Article 7Inheritance of Rights to Drill Land by a Person That Obtained Permission
第七条（土地の掘削の許可を受けた者の相続）
If a person who obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) dies, and the heir (if there are two or more heirs and an heir who is to succeed to the drilling business related to the permission has been selected with the consent of all the heirs, that person; the same applies below in this Article) intends to continue the drilling business related to the permission, the heir must file an application to, and obtain the approval from, the prefectural governor within sixty days after the death of the decedent.
第三条第一項の許可を受けた者が死亡した場合において、相続人（相続人が二人以上ある場合において、その全員の同意により当該許可に係る掘削の事業を承継すべき相続人を選定したときは、その者。以下この条において同じ。）が当該許可に係る掘削の事業を引き続き行おうとするときは、その相続人は、被相続人の死亡後六十日以内に都道府県知事に申請して、その承認を受けなければならない。
If an heir applies for the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) which has been granted to the decedent is deemed to have been granted to the heir from the day of the death of the decedent until the day on which the heir obtains the approval or receives notice of non-approval.
The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to items (iv) and (v)) and paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the approval referred to in paragraph (1).
An heir who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) succeeds to the status of the person that has obtained the permission referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) in relation to the decedent.