Article 27-30-4Special Provisions on Cases for Which an Electronic Data Processing System for Disclosure Is Unusable

①Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, if a person that carries out electronic disclosure procedures is unable to carry out electronic disclosure procedures through the use of an electronic data processing system for disclosure due to a failure in telecommunication lines or any other cause, the person may carry out electronic disclosure procedures by submitting a magnetic disk (including anything on which it is possible to reliably record specific particulars through use of a similar means; hereinafter the same applies in this Chapter), instead of using an electronic data processing system for disclosure, with the approval of the Prime Minister and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

③If electronic disclosure procedures or voluntary electronic disclosure procedures are carried out through the submission of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the Prime Minister must immediately record the particulars recorded on that magnetic disk into a file, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order. In this case, the particulars recorded on the magnetic disk are deemed to reach the Cabinet Office when those particulars are recorded into the file.

④The provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to electronic disclosure or voluntary electronic disclosure carried out pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.