①In the case of a merger of corporations that have obtained the permission referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (excluding the situation where a corporation that has obtained the permission referred to in the same paragraph continues to exist after merging with a corporation that has not obtained the permission), or in the case of a split (limited to situations where the entire business of providing hot springs related to the permission for public bathing or drinking is succeeded), if the approval of the prefectural governor has been obtained for the merger or split, the corporation that continues to exist after the merger, the corporation established by the merger, or the corporation that succeeds to the entire business through the split is to succeed to the status of the person that has obtained the permission referred to in the same paragraph.

②The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) and paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "a person that falls under any of the following items" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "if the corporation surviving a merger, the corporation established by the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the entire business of providing hot springs for public bathing or drinking through the split falls under any of the following items".