Chapter IV-2 Processing and Use, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information (Articles 30-2 to 30-10)
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Chapter IV-2 Processing and Use, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information第四章の二 本人確認情報の処理及び利用等
Section 1 Resident Record Code第一節 住民票コード
Article 30-2第三十条の二
Designation of Resident Record Code(住民票コードの指定)
Article 30-2, paragraph (1)
The Agency is to designate, for each mayor of a municipality, the resident record codes that the mayor of the municipality may enter in a certificate of residence, and notify the mayor of the municipality of the codes, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order.
When the Agency designates a resident record code under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Agency must ensure that the resident record code designated to the mayor of the municipality does not duplicate a resident record code designated before that designation.
Except in the case prescribed in the following paragraph, when the mayor of the municipality makes an entry in a certificate of residence, the mayor is to enter the resident record code most recently entered in that certificate of residence by the mayor of the municipality who most recently made an entry in the certificate of residence of the person pertaining to that entry.
When the mayor of the municipality makes an entry in a certificate of residence for a person who is to be newly recorded in the basic resident register of that municipality, if that person has never been recorded in the basic resident register of any municipality, the mayor is to enter in the certificate of residence pertaining to that person one resident record code selected from among the resident record codes designated by the Agency under Article 30-2, paragraph (1). In this case, the mayor of the municipality is to select and enter a resident record code that is different from the resident record codes entered in the certificates of residence pertaining to persons other than the person pertaining to that entry.
When the mayor of the municipality has entered a resident record code pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the mayor must promptly notify the person pertaining to that entry, in writing, of that fact and of the resident record code.
Request for Change of Entry of Resident Record Code(住民票コードの記載の変更請求)
Article 30-4, paragraph (1)
A person recorded in the basic resident register may request the mayor of the municipality that keeps the basic resident register in which that person is recorded to change the entry of the resident record code entered in the certificate of residence pertaining to that person.
A person who intends to make a request for change of entry of a resident record code under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "request for change") must submit a written request for change stating that fact and other matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order to the mayor of the municipality that keeps the basic resident register in which that person is recorded, as specified by Cabinet Order.
When a written request for change under the preceding paragraph has been submitted, the mayor of the municipality is to enter, in the certificate of residence pertaining to the person who made that request for change, one new resident record code selected from among the resident record codes designated by the Agency under Article 30-2, paragraph (1), in place of the resident record code previously entered in that certificate of residence. In this case, the mayor of the municipality is to select and enter a resident record code that is different from the resident record codes entered in the certificates of residence pertaining to persons other than the person pertaining to that entry.
When the mayor of the municipality has entered a new resident record code pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the mayor must promptly notify the person who made that request for change, in writing, of the fact that the entry of the resident record code has been changed and of the newly entered resident record code.
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three Articles, the necessary matters concerning the entry of a resident record code are specified by Cabinet Order.
前三条に定めるもののほか、住民票コードの記載に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
Section 2 Notification and Retention, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information第二節 本人確認情報の通知及び保存等
Article 30-6第三十条の六
Notification, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information from the Mayor of a Municipality to the Prefectural Governor(市町村長から都道府県知事への本人確認情報の通知等)
Article 30-6, paragraph (1)
When the mayor of a municipality makes an entry in a certificate of residence, deletes a certificate of residence, or makes an amendment of an entry with respect to all or part of the matters listed in Article 7, items (i) through (iii), (vii), (viii)-2 and (xiii) (with respect to the matters listed in item (vii) of that Article, the domicile; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the mayor is to notify the prefectural governor of the identity confirmation information pertaining to that entry, etc. in the certificate of residence (meaning the matters listed in items (i) through (iii), (vii), (viii)-2 and (xiii) of that Article entered in the certificate of residence (in the case where the certificate of residence has been deleted, these matters that were entered in that certificate of residence), and the matters specified by Cabinet Order concerning the entry, etc. in the certificate of residence; the same applies hereinafter).
The notification under the preceding paragraph is to be made, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, by transmission from the computer used by the mayor of the municipality, via a telecommunications line, to the computer used by the prefectural governor.
The prefectural governor who has received a notification under paragraph (1) must, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, record the identity confirmation information pertaining to that notification on a magnetic disk, and retain it for the period specified by Cabinet Order from the day of that notification.
When all or part of the identity confirmation information that the prefectural governor retains pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and for which the retention period under that paragraph has not elapsed (hereinafter referred to as "identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor"), is lost, the prefectural governor must take the measures necessary to recover that identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor.
