A person recorded in the basic resident register may request the mayor of the municipality that keeps the basic resident register in which that person is recorded to change the entry of the resident record code entered in the certificate of residence pertaining to that person.
住民基本台帳に記録されている者は、その者が記録されている住民基本台帳を備える市町村の市町村長に対し、その者に係る住民票に記載されている住民票コードの記載の変更を請求することができる。
A person who intends to make a request for change of entry of a resident record code under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "request for change") must submit a written request for change stating that fact and other matters specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order to the mayor of the municipality that keeps the basic resident register in which that person is recorded, as specified by Cabinet Order.
When a written request for change under the preceding paragraph has been submitted, the mayor of the municipality is to enter, in the certificate of residence pertaining to the person who made that request for change, one new resident record code selected from among the resident record codes designated by the Agency under Article 30-2, paragraph (1), in place of the resident record code previously entered in that certificate of residence. In this case, the mayor of the municipality is to select and enter a resident record code that is different from the resident record codes entered in the certificates of residence pertaining to persons other than the person pertaining to that entry.
When the mayor of the municipality has entered a new resident record code pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the mayor must promptly notify the person who made that request for change, in writing, of the fact that the entry of the resident record code has been changed and of the newly entered resident record code.