A person other than the person prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate only in the cases listed in the following items. In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify the particulars specified in those items:
if the person needs to confirm the particulars entered in the family register in order to exercise their own right or perform their own obligation:the cause and content of the right or the obligation, as well as the reasons for which the person needs to confirm the particulars entered in the family register in order to exercise the relevant right or perform the relevant obligation;
自己の権利を行使し、又は自己の義務を履行するために戸籍の記載事項を確認する必要がある場合 権利又は義務の発生原因及び内容並びに当該権利を行使し、又は当該義務を履行するために戸籍の記載事項の確認を必要とする理由
if the person needs to submit the family register transcript, extract or certificate to a national or local government agency:the national or local government agency to which they must submit the family register transcript, extract or certificate, and the reasons why the submission to the relevant agency is required; and
国又は地方公共団体の機関に提出する必要がある場合 戸籍謄本等を提出すべき国又は地方公共団体の機関及び当該機関への提出を必要とする理由
beyond the cases listed in the preceding two items, if the person has justifiable grounds for using the particulars entered in the family register:the purpose and the method of use of the entries in the family register, as well as the reasons for requiring that use.
前二号に掲げる場合のほか、戸籍の記載事項を利用する正当な理由がある場合 戸籍の記載事項の利用の目的及び方法並びにその利用を必要とする事由
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a national or local government agency may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if the agency needs it in order to perform processes prescribed by law and regulations. In this case, the official with the authority to take charge of making the request must clarify their government position, the type of processes, and the clauses of the governing law and regulations that constitute the grounds for performing processes, as well as the purpose for which the particulars entered in the family register will be used.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), an attorney (including a legal professional corporation or attorney at law/registered foreign lawyer joint corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a judicial scrivener (including a judicial scrivener corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a land and buildings investigator (including a land and buildings investigator corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a certified public tax accountant (including a tax accountancy corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a public consultant on social and labor insurance (including a corporation of public consultants on social and labor insurance; the same applies in the following paragraph), a patent attorney (including a patent attorney corporation; the same applies in the following paragraph), a marine procedure commission agent, or a certified administrative procedures legal specialist (including a certified administrative procedures legal specialist corporation) may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if they require it in order to execute business concerning a case or function that they have undertaken. In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify their qualifications, the type of the business, the name of the client of the case or function, and the particulars prescribed in the items of paragraph (1) regarding the relevant client.
第一項の規定にかかわらず、弁護士（弁護士法人及び弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、司法書士（司法書士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、土地家屋調査士（土地家屋調査士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、税理士（税理士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、社会保険労務士（社会保険労務士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、弁理士（弁理士法人を含む。次項において同じ。）、海事代理士又は行政書士（行政書士法人を含む。）は、受任している事件又は事務に関する業務を遂行するために必要がある場合には、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、その有する資格、当該業務の種類、当該事件又は事務の依頼者の氏名又は名称及び当該依頼者についての第一項各号に定める事項を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, an attorney, judicial scrivener, land and buildings investigator, certified public tax accountant, social insurance and labor public consultant, or patent attorney may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if they require it in order to conduct the following business with regard to a case that they have undertaken. In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify their qualification, the type of the case, the procedures which they are carrying out or seek to carry out as an agent in the course of their business, and the purpose of use of the particulars entered in the family register:
for an attorney, services as an agent in court proceedings or in out-of-court proceedings involving civil or administrative dispute resolution (in the case of a legal professional corporation, those services exclude services as an agent as prescribed in the items of Article 30-6, paragraph (1) of the Attorney Act (Act No. 205 of 1949), and in the case of a lawyer and registered foreign lawyer joint corporation, those services exclude services as an agent as prescribed in the items of Article 30-6, paragraph (1) of the Attorney Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 80, paragraph (1) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning the Handling of Legal Services by Foreign Lawyers (Act No. 66 of 1986));
