Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, where the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications finds, in light of the content of the results of past examinations of the primary distributor, etc. that is the subject of an examination, information on the content of the business it conducts, or other information held by the Minister, that there is a risk of facilitating illegal or improper acts, making it difficult to ascertain accurate facts, or otherwise impeding the proper conduct of examinations concerning the light oil delivery tax, the notification under the provisions of that paragraph is not required.
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primary distributors, etc.machine translation
「元売業者等」
A primary distributor (元売業者), a person who has applied to be designated as one, or another person thought to fall under an item of Article 144-7, paragraph 1, as Articles 144-38-2 to 144-38-4 use the term for the advance notice of on-site inquiries into light oil delivery tax (軽油引取税) by officials the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications designates.
Short name set inArticle 144-38-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Articles 144-38-3 and 144-38-4