ti-money laundering measures and the duties of a lawyer, recognizing the importance of the measures. Following the amendment of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, the Federation fully revised the "Rules on Identification of Clients and Record-Keeping" and established the "Rules on Confirmation of Matters for Identification of Clients and Record-Keeping" (hereinafter referred to as the "New Rules") with a resolution of the extraordinary general assembly meeting in December 2012. The Federation also established the Regulations on Confirmation of Matters for Identification of Clients and Record-Keeping (hereinafter referred to as the "New Regulations") with a resolution of the board meeting in the same month. The New Regulations and Rules stipulate the obligations of a lawyer; e.g., verifying the identity of a client, preserving the records for certain practices, and not accepting a request if suspected to be used for transfer of criminal proceeds. The rule was put into effect in March 2013.

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 in order to raise members' awareness about these matters. It also posