①If public notice has been given and notice has been given to each related person pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Director of a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau must designate a parcel boundary examiner who is to conduct the examination of facts necessary for parcel boundary demarcation for the subject parcels.

②A person who falls under any of the following items may not be designated as a parcel boundary examiner referred to in the preceding paragraph:

③If there are two or more parcel boundary examiners designated under the provisions of paragraph (1), they perform their duties jointly; provided, however, that with the permission of a registrar for a parcel boundary examiner, they may perform their duties independently or divide the duties among themselves.

④The Director of a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau may have their officials assist the examination of facts conducted by a parcel boundary examiner.

①A parcel boundary examiner, if they are designated under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, may conduct a survey or field investigation of the subject parcels or related parcels or other parcels of land, hear from the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation or related persons or other persons about the facts known to them or request those persons to submit materials, and conduct other examination of facts necessary for parcel boundary demarcation for the subject parcels.

②When conducting the examination of facts referred to in the preceding paragraph, a parcel boundary examiner must maintain awareness that parcel boundary demarcation is not intended for the demarcation of the boundary of the coverage of ownership for the subject parcels.

①When conducting a survey or field investigation of the subject parcels, a parcel boundary examiner must give notice to the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation and the related persons to that effect together with the date and place thereof in advance, and provide them with the opportunity to observe the survey or field investigation.

②The provisions of Article 133, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

①If the Director of a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau finds it necessary when a parcel boundary examiner conducts a survey or field investigation of the subject parcels or related parcels or other parcels of land, they may have the parcel boundary examiner or their official referred to in Article 134, paragraph (4) (hereinafter referred to as "parcel boundary examiner, etc." in this Article) enter another person's land.

②If the Director of a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau intends to have the parcel boundary examiner, etc. enter another person's land pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they must give notice to the possessor of the land to that effect together with the date and place of the entry in advance.

③Where a person intends to enter, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), residential land or land in the possession of another person which is enclosed with hedges, fences or other barriers, upon entry, the person must notify the possessor of the relevant land to that effect in advance.

④No entry may be made onto the land prescribed in the preceding paragraph before sunrise or after sunset, unless the possessor of the land gives consent.

⑤The possessor of the land must not refuse or obstruct the entry under the provisions of paragraph (1) without justifiable grounds.

⑥When making an entry under the provisions of paragraph (1), the parcel boundary examiner, etc. must carry their identification card and present it if requested to do so by any person concerned.

⑦If the entry under the provisions of paragraph (1) has caused any person to suffer a loss, the State must compensate the person who has suffered a loss for the loss that would ordinarily arise.

If they find it necessary for parcel boundary demarcation, the Director of a Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau may request the head of a relevant administrative organ, the head of a relevant local public entity, or a relevant public or private organization to submit materials and provide other necessary cooperation.

①If an application for parcel boundary demarcation is filed, the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation and the related persons may submit a registrar their opinions or materials with regard to the parcel boundary between the subject parcels. In this case, if a registrar for parcel boundary demarcation has specifies a reasonable period during which the opinions or materials should be submitted, submission must be made within the period.

②The submission of opinions or materials under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be made by electronic or magnetic means (meaning a method using an electronic data processing system or any other method of using information and communications technology which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order).

①If an application for parcel boundary demarcation is filed, during the period after giving public notice under the provisions of the main clause of Article 133, paragraph (1) and before making a parcel boundary demarcation, a registrar for parcel boundary demarcation must provide the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation and the related persons with the opportunity to state their opinions or submit materials (including an electronic or magnetic record) with regard to the parcel boundary between the subject parcels, while giving notice to those persons of the date and place of the hearing or submission in advance.

②On the date referred to in the preceding paragraph, a registrar for parcel boundary demarcation may have a person whom they consider appropriate state the facts known to the person as a witness,

③A parcel boundary examiner is to be in attendance on the date referred to in paragraph (1). In this case, with the permission of the registrar for parcel boundary demarcation, the parcel boundary examiner may ask questions to the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation or any related person or witness.

④A registrar for parcel boundary examiner must prepare a record stating the development on the date referred to in paragraph (1) and clarify the gist of the statements in the record made by the applicant for parcel boundary demarcation or the related person or witness on the date.

⑤The record referred to in the preceding paragraph may be prepared in the form of an electronic or magnetic record.

⑥The provisions of Article 133, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of paragraph (1).