Notification, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information from the Prefectural Governor to the Agency(都道府県知事から機構への本人確認情報の通知等)
Article 30-7, paragraph (1)
The prefectural governor is to notify the Agency of the identity confirmation information pertaining to the notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1).
都道府県知事は、前条第一項の規定による通知に係る本人確認情報を、機構に通知するものとする。
Article 30-7, paragraph (2)
The notification under the preceding paragraph is to be made, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, by transmission from the computer used by the prefectural governor, via a telecommunications line, to the computer used by the Agency.
The Agency that has received a notification under paragraph (1) must, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, record the identity confirmation information pertaining to that notification on a magnetic disk, and retain it for the period specified by Cabinet Order from the day of that notification.
When all or part of the identity confirmation information that the Agency retains pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and for which the retention period under that paragraph has not elapsed (hereinafter referred to as "identity confirmation information retained by the Agency"), is lost, the Agency must take the measures necessary to recover that identity confirmation information retained by the Agency.
Report by the Agency Concerning an Error in Identity Confirmation Information(本人確認情報の誤りに関する機構の通報)
Article 30-8, paragraph (1)
When the Agency, in managing or performing its affairs, becomes aware that there is an error in identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor, the Agency is to report that fact to the prefectural governor who retains that identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor, without delay.
Section 3 Provision and Use, etc. of Identity Confirmation Information第三節 本人確認情報の提供及び利用等
Article 30-9第三十条の九
Provision of Identity Confirmation Information to an Organ of the State, etc.(国の機関等への本人確認情報の提供)
Article 30-9, paragraph (1)
When the Agency has received a request from an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1 concerning the processing of affairs listed in the right-hand column of that table, the Agency is to provide, as specified by Cabinet Order, the identity confirmation information retained by the Agency other than the resident record code. However, with respect to an Individual Number, the Agency is to provide it only where the organ of the State or juridical person listed in the left-hand column of that table may use the Individual Number pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.
Provision of Resident Record Code to the Digital Agency(デジタル庁への住民票コードの提供)
Article 30-9-2, paragraph (1)
When the Agency has received a request from the Digital Agency concerning the processing of affairs under the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (2) or Article 21-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (including the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis under Article 26 of that Act), the Agency is to provide, as specified by Cabinet Order, the resident record code entered in the certificate of residence of the person pertaining to that request.
When the Agency has learned that an amendment of the entry of a resident record code has been made with respect to a certificate of residence in which is entered the resident record code provided under the preceding paragraph or Article 30-44-2, the Agency is to provide the resident record code before and after the amendment to the Digital Agency.
In the cases prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Agency may use identity confirmation information retained by the Agency.
前二項に規定する場合において、機構は、機構保存本人確認情報を利用することができる。
Article 30-10第三十条の十
Provision of Identity Confirmation Information to Executive Bodies of the Municipality within the Area of a Notifying Prefecture(通知都道府県の区域内の市町村の執行機関への本人確認情報の提供)
Article 30-10, paragraph (1)
When any of the following items applies, the Agency is to, as specified by Cabinet Order, provide identity confirmation information retained by the Agency (in the cases listed in items (i) through (iii), excluding the resident record code) to the mayor of a municipality, or another executive body of a municipality, within the area of the prefecture (hereinafter referred to as the "notifying prefecture") of which the prefectural governor who gave notice of identity confirmation information under Article 30-7, paragraph (1) has general control; provided, however, that, in the case listed in item (i), the Agency is to provide an Individual Number only where the mayor or other executive body of the municipality may use the Individual Number under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.
When there has been a request, from the mayor of a municipality within the area of the notifying prefecture, or another executive body of a municipality within that area, that is listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 2, concerning the handling of affairs listed in the right-hand column of that table.
When there has been a request from the mayor of a municipality within the area of the notifying prefecture, or another executive body of a municipality within that area, concerning the handling of affairs specified by Ordinance based on Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.
When there has been a request from the mayor of a municipality within the area of the notifying prefecture concerning the handling of affairs relating to the issuance of an Individual Number Card to a person who has moved out of Japan, based on Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.
When there has been a request from the mayor of a municipality within the area of the notifying prefecture concerning the handling of affairs relating to the basic resident register.
通知都道府県の区域内の市町村の市町村長から住民基本台帳に関する事務の処理に関し求めがあつたとき。
Article 30-10, paragraph (2)
The provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency to the mayor of a municipality within the area of the notifying prefecture under the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (iv)) is to be carried out, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, by transmission from a computer used by the Agency, through a telecommunications line, to a computer used by that mayor; provided, however, that this does not apply when there has been a special request.