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orders

命令(めいれい)

In Article 3, paragraph (2), an order made under an Act (法律), including a public notice (告示) that sets the requirements of a disposition (処分).

person delinquent in payment

滞納者(たいのうしゃ)

A person who has not paid premiums or other money to be collected under this Act (保険料等) by the due date, to whom the insurer (保険者等) must send a demand for payment setting a time limit, unless the premiums are being collected under Article 172.

correspondence delivery

信書便(しんしょびん)

Delivery of other people's letters other than by post, as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, provided by a general or specified correspondence delivery operator under that Act.

amending Act

改正法(かいせいほう)

Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024), which this Cabinet Order (政令) was made to implement.

Guardianship, etc.

後見等(こうけんとう)

Guardianship (後見), curatorship (保佐) and assistance (補助), taken together.

trustee

受託者(じゅたくしゃ)

A trust company licensed under Article 3 or Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Trust Business Act, or a financial institution carrying on trust business under the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions, with which a lineal ascendant makes the fund management contract.

security interest holder

担保権者(たんぽけんしゃ)

In Articles 538 and 539, a person holding a security interest (担保権) of the kinds Article 522(2) lists — a special statutory lien (特別の先取特権), pledge (質権), mortgage (抵当権) or certain rights of retention (留置権) — over property of a stock company in special liquidation, who may not refuse the company's having that property converted into money under the Civil Enforcement Act or other laws on compulsory execution.

basic policy

基本方針(きほんほうしん)

The basic policy the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare sets under Article 30-3, paragraph (1), in line with the comprehensive securing policy (総合確保方針) and the policy on promoting medical information technology (医療情報化推進方針) under the Act on Promotion of Comprehensive Securing of Medical and Long-Term Care in Communities, for securing the system for providing good-quality, appropriate medical care efficiently (医療提供体制).

item of correspondence delivery

信書便物(しんしょびんぶつ)

A letter carried by correspondence delivery (信書便), together with its packaging and anything else enclosed, as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators; one sent in the ordinary way is presumed served when it would normally have arrived.

item of correspondence delivery

信書便物(しんしょびんぶつ)

A letter carried by correspondence delivery (信書便), together with its packaging and anything else enclosed, as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators; one sent in the ordinary way is presumed served when it would normally have arrived.

business office or similar place

営業所等(えいぎょうしょとう)

In Article 59, paragraphs (1) and (2), a business office, office or similar place in Japan of an insurance company, etc. (保険会社等) or of a payer of retirement allowances, etc. (退職手当金等); the reports (調書) that Article requires go to the district director (税務署長) for the place where the office that prepared them is.

postal item, etc.

郵便物等(ゆうびんぶつとう)

In Articles 81 and 82 and Article 118, paragraph (5), mail (郵便物) or correspondence items (信書便物) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) addressed to the bankrupt (破産者), which the court may ask the delivery business to deliver to the bankruptcy trustee (破産管財人) instead.

specified certification

特定認定(とくていにんてい)

A certification under Article 21-22, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness made between the day the Act Partially Amending the Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness, etc., and Other Matters (Act No. 70 of 2021) came into effect and 31 March 2028, including a certification under Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Promotion of Business Activities by Food, etc. Business Operators and Ensuring Proper Transactions of Food, etc. for Realizing a Sustainable Supply of Food, etc. of an environmental burden reduction business activity plan (環境負荷低減事業活動計画).

passenger railway company

旅客会社(りょかくがいしゃ)

A passenger railway company as defined in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the Act on Passenger Railway Companies and Japan Freight Railway Company.

member of an organized crime group

暴力団員(ぼうりょくだんいん)

A member of an organized crime group as defined in Article 2(vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members.

mutual retrocession

再再共済(さいさいきょうさい)

Reinsurance, a second time over, of the liability a cooperative takes on under contracts of mutual reinsurance (再共済) — reinsurance of reinsurance.

Designated City, etc.

指定都市等(していとしとう)

A designated city (指定都市) or a core city (中核市), which, under Article 203-2, handles the work this Act gives prefectures that a Cabinet Order (政令) names, the provisions on prefectures then applying to it.

Payment Services Act

資金決済法(しきんけっさいほう)

Short name for the Payment Services Act (Act No. 59 of 2009), which regulates prepaid payment instruments and money-transfer businesses.

specified notice, etc.

特定通知等(とくていつうちとう)

In Article 81-6, paragraph (8), Article 81-9, paragraph (1) and Article 81-17, paragraph (6), a specified notice or similar communication as defined in Article 336, paragraph (4) of the Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act: the notice of an individual number by the Deposit Insurance Corporation (預金保険機構) under Article 5, paragraph (3) of the 2021 Act on managing deposit accounts using individual numbers at the depositor's wish (Act No. 39 of 2021), or another notice or provision of information that a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) sets.

special taxes for reconstruction

復興特別税(ふっこうとくべつぜい)

The special income tax for reconstruction (復興特別所得税) and the special corporation tax for reconstruction (復興特別法人税), which this Act creates.