Supplementary Provisions, Article 7

①A person who conducts a continuous disclosure procedure must, if the person has conducted that continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure pursuant to the provisions of the first sentence of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (including where the person has done so by submitting a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article), conduct all continuous disclosure procedures conducted on or after that continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure, as provided by Cabinet Order. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis.

②A person who must conduct a continuous disclosure procedure pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, if unable to conduct that continuous disclosure procedure using the electronic data processing system for disclosure due to a failure in telecommunication lines or any other cause, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, conduct that continuous disclosure procedure by submitting a magnetic disk, instead of using the electronic data processing system for disclosure, with the approval of the Prime Minister and as provided by Cabinet Order. In this case, the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis.

③If a case falls under any of the following items and the Prime Minister approves, the provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply.

④The procedures for the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Office Order.