Where the mayor of the municipality has deleted a certificate of residence (in the case of a certificate of residence prepared by household unit, the entire certificate) or has re-prepared a certificate of residence, the mayor must remove the deleted certificate of residence or the certificate of residence prior to re-preparation (hereinafter collectively referred to as a "removed certificate of residence") from the basic resident register, file it separately, and preserve it as the register of removed certificates of residence.
市町村長は、住民票（世帯を単位とする住民票にあつては、その全部）を消除したとき、又は住民票を改製したときは、その消除した住民票又は改製前の住民票（以下「除票」と総称する。）を住民基本台帳から除いて別につづり、除票簿として保存しなければならない。
In a municipality that prepares certificates of residence using a magnetic disk under Article 6, paragraph (3), the municipality may accumulate removed certificates of residence prepared using a magnetic disk and treat them as the register of removed certificates of residence.