spond to the partial amendment of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds in 2014, the Federation partially revised the New Rules through a resolution adopted at an extraordinary general meeting in December 2015, and also partially revised the New Regulations through a resolution adopted at the board meeting in January 2016. The New Rules and Regulations were put into effect on October 1, 2016, accompanying the full enforcement of the Act partially amended in 2014.

Additionally, the Order for Partial Amendment of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds was promulgated and enforced in April 2016 following the Kumamoto Earthquake. Through this amendment, provisional measures were introduced for possible cases where customers have lost their identification documents and ordinary verification procedures cannot be undertaken, to admit that verification at the time of transactions may be conducted based on self-report made by customers and the regular verification is to be conducted without delay when their identification documents become available. In response, the Federation has partially revised the New Regulations through a resolution adopted at the board meeting in May 2016 to enable the members to take similar measures for their clients.

The Federation distributed to bar associations and federations of bar associations instruction manuals concerning the New Rules and Regulations and a model format for record-keeping and posted them on its members-only website in order to raise members' awareness about these matters. The Federation also holds seminars concerning AML/CFT measures for members, foreign special members and secretariat staff of law firms with personnel of the National Police Agency serving as lecturers. In the seminars, the "Risk Based Approach Guidance for Legal Professionals" (published in October 2008) and "Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Vulnerabilities of Legal Professionals" (published in June 2013), which were formulated and published by the FATF, were translated and used as reference materials.

In addition, the Federation formulates and provides e-learning programs concerning the New Rules and Regulations to members as part of training activity and provides educational materials, including training videos and FAQ, to bar associations across the country.

Bar associations hold seminars using these educational materials on the occasion of twice-yearly training sessions for new lawyers and ethics training sessions in order to raise their awareness about the New Rules and Regulations.

## 16 Judicial Scriveners' Associations

Upon extensive consideration of the relation between money laundering countermeasures and the work of judicial scriveners, the Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer's Associations partially revised its "Federation Customer Verification and Record Preservation Criteria" in October 2007. Furthermore, on February 15th, 2008, a resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors to enact the "Regulations on Client Identity Verification." In accordance with this resolution, the Federation informed scrivener associations to emphasize to their members the importance of customer identity verification procedures and record preservation. In addition, on March 18, 2010, the Board of Directors enacted its "Working Policy on Preventing the Transfer of Criminal Proceeds," instructing scrivener associations to inform