①The 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.

②When 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.

①Except 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.

②When 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.

③When 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.

①A 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.

②A 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.

③When 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.

④When 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.

①When 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).

②The 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.

③The 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.

④When 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.

①The prefectural governor is to notify the Agency of the identity confirmation information pertaining to the notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1).

②The 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.

③The 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.

④When 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.

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.

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.

①When 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.

②When 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.

③In the cases prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Agency may use identity confirmation information retained by the Agency.

①When 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.

②The 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.

①When 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) and (ii), excluding the resident record code) to the prefectural governor of a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture, or another executive body of such a prefecture; provided, however, that, in the case listed in item (i), the Agency is to provide an individual number only where the prefectural governor or other executive body of the prefecture 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.

②The provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency to the prefectural governor of a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture under the preceding paragraph (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)) 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 prefectural governor; provided, however, that this does not apply when there has been a special request.

①When 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 a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture; 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.

②The provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency to the mayor of a municipality within the area of a prefecture other than 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.

①When there has been a request, from the mayor of a municipality within the area of the prefecture, or another executive body of a municipality within that area, specified by Ordinance, concerning the handling of affairs specified by Ordinance, the prefectural governor is to, as specified by Ordinance, provide identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor (excluding the resident record code and the individual number; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) to that mayor or other executive body of the municipality.

②When there has been a request, from the prefectural governor of another prefecture, or another executive body of such a prefecture, specified by Ordinance, concerning the handling of affairs specified by Ordinance, the prefectural governor is to, as specified by Ordinance, provide identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor to that prefectural governor or other executive body of the prefecture.

③When there has been a request, through the prefectural governor of another prefecture, from the mayor of a municipality within the area of the prefecture, or another executive body of a municipality within that area, specified by Ordinance, concerning the handling of affairs specified by Ordinance, the prefectural governor is to, as specified by Ordinance, provide identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor to that mayor or other executive body of the municipality.

When there has been a request, from the mayor of another municipality, or another executive body of such a municipality, specified by Ordinance, concerning the handling of affairs specified by Ordinance, the mayor of the municipality is to, as specified by Ordinance, provide identity confirmation information (excluding the resident record code and the individual number) to that mayor or other executive body of the municipality.

①When any of the following items applies, the prefectural governor may use identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor (excluding the resident record code; the same applies in the following paragraph and in paragraphs (2) and (3) of the following Article); provided, however, that, with respect to an individual number, the prefectural governor may use it only where the prefectural governor may use the individual number under Article 9, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.

②Where any of the following items applies, the prefectural governor is to provide identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor to the executive body of the prefecture other than the prefectural governor — as specified by Cabinet Order for the case listed in item (i), and as specified by Ordinance for the case listed in item (ii); provided, however, that individual numbers are to be provided only if the executive body of the prefecture may use individual numbers under Article 9, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures.

③The Agency may use identity confirmation information retained by the Agency for work under Article 30-42, paragraph (4) or Article 30-44-11, paragraph (3).

④The Agency may use identity confirmation information retained by the Agency (excluding individual numbers) for work under Article 8, Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, Article 15, paragraph (2), Article 16-7, Article 16-10, Article 16-11, Article 16-14, paragraph (2), Article 18, paragraphs (4) and (5), Article 27, Article 30, Article 31, Article 34, paragraph (2), Article 35-7, Article 35-10, Article 35-14, paragraph (2), and Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Act on Certification Business of the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems in Relation to Electronic Signatures, etc. (Act No. 153 of 2002).

⑤The Agency may use identity confirmation information retained by the Agency for work under Article 8, paragraph (2) and Article 16-2 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, and any other work, among the work processed by the Agency prescribed in Article 38-2, paragraph (1) of that Act, that is specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order.

①The Agency is to provide identity confirmation information retained by the Agency, other than resident record codes, as specified by Cabinet Order, when it has received, from an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table I, the mayor of the municipality or other executive body of the municipality, or the prefectural governor or other executive body of a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture, being one that is specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order as a person processing the quasi-statutory work specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order among the quasi-statutory work (meaning work equivalent to the work listed in the right-hand column of each item of Appended Tables I to IV, in each item of Appended Table V, and in the right-hand column of each item of Appended Table VI (referred to as "work listed in the Appended Tables" in this paragraph), excluding work based on the provisions of an individual Act and limited to work for which the individual number may be used under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, whose nature is identical to that of the work listed in the Appended Tables, and which meets other criteria specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter) (hereinafter referred to as a "handler of quasi-statutory work"), a request concerning the processing of that quasi-statutory work.

