# 住民基本台帳法 / Residential Basic Book Act — 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2)

- Law: 住民基本台帳法 (Residential Basic Book Act), 昭和四十二年法律第八十一号
- English title "Residential Basic Book Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2)（戸籍の附票の記載事項の特例等） — address `art-17-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17-2
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### 第十七条の二（戸籍の附票の記載事項の特例等） — Special Provisions, etc. for Matters to Be Entered in a Family Register Supplement
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17-2</sup>

**第一項**  戸籍の附票には、前条に規定する事項のほか、公職選挙法第三十条の六第一項の規定に基づいて在外選挙人名簿に登録された者、同条第二項の規定に基づいて在外選挙人名簿への登録の移転（同法第三十条の二第三項に規定する在外選挙人名簿への登録の移転をいう。以下この条において同じ。）がされた者及び日本国憲法の改正手続に関する法律（平成十九年法律第五十一号）第三十七条第一項の規定に基づいて在外投票人名簿に登録された者については、その旨及び当該登録又は在外選挙人名簿への登録の移転がされた市町村名を記載しなければならない。
<sup>art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17-2/par-1</sup>
In a family register supplement, in addition to the matters prescribed in the preceding Article, for a person registered in the overseas electoral register under Article 30-6, paragraph (1) of the Public Offices Election Act, a person for whom a transfer of registration to the overseas electoral register (meaning a transfer of registration to the overseas electoral register prescribed in Article 30-2, paragraph (3) of that Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) has been made under paragraph (2) of that Article, and a person registered in the overseas referendum voter register under Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan (Act No. 51 of 2007), that fact and the name of the municipality where the registration or the transfer of registration to the overseas electoral register was made must be entered.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  市町村の選挙管理委員会は、公職選挙法第三十条の六第一項の規定により在外選挙人名簿に登録したとき、同条第二項の規定により在外選挙人名簿への登録の移転をしたとき、若しくは同法第三十条の十一の規定により在外選挙人名簿から抹消したとき、又は日本国憲法の改正手続に関する法律第三十七条第一項の規定により在外投票人名簿に登録したとき、若しくは同法第四十二条の規定により在外投票人名簿から抹消したときは、遅滞なく、その旨を当該登録若しくは在外選挙人名簿への登録の移転がされ、又は抹消された者の本籍地の市町村長に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17-2/par-2</sup>
When the election administration commission of a municipality has registered a person in the overseas electoral register under Article 30-6, paragraph (1) of the Public Offices Election Act, has made a transfer of registration to the overseas electoral register under paragraph (2) of that Article, or has canceled a person's registration in the overseas electoral register under Article 30-11 of that Act, or has registered a person in the overseas referendum voter register under Article 37, paragraph (1) of the Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan, or has canceled a person's registration in the overseas referendum voter register under Article 42 of that Act, the commission must, without delay, notify that fact to the mayor of the municipality of the registered domicile of the person for whom the registration or the transfer of registration to the overseas electoral register was made, or whose registration was canceled.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-17-2/par-1: 前条 → 住民基本台帳法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17
- art-17-2/par-1: 公職選挙法第三十条の六第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第三十条の六第一項 (Article 30-6, paragraph (1)), art-30-6/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-1: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第三十条の六第二項 (Article 30-6, paragraph (2)), art-30-6/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-1: 同法第三十条の二第三項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第三十条の二第三項 (Article 30-2, paragraph (3)), art-30-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-1: この条 → 住民基本台帳法 第十七条の二 (Article 17-2), art-17-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17-2
- art-17-2/par-1: 日本国憲法の改正手続に関する法律（平成十九年法律第五十一号）第三十七条第一項 → e-Gov law 419AC1000000051, 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-2: 公職選挙法第三十条の六第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第三十条の六第一項 (Article 30-6, paragraph (1)), art-30-6/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-2: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第三十条の六第二項 (Article 30-6, paragraph (2)), art-30-6/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-2: 同法第三十条の十一 → e-Gov law 325AC1000000100, 第三十条の十一 (Article 30-11), art-30-11 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-2: 日本国憲法の改正手続に関する法律第三十七条第一項 → e-Gov law 419AC1000000051, 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-17-2/par-2: 同法第四十二条 → e-Gov law 419AC1000000051, 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 住民基本台帳法 第十七条の二第一項（戸籍の附票の記載事項の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-17-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-17-2/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第二十条第五項（戸籍の附票の写しの交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-20/par-5
- 住民基本台帳法 第二十条の四第一項（戸籍の附票の正確な記録を確保するための措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-20-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-20-4/par-1
- 住民基本台帳法 第二十一条の三第五項（戸籍の附票の除票の写しの交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-21-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-21-3/par-5

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 住民基本台帳法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000081/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 住民基本台帳法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/883), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch residential-basic-book-act-20260923T191243-006, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 211 — 住民基本台帳法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