弁護士にあつては、裁判手続又は裁判外における民事上若しくは行政上の紛争処理の手続についての代理業務（弁護士法人については弁護士法（昭和二十四年法律第二百五号）第三十条の六第一項各号に規定する代理業務を除き、弁護士・外国法事務弁護士共同法人については外国弁護士による法律事務の取扱い等に関する法律（昭和六十一年法律第六十六号）第八十条第一項において準用する弁護士法第三十条の六第一項各号に規定する代理業務を除く。）
for a judicial scrivener, services as an agent as prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iii) and items (vi) through (viii) of the Judicial Scrivener Act (Act No. 197 of 1950) (excluding consultation services prescribed in items (vii) and (viii) of the relevant paragraph; in the case of a judicial scrivener corporation, excluding services as an agent prescribed in item (vi) of the relevant paragraph);
司法書士にあつては、司法書士法（昭和二十五年法律第百九十七号）第三条第一項第三号及び第六号から第八号までに規定する代理業務（同項第七号及び第八号に規定する相談業務並びに司法書士法人については同項第六号に規定する代理業務を除く。）
for a land or buildings investigator, services as an agent for handling the procedures for a request for examination prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Land or Buildings Investigator Act (Act No. 228 of 1950) and services as an agent as prescribed in items (iv) and (vii) of the relevant paragraph;
土地家屋調査士にあつては、土地家屋調査士法（昭和二十五年法律第二百二十八号）第三条第一項第二号に規定する審査請求の手続についての代理業務並びに同項第四号及び第七号に規定する代理業務
for a certified public tax accountant, services as an agent for handling an appeal prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Certified Public Tax Accountant Act (Act No. 237 of 1951) and any claim or statement concerning that appeal;
税理士にあつては、税理士法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十七号）第二条第一項第一号に規定する不服申立て及びこれに関する主張又は陳述についての代理業務
for a social insurance and labor public consultant, services as an agent for handling a request for examination or request for re-examination prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)-3 of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labor Insurance (Act No. 89 of 1968), and handling any claim or statement made to the administrative organ or other relevant organs with respect to their investigation or disposition related to the request in question, and services as an agent as prescribed in items (i)-4 through (i)-6 of the relevant paragraph (excluding consultation services prescribed in paragraph (3), item (i) of the relevant Article); and
社会保険労務士にあつては、社会保険労務士法（昭和四十三年法律第八十九号）第二条第一項第一号の三に規定する審査請求及び再審査請求並びにこれらに係る行政機関等の調査又は処分に関し当該行政機関等に対してする主張又は陳述についての代理業務並びに同項第一号の四から第一号の六までに規定する代理業務（同条第三項第一号に規定する相談業務を除く。）
for a patent attorney, services as an agent in procedures with the Japan Patent Office (limited to appeals) and procedures involving the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry with regard to a request for examination or award (limited to revocation of an award) as prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Patent Attorneys Act (Act No. 49 of 2000), services as an agent in procedures involving a Director-General of Customs or the Minister of Finance as prescribed in paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article (limited to appeals), services as an agent as prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph, services as an agent in proceedings in lawsuits as prescribed in Article 6 of that Act, and services as an agent in proceedings in specific infringement lawsuits as prescribed in Article 6-2, paragraph (1) of that Act (in the case of a patent attorney corporation, excluding services as an agent in proceedings in lawsuits as prescribed in Article 6 of that Act and services as an agent in proceedings in specific infringement lawsuits as prescribed in that paragraph).
弁理士にあつては、弁理士法（平成十二年法律第四十九号）第四条第一項に規定する特許庁における手続（不服申立てに限る。）、審査請求及び裁定に関する経済産業大臣に対する手続（裁定の取消しに限る。）についての代理業務、同条第二項第一号に規定する税関長又は財務大臣に対する手続（不服申立てに限る。）についての代理業務、同項第二号に規定する代理業務、同法第六条に規定する訴訟の手続についての代理業務並びに同法第六条の二第一項に規定する特定侵害訴訟の手続についての代理業務（弁理士法人については同法第六条に規定する訴訟の手続についての代理業務及び同項に規定する特定侵害訴訟の手続についての代理業務を除く。）
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3), an attorney may request the issuance of a family register transcript, extract or certificate if the attorney needs it in order to perform their services in acting as a defense counsel in a criminal case, in acting as an attendant in a juvenile protection case or a treatment case prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Harm to Others While in a State of Insanity (Act No. 110 of 2003), in acting as an assistant in court in a case involving a request for examination on the extradition of a fugitive, in acting as an agent appointed by the court pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act on Protection of Personal Liberty (Act No. 199 of 1948), in acting as a counsel appointed by the presiding judge pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of 2003), or in acting as a special agent prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996). In this case, the person who makes the request must clarify their qualifications as an attorney, the category of services concerned, and the purpose for which the particulars entered in the family register will be used.
第一項及び第三項の規定にかかわらず、弁護士は、刑事に関する事件における弁護人としての業務、少年の保護事件若しくは心神喪失等の状態で重大な他害行為を行った者の医療及び観察等に関する法律（平成十五年法律第百十号）第三条に規定する処遇事件における付添人としての業務、逃亡犯罪人引渡審査請求事件における補佐人としての業務、人身保護法（昭和二十三年法律第百九十九号）第十四条第二項の規定により裁判所が選任した代理人としての業務、人事訴訟法（平成十五年法律第百九号）第十三条第二項及び第三項の規定により裁判長が選任した訴訟代理人としての業務又は民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三十五条第一項に規定する特別代理人としての業務を遂行するために必要がある場合には、戸籍謄本等の交付の請求をすることができる。この場合において、当該請求をする者は、弁護士の資格、これらの業務の別及び戸籍の記載事項の利用の目的を明らかにしてこれをしなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who seeks to make a request referred to in the preceding paragraphs.