②The prefectural governor may use identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor when performing the quasi-statutory work specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, among the quasi-statutory work.

③Where the prefectural governor has received a request concerning the processing of the quasi-statutory work from the executive body of the prefecture other than the prefectural governor, being one specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order as a person processing the quasi-statutory work specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, among the quasi-statutory work, the prefectural governor is to provide identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor, as specified by Cabinet Order.

The Agency must, at least once each year, prepare a report on the status of the provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency and resident record codes under Article 30-9, Article 30-9-2, and paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to the part concerning the provision of identity confirmation information retained by the Agency to a handler of quasi-statutory work (limited to an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table I; the same applies in Article 30-23, Article 30-28, paragraph (1), and Article 30-30, paragraph (2))), as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, and make the report public.

①The Agency must establish Identity Confirmation Information Management Rules concerning the matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order in relation to the implementation of the work that the Agency is to process under this Chapter and Article 37, paragraph (2) (hereinafter referred to as "identity confirmation information processing work"), and obtain the approval of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. The same applies when it intends to change these Rules.

②The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, when finding that the Identity Confirmation Information Management Rules approved under the preceding paragraph have become inappropriate for the proper and reliable implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, order the Agency to change these Rules.

The Agency must, as specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, keep and preserve books stating the matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order concerning the identity confirmation information processing work.

The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, when finding it necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, issue to the Agency any order necessary for supervision in relation to the implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work.

①The Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications may, when finding it necessary to ensure the proper implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, require the Agency to report as necessary on the status of the implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, or have its officials enter the office of the Agency and inspect the status of the implementation of the identity confirmation information processing work, or its books, documents, or other objects.

②An official who conducts an on-site inspection under the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card and present it when requested to do so by a related person.

③The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation.

The Agency is to provide the prefectural governor with the necessary technical advice and provision of information concerning the computer processing (meaning the input, storage, editing, processing, correction, updating, retrieval, deletion, output, or other similar processing of information carried out using a computer; the same applies hereinafter) of identity confirmation information pertaining to the notice under Article 30-6, paragraph (1).

①The prefectural governor is to carry out the necessary liaison and coordination among the municipalities within the area of the prefecture, concerning the transmission of identity confirmation information via a telecommunications line under Article 30-6, paragraph (2), and the processing of other affairs of a municipality prescribed in this Chapter.

②The prefectural governor is to provide the necessary cooperation to the mayors of the municipalities within the area of the prefecture, so that accurate records concerning residents are made in the basic resident register.

③The Agency must provide the necessary cooperation to the prefectural governor, so that accurate records concerning residents are made in the basic resident register of the municipalities within the area of the prefecture.

The Agency may collect a fee, in the amount specified with the approval of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, from an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1, a handler of quasi-statutory work, or the Digital Agency, that makes a request prescribed in Article 30-9, Article 30-9-2, paragraph (1), or Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1).

①When the prefectural governor carries out the computer processing, etc. (meaning computer processing, or preparatory work for the input of information, or the storage of a magnetic disk; the same applies hereinafter) of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), the prefectural governor must take the measures necessary for the prevention of leakage, loss and damage of that identity confirmation information and for other appropriate management of that identity confirmation information.

②When the Agency carries out the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), the Agency must take the measures necessary for the prevention of leakage, loss and damage of that identity confirmation information and for other appropriate management of that identity confirmation information.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the prefectural governor or the Agency of the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1) or Article 30-7, paragraph (1) performs the entrusted work.

①Except where the prefectural governor provides or uses identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor pursuant to Article 30-13, Article 30-15, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 30-15-2, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 37, paragraph (2), the prefectural governor must not provide or use identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1).

②Except where the Agency provides or uses identity confirmation information retained by the Agency or a resident record code pursuant to Article 30-9 through Article 30-12, Article 30-15, paragraphs (3) through (5), Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1), or Article 37, paragraph (2), the Agency must not provide or use identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1).

①An official or former official of a municipality who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, or an official or former official of a prefecture who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with those affairs.

