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employees' childcare leave, etc.

職員の育児休業等(しょくいんのいくじきゅうぎょうとう)

In Article 19, paragraph (3), leave taken by employees (職員): childcare leave (育児休業) under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Childcare Leave, etc. of Diet Officers (Act No. 108 of 1991), Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Childcare Leave, etc. of National Public Officers (Act No. 109 of 1991) (including as applied under Article 27, paragraph (1) of that Act and under the Act on Temporary Measures concerning Court Officials (Act No. 299 of 1951)) or Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Childcare Leave, etc. of Local Public Officers (Act No. 110 of 1991), childcare leave as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Childcare Leave for Judges (Act No. 111 of 1991), and other leave that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets as equivalent to these.

国会職員の育児休業等に関する法律(平成三年法律第百八号)第三条第一項、国家公務員の育児休業等に関する法律(平成三年法律第百九号)第三条第一項(同法第二十七条第一項及び裁判所職員臨時措置法(昭和二十六年法律第二百九十九号)において準用する場合を含む。)若しくは地方公務員の育児休業等に関する法律(平成三年法律第百十号)第二条第一項の規定による育児休業又は裁判官の育児休業に関する法律(平成三年法律第百十一号)第二条第一項に規定する育児休業その他これらに準ずるものとして内閣府令で定めるもの

workers' childcare leave, etc.

労働者の育児休業等(ろうどうしゃのいくじきゅうぎょうとう)

In Article 12, paragraph (3), leave taken by a general employer's (一般事業主) workers: childcare leave (育児休業) as defined in Article 2, item (i) of the Act on Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave, and Other Measures for the Welfare of Workers Caring for Children or Other Family Members (Act No. 76 of 1991), leave under measures equivalent to the childcare leave system under Article 23, paragraph (2) of that Act, leave under measures taken in line with the childcare leave system under Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act, and other leave that a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets as equivalent to these.

育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律(平成三年法律第七十六号)第二条第一号に規定する育児休業、同法第二十三条第二項の育児休業に関する制度に準ずる措置又…

proceedings for limitation of liability of a debtor

債務者の責任制限手続(さいむしゃのせきにんせいげんてつづき)

In Article 24, paragraph (1), item (v), Article 263 and Article 264, paragraph (1), the debtor's proceedings for limitation of liability under Chapter III of the Act on Limitation of Shipowner Liability (Act No. 94 of 1975) or Chapter V of the Act on Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (Act No. 95 of 1975), or under the provisions of those two Acts that Article 43, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 51, paragraphs (5) and (6) of the Act on Liability for Oil Pollution Damage apply, with some exclusions.

船舶の所有者等の責任の制限に関する法律(昭和五十年法律第九十四号)第三章又は船舶油濁等損害賠償保障法(昭和五十年法律第九十五号)第五章、同法第四十三条第五項において準用する同法第三十一条及び第三十二条並びに同法第四十…

Municipality

市町村(しちょうそん)

A city, town or village, together with a special ward (特別区): the bodies that run long-term care insurance (介護保険) under this Act, whose insured persons Article 9 names.

public safety commission

公安委員会(こうあんいいんかい)

A prefectural public safety commission (都道府県公安委員会), the body in each prefecture that manages its police and that this Act empowers to regulate road traffic and to grant driving licenses.

medical corporation

医療法人(いりょうほうじん)

An association (社団) or foundation (財団) seeking to open a hospital, a clinic where doctors or dentists regularly work, a long-term care health facility (介護老人保健施設) or an integrated facility for medical and long-term care (介護医療院), that has become a legal person under this Act.

reviewing agency

審査庁(しんさちょう)

The administrative agency (行政庁) with which a request for review (審査請求) has been filed under Article 4 or under another Act (法律) or a local ordinance (条例), including one that took the case over under Article 14 when the power to decide it passed to it through a change in the laws and regulations (法令).

reassessment

更正(こうせい)

From Article 29 to Article 72, a reassessment under Article 24 or Article 26: the tax office director's (税務署長) correction, based on an investigation, of the tax base or tax amount stated in a tax return, or of one set by an earlier reassessment or determination (決定).

amending Act

改正法(かいせいほう)

Short name, used in this Ministerial Order (省令) from Article 11 on, for the 2009 Act (Act No. 79 of 2009) amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, which came into effect on 9 July 2012; this Ministerial Order was made for that Act's coming into effect.

the Agency

機構(きこう)

The Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (地方公共団体情報システム機構), which designates the resident record codes (住民票コード) municipal mayors may use and keeps the identity confirmation information (本人確認情報) that prefectural governors pass to it.

Special Measures Act

特別措置法(とくべつそちほう)

Short name for this Act, the Act on Special Measures for Securing the Financial Resources Necessary to Implement Measures for Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake (Act No. 117 of 2011), in the wording that the table in Article 33, paragraph (1) substitutes into Article 8-4, paragraph (3), item (iv) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation.

incorporated association-operated financial instruments exchange

会員金融商品取引所(かいいんきんゆうしょうひんとりひきじょ)

A financial instruments membership corporation (金融商品会員制法人) that operates a financial instruments exchange market (取引所金融商品市場).

administrative agency reaching the disposition

処分庁(しょぶんちょう)

The administrative agency (行政庁) that made the disposition (処分) concerned.

public pension or retirement package

公的年金等(こうてきねんきんとう)

The pensions listed in Article 35, paragraph (3): public pensions under the national pension and similar schemes, pensions paid by former employers, and defined-benefit corporate pensions and similar.

place of business

事業所(じぎょうしょ)

Short for a place of business or office (事業所又は事務所), as the word is used throughout this Act except in Article 88, paragraph (1) and Article 89, paragraph (1).

municipal non-statutory ordinary tax

市町村法定外普通税(しちょうそんほうていがいふつうぜい)

An ordinary tax (普通税) that a municipality levies under Article 5, paragraph 3 by setting up a tax of its own beyond those the Local Tax Act lists.

liability insurance

責任保険(せきにんほけん)

Automobile liability insurance (自動車損害賠償責任保険) as this Act provides for it: an automobile may not be put into operation (運行) unless a contract for it, or for mutual liability insurance (責任共済), has been concluded.

subject voting rights

対象議決権(たいしょうぎけつけん)

In the chapter on shareholders of incorporated financial instruments exchanges, voting rights in an incorporated financial instruments exchange (株式会社金融商品取引所), including those of shares that cannot be asserted against the issuer under Article 147, paragraph (1) or Article 148, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, and excluding those a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) excludes in view of how they are acquired or held.

mutual liability insurance

責任共済(せきにんきょうさい)

Mutual automobile liability insurance (自動車損害賠償責任共済) as this Act provides for it: an automobile may not be put into operation (運行) unless a contract for it, or for liability insurance (責任保険), has been concluded.

employer

事業主(じぎょうぬし)

An employer with a place of business covered by employees' pension insurance (厚生年金適用事業所) that runs a corporate-type pension plan (企業型年金) — the meaning the word has throughout this Act except in Article 3, paragraph (4), Article 47, item (v), Article 54-6, Article 55, paragraph (2), item (iv)-2, and Articles 70, 71 and 78.