public officer (including an officer or staff member of an agency engaged in administrative execution prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999) (hereinafter referred to as an "agency engaged in administrative execution") or of a specified local incorporated administrative agency prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 118 of 2003) (hereinafter referred to as a "specified local incorporated administrative agency")), and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that disposition;

八a person who, by way of disciplinary action, has been expelled from a bar association, has been subject to a disposition of cancellation of registration as a certified public accountant, has been prohibited from practicing as a certified public tax accountant, or has been prohibited from practicing as an administrative scrivener, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received those dispositions;

九a person who has received a decision under Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Certified Public Tax Accountant Act (Act No. 237 of 1951) to the effect that the person should have been subject to the disposition listed in Article 44, item (iii) of that Act, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that decision.