①If entries should be made in a family register in two or more ward offices or town halls, if a mayor of a municipality that received the notification or application is a mayor of a designated municipality, and, if a mayor of a designated municipality (referred to below in the paragraph as "mayor of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register") is one of the mayors of a municipality who should make the entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application (excluding the mayor of a municipality who received the relevant notification or application), the Minister of Justice is to inform the mayor of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register to the effect that the Minister has received the information regarding the written application and other documents as stated in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2) (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 117), the number of notifications or applications that should be provided is the number arrived at when the number of mayors of a designated municipality among mayors of a municipality that should make entries in a family register is first subtracted from the mayors of a municipality that should make entries in a family register, and then one is added.

③If there is a notification or an application outside of the place of the registered domicile (excluding the case where entries should be made in a family register in two or more ward offices or town halls), if both the mayor of a municipality that received the notification or application and the mayor of a municipality who should make the entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application are mayors of a designated municipality, the Minister of Justice is to inform the mayors of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register to the effect that the Minister has received the written application and other documents stated in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

④In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 117) do not apply.