If a Real Estate Broker concludes an agreement for mediating a sale or exchange of a Building Lot or building (referred to hereinafter in this article as "Mediation Agreement"), the Real Estate Broker must, without delay, prepare a document in which the matters as listed below are stated, affix the name and seal of the Real Estate Broker thereto, and issue said document to the requesting party:
the location and lot number of said Building Lot and any other indication required to identify said Building Lot or the location, type, and structure of said building and any other indication required to identify said building;
当該宅地の所在、地番その他当該宅地を特定するために必要な表示又は当該建物の所在、種類、構造その他当該建物を特定するために必要な表示
the price at which said Building Lot or building should be sold or the appraised value thereof;
当該宅地又は建物を売買すべき価額又はその評価額
matters concerning the acceptance of a request made by the requesting party to have another Real Estate Broker provide mediation or agency services for the sale or exchange of said Building Lot or building and, where said request is permitted, matters concerning the existence of an obligation to clearly identify the other Real Estate Broker;
if said building is an existing building, matters concerning the arrangement, for the requesting party, of a person who conducts a building condition survey (meaning a survey of the condition of the parts of a building specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as the parts that are principal in terms of the structural strength of the building or the parts that prevent the infiltration of rainwater (referred to as the "principal structural parts of a building, etc." in Article 37, paragraph (1), item (ii)-2), which is conducted by a person specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as a person having knowledge and abilities concerning deterioration over time and other phenomena that occur in buildings; the same applies in Article 35, paragraph (1), item (vi)-2, (a));
当該建物が既存の建物であるときは、依頼者に対する建物状況調査（建物の構造耐力上主要な部分又は雨水の浸入を防止する部分として国土交通省令で定めるもの（第三十七条第一項第二号の二において「建物の構造耐力上主要な部分等」という。）の状況の調査であつて、経年変化その他の建物に生じる事象に関する知識及び能力を有する者として国土交通省令で定める者が実施するものをいう。第三十五条第一項第六号の二イにおいて同じ。）を実施する者のあつせんに関する事項
matters concerning the effective term and cancellation of the Mediation Agreement;
媒介契約の有効期間及び解除に関する事項
matters concerning the registration of said Building Lot or building with the Real Estate Information Network System as prescribed in paragraph (5);
matters concerning remuneration;
報酬に関する事項
other matters as specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and Cabinet Office Ordinance.
その他国土交通省令・内閣府令で定める事項
If a Real Estate Broker states an opinion regarding a price or appraised value as provided for in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph, the Real Estate Broker must clarify the basis on which said opinion is made.
The effective term of a Mediation Agreement that prohibits a requesting party from making a request to have another Real Estate Broker provide mediation or agency services for a sale or exchange (hereinafter referred to as "Exclusive Mediation Agreement") may not exceed three months. Any prescribed period longer than this is deemed to be three months.
The effective term as provided for in the preceding paragraph may be renewed by the submission of an application by the requesting party. Provided, however, that the effective term as extended may not exceed three months from the time of renewal.
前項の有効期間は、依頼者の申出により、更新することができる。ただし、更新の時から三月を超えることができない。
If a Real Estate Broker concludes an Exclusive Mediation Agreement; the Real Estate Broker must, pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, register the location, size, and characteristics of a Building Lot or building subject to said Exclusive Mediation Agreement; the price at which said Building Lot or building should be sold; and other matters as specified by an Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with a person designated by the Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the "Real Estate Information Network System") in order to facilitate searches of agreement counterparties.
A Real Estate Broker that carries out a registration under the preceding paragraph must, without delay, deliver a document attesting to said registration as prescribed in Article 50-6 to the requesting party.
If a Real Estate Broker as provided for in the preceding paragraph concludes an agreement for selling or exchanging a Building Lot or building pertaining to a registration under paragraph (5), the Real Estate Broker must, without delay and pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, provide notification of the fact thereof to the Real Estate Information Network System pertaining to said registration.
When an application is made for the sale or exchange of a Building Lot or building that is subject to a Mediation Agreement, the Real Estate Broker that has concluded said Mediation Agreement must report the fact thereof to the requesting party without delay.
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, a Real Estate Broker that has concluded an Exclusive Mediation Agreement must submit a report on the processing status of operations pertaining to said Exclusive Mediation Agreement to the requesting party at least once every two weeks (or at least once a week for an Exclusive Mediation Agreement that includes special provisions to the effect that the requesting party is unable to conclude an agreement for sale or exchange with a person other than a counterparty searched by said Real Estate Broker).
Any special provision contravening the provisions of any of paragraphs (3) through (6) or the preceding two paragraphs is hereby invalidated.
第三項から第六項まで及び前二項の規定に反する特約は、無効とする。
In lieu of issuing the document referred to in paragraph (1), a Real Estate Broker may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order and with the consent of the requesting party, provide the matters that are required to be stated in said document by electronic or magnetic means (meaning means using an electronic data processing system or other means using information and communications technology; the same applies hereinafter) that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as a means by which measures are taken in lieu of affixing the name and seal under the provisions of that paragraph. In this case, said Real Estate Broker is deemed to have affixed its name and seal to said document and issued it.
In lieu of delivering the document under the provisions of paragraph (6), a Real Estate Broker may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order and with the consent of the requesting party, provide the matters that are to be attested in said document by electronic or magnetic means that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. In this case, said Real Estate Broker is deemed to have delivered said document.