①With regard to a closed register pertaining to the affairs that have been designated under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (including those that are deemed to have been designated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article) which is kept at the registry office at the time when the designation is made, the provisions of Article 24-2, paragraph (3) of the former Act remain in force.

②The provisions of Article 119, paragraph (4) of the new Act apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of fees referred to in Article 21, paragraph (1) of the former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-2, paragraph (3) of the former Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "paragraphs (1) and (2)" in Article 119, paragraph (4) of the new Act is to be deemed to be replaced with "Article 21, paragraph (1) of the former Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-2, paragraph (3) of the former Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions".

③The provisions of the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs do not apply to a closed register referred to in paragraph (1) (including annexed documents thereof; the same applies in the following paragraph).

④The provisions of Chapter V, Section 4 of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information do not apply to the retained personal information (meaning retained personal information prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of the same Act) which is recorded in a closed register referred to in paragraph (1).