(Preparatory Actions)

## Article 2

The Head of Administrative Organs, etc. may take the necessary preparatory actions for the enforcement of this Act even before the date of enforcement of this Act (with regard to the provisions listed in items of the preceding Article, said respective provisions; the same shall apply hereinafter in this Article).

(Transitional Measures on the Designation and Notification of Individual Numbers)

## Article 3

(1) With regard to a person who is actually recorded on the basic resident registration kept by a municipality as of the date of enforcement of this Act (the date shall be referred to as the "Enforcement Date" in the following paragraph), the mayor of said municipality must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Orders, designate the number to be treated as the Individual Number as notified by the Agency as the Individual Number of the person pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of this Act as applied mutatis mutandis by paragraph (4) of this Article, and must notify the person of said Individual Number using a notification card.

(2) With regard to a person whose resident record code is stated in the resident record before the Enforcement Date and who is not recorded in the basic resident registration in any municipality on the Enforcement Date, if said resident record code is stated in the resident record pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-3, paragraph (1) of the Basic Resident Registration Act, the mayor of municipality must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Orders, designate the number to be treated as the Individual Number as notified by the Agency as the Individual Number of the person pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (4) of this Article and must notify the person of said Individual Number using a notification card.

(3) With regard to a person who is not recorded in the basic resident registration on or after the enforcement date of the Act for Partial Revision of the Basic Resident Registration Act (Act No. 133 of 1999), if the resident record code is stated in the resident record pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of Supplementary Provisions to said Act, the mayor of municipality must, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, designate the number to be treated as the Individual Number as notified by the Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of this Act as applied mutatis mutandis to the following paragraph as the Individual Number of the person and notify the person of said Individual Number using a notification card.

(4) The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (3) and Article 8 of this Act shall apply mutatis mutandis to the cases set forth in the preceding three paragraphs.

(5) If a person who engages or engaged in affairs related to the designation or notification of the Individual Number pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of this Article or related to generation or notification of the number to be treated as the Individual Number pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of this Act as applied mutatis mutandis in the preceding paragraph provides the Specific Personal Information File where individual