②A person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the mayor of a municipality or the prefectural governor of the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, or of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), or an officer or employee of that person, or a person who was such a person, an officer, or an employee, must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with that entrusted work.

③An officer or employee of the Agency (including a member of the Identity Confirmation Information Protection Committee prescribed in Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (Act No. 29 of 2013)), or a person who held such a position, must not divulge any secret that the person has come to know in connection with identity confirmation information processing work.

④A person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the Agency of the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), or an officer or employee of that person, or a person who was such a person, an officer, or an employee, must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with that entrusted work.

①A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the prefectural governor, must not wantonly disclose to another person any matter learned in connection with those affairs, or use it for a wrongful purpose.

②A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-7, paragraph (1), carried out under entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from the Agency, must not wantonly disclose to another person any matter learned in connection with those affairs, or use it for a wrongful purpose.

①When the mayor of a municipality or another executive body of a municipality, the prefectural governor or another executive body of a prefecture, an organ of the State or a juridical person or a handler of quasi-statutory work listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1, that has received the provision of identity confirmation information pursuant to Article 30-9, Article 30-10 through Article 30-14, Article 30-15, paragraph (2), or Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1) or (3), or the Digital Agency that has received the provision of a resident record code pursuant to Article 30-9-2 (hereinafter referred to as a "recipient"), carries out the computer processing, etc. of the identity confirmation information or resident record code that it has received the provision of pursuant to these provisions (hereinafter referred to as "received identity confirmation information, etc."), the recipient must take the measures necessary for the prevention of leakage, loss and damage of the received identity confirmation information, etc. and for other appropriate management of that received identity confirmation information, etc.

②The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the case where a person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from a recipient of the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc. performs the entrusted work.

A recipient is to use or provide received identity confirmation information, etc. within the scope necessary for the performance of the affairs that the recipient processes and for which the recipient is permitted, as provided for in this Act, to request the provision of identity confirmation information, etc. (meaning identity confirmation information or a resident record code; the same applies in paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the following Article) in connection with the processing of those affairs, and must not use or provide all or part of the received identity confirmation information, etc. for a purpose other than the processing of those affairs.

①An official or former official of a municipality or a prefecture who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information that the mayor of the municipality or another executive body of the municipality, or the prefectural governor or another executive body of the prefecture, has received the provision of pursuant to Article 30-10 through Article 30-14, Article 30-15, paragraph (2), or Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1) or (3), must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, that the person has come to know in connection with those affairs.

②An official or former official of an organ of the State listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1, an officer or employee of a juridical person listed in that column or a person who held such a position, an officer or employee of a handler of quasi-statutory work or a person who held such a position, or an official or former official of the Digital Agency, who is engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, etc. that the organ of the State, juridical person, or handler of quasi-statutory work listed in that column, or the Digital Agency, has received the provision of pursuant to Article 30-9, Article 30-9-2, or Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1), must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, etc., or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, etc., that the person has come to know in connection with those affairs.

③A person who has received entrustment (including entrustment through two or more tiers) from a recipient of the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc., or an officer or employee of that person, or a person who was such a person, an officer, or an employee, must not divulge any secret concerning identity confirmation information, etc., or any secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of identity confirmation information, etc., that the person has come to know in connection with that entrusted work.

A person who is or was engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of received identity confirmation information, etc., carried out under entrustment from a recipient (including entrustment through two or more tiers), must not wantonly disclose to another person any matter learned in connection with those affairs, or use it for a wrongful purpose.

①Any person may request the prefectural governor or the Agency to disclose, in writing, the identity confirmation information pertaining to the person that is recorded on a magnetic disk under Article 30-6, paragraph (3) or Article 30-7, paragraph (3) (such "disclosure" includes, where no identity confirmation information pertaining to the person exists, notifying the person to that effect; the same applies below).

②If there has been a request for disclosure under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph and Article 30-33, paragraph (1) as a "request for disclosure"), the prefectural governor or the Agency must disclose, in writing, to the person who made the request for disclosure (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph and Article 30-33, paragraph (2) as the "person requesting disclosure") the identity confirmation information pertaining to that request for disclosure; provided, however, that if the person requesting disclosure consents, the disclosure may be made by a method other than in writing.

①The disclosure under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article must be made within thirty days from the day on which the request for disclosure was accepted.

②If the prefectural governor or the Agency is unable to make the disclosure within the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph due to difficulty in the administration of affairs or other justifiable grounds, the prefectural governor or the Agency must, within the period prescribed in that paragraph, notify the person requesting disclosure in writing of the reason why the disclosure cannot be made within the period set forth in that paragraph and of the time limit for the disclosure.

A person who requests the Agency to disclose the identity confirmation information pertaining to the person under Article 30-32, paragraph (1) must pay a fee in the amount specified by the Agency with the approval of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.

If a person who has received disclosure under Article 30-32, paragraph (2) makes a request in writing for the correction, addition, or deletion of all or part of the content of the identity confirmation information pertaining to the disclosure, the prefectural governor or the Agency is to promptly conduct an investigation and notify the person who made the request of the result in writing.

The prefectural governor or the Agency must endeavor to appropriately and promptly handle complaints concerning the implementation of the affairs processed by the prefecture under the provisions of this Act (excluding Chapter III and the following Chapter) or the identity confirmation information processing work.

①Except where necessary for the performance of affairs under the provisions of this Act, the mayor of the municipality must not demand that any person notify the mayor of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to a person other than a resident of that municipality.

②Except where necessary for the performance of affairs under the provisions of this Act, the prefectural governor must not demand that any person notify the prefectural governor of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that person or a person other than that person.

③Except where necessary for the performance of affairs that the Agency is to process under the provisions of this Act, the Agency must not demand that any person notify the Agency of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that person or a person other than that person.

④Except where necessary for the performance of affairs that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications processes and for which it is permitted, as provided for by this Act, to request the provision of a resident record code in connection with the processing of those affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications must not demand that any person notify the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that person or a person other than that person.

①No person other than the mayor of a municipality, the prefectural governor, the Agency, or the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "municipal mayors, etc.") may demand that a person other than a person belonging to the same household as that person (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "third party") notify that person of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that third party or to a person other than that third party.

②No person other than municipal mayors, etc. may, in connection with an act that the person carries out in the course of business, demand that a third party who intends to make, or who makes, an offer to the person for a sale, a lease, an employment, or any other contract (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as a "contract"), or a third party who has concluded a contract with the person, notify the person of a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that third party or to a person other than that third party.

③No person other than municipal mayors, etc. may, in the course of business, compile a database (meaning a collection of information concerning a third party, including a resident record code entered on a certificate of residence pertaining to that third party, that is systematically organized so that such information can be searched for using a computer; the same applies below in this paragraph) in which resident record codes are recorded, where the information recorded in that database is scheduled to be provided to another person.

④If an act in violation of the preceding two paragraphs has been committed, and the prefectural governor finds that there is a risk that the person who committed that act will further and repeatedly commit an act in violation of those provisions, the prefectural governor may recommend that the person who committed that act discontinue that act, or recommend that the person take the measures necessary to ensure that act is discontinued.

⑤If a person who has received a recommendation under the preceding paragraph does not comply with the recommendation, the prefectural governor may, after hearing the opinion of the council of the prefecture prescribed in Article 30-40, paragraph (1), set a time limit and order that person to comply with the recommendation.

①If the prefectural governor finds it necessary in connection with measures under paragraph (4) or paragraph (5) of the preceding Article, the prefectural governor may, to the extent found necessary, require a person for whom there is a reasonable ground sufficient to find that the person is in violation of paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of that Article to report on necessary matters, or have the prefectural governor's official enter the office or place of business of a person for whom there is a reasonable ground sufficient to find that the person is in violation of those provisions, and inspect the books, documents, and other articles.

②An official who conducts an on-site inspection under the preceding paragraph must carry a certificate showing the official's identity, and must present it if requested by a person concerned.

③The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation.

①A council concerning the protection of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "prefectural council") is established in the prefecture.

②The prefectural council, in addition to investigating and deliberating on matters placed under its authority by the provisions of this Act (excluding the following Chapter), may, in response to consultation by the prefectural governor, investigate and deliberate on matters concerning the protection of identity confirmation information pertaining to a notification under Article 30-6, paragraph (1) in the relevant prefecture, and make recommendations to the prefectural governor concerning those matters.

③The necessary matters concerning the organization and operation of the council of the prefecture are specified by Prefectural Ordinance.