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Article 3Responsibilities of the Mayor of the Municipality, etc.

第三条(市町村長等の責務)

The mayor of the municipality must always endeavor to maintain the basic resident register and ensure that accurate records concerning residents are made, and must endeavor to take the measures necessary to ensure that the management of records concerning residents is properly carried out.

市町村長は、常に、住民基本台帳を整備し、住民に関する正確な記録が行われるように努めるとともに、住民に関する記録の管理が適正に行われるように必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。

The mayor of the municipality and other executive bodies of the municipality must manage or execute affairs concerning residents based on the basic resident register, and must endeavor to rationalize the processing of affairs concerning notifications and other acts by residents.

市町村長その他の市町村の執行機関は、住民基本台帳に基づいて住民に関する事務を管理し、又は執行するとともに、住民からの届出その他の行為に関する事務の処理の合理化に努めなければならない。

A resident must always endeavor to accurately make a notification of a change in status as a resident, and must not make a false notification or engage in any other act that would impair the accuracy of the basic resident register.

住民は、常に、住民としての地位の変更に関する届出を正確に行うように努めなければならず、虚偽の届出その他住民基本台帳の正確性を阻害するような行為をしてはならない。

Any person must endeavor to respect the fundamental human rights of the individual, when using matters learned through the inspection of the partial copy of the Basic Resident Register prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1), or the issuance of a copy of a certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in resident register prescribed in Article 12, paragraph (1), a copy of a removed certificate of residence or a certificate of items stated in removed certificate of residence prescribed in Article 15-4, paragraph (1), a copy of the family register supplement prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1), a copy of the removed family register supplement prescribed in Article 21-3, paragraph (1), or any other document issued under the provisions of this Act.

何人も、第十一条第一項に規定する住民基本台帳の一部の写しの閲覧又は第十二条第一項に規定する住民票の写し若しくは住民票記載事項証明書、第十五条の四第一項に規定する除票の写し若しくは除票記載事項証明書、第二十条第一項に規定する戸籍の附票の写し、第二十一条の三第一項に規定する戸籍の附票の除票の写しその他のこの法律の規定により交付される書類の交付により知り得た事項を使用するに当たつて、個人の基本的人権を尊重するよう努めなければならない。

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