Article 6Merger and Split of Corporations That Have Obtained Permission to Drill Land
第六条（土地の掘削の許可を受けた者である法人の合併及び分割）
In the case of a merger of corporations that have obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) (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 of corporations that have obtained the permission (limited to situations where the entire drilling business related to the permission 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 obtained the permission referred to in the same paragraph.
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to items (iv) through (vi)) and paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "the applicant" in paragraph (1) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "the corporation surviving the merger, the corporation established by the merger, or the corporation succeeding to the entire drilling business related to the permission through the split".
第四条第一項（第四号から第六号までに係る部分に限る。）及び第二項の規定は、前項の承認について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「申請者」とあるのは、「合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立される法人又は分割により当該許可に係る掘削の事業の全部を承継する法人」と読み替えるものとする。