Article 8-2Entry in the Certificate of Residence and Deletion of a Certificate of Residence upon Acquisition or Loss of Japanese Nationality
第八条の二（日本の国籍の取得又は喪失による住民票の記載及び消除）
When a person who does not have Japanese nationality and who is recorded in the basic resident register of the municipality has acquired Japanese nationality, the mayor of the municipality must prepare a certificate of residence stating the matters listed in the items of Article 7 of the Act for that person (referred to as a "certificate of residence as a Japanese resident" in the following paragraph), or make an entry in the certificate of residence of the household to which that person belongs of the matters listed in the items of that Article concerning that person, and at the same time delete the certificate of residence stating the matters to be entered for that person pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-45 of the Act (referred to as a "certificate of residence as a foreign resident" in the following paragraph) (or, where a certificate of residence by household unit has been prepared for the household to which that person belongs, all or part of that certificate of residence).
When a person who has Japanese nationality and who is recorded in the basic resident register of the municipality has lost Japanese nationality, the mayor of the municipality must prepare a certificate of residence as a foreign resident for that person, or make an entry in the certificate of residence of the household to which that person belongs of the matters to be entered concerning that person pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-45 of the Act, and at the same time delete the certificate of residence as a Japanese resident of that person (or, where a certificate of residence by household unit has been prepared for the household to which that person belongs, all or part of that certificate of residence).
市町村長は、その市町村の住民基本台帳に記録されている日本の国籍を有する者が日本の国籍を失つたときは、その者の外国人住民としての住民票を作成し、又はその属する世帯の住民票にその者に関する法第三十条の四十五の規定により記載をするものとされる事項の記載をするとともに、その者の日本人住民としての住民票（その者が属する世帯について世帯を単位とする住民票が作成されている場合にあつては、その住民票の全部又は一部）の消除をしなければならない。
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certificate of residence as a foreign residentmachine translation
「外国人住民としての住民票」
In Article 8-2, a certificate of residence (住民票) carrying the entries Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act requires for a foreign resident (外国人住民), which the mayor deletes when the person acquires Japanese nationality and makes when a Japanese national loses it.
Short name set inArticle 8-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 8-2, paragraph (2)
certificate of residence as a Japanese residentmachine translation
「日本人住民としての住民票」
In Article 8-2, a certificate of residence (住民票) carrying the entries Article 7 of the Residential Basic Book Act lists, which the mayor makes when a foreign resident (外国人住民) acquires Japanese nationality and deletes when the person loses it.
Short name set inArticle 8-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 8-2, paragraph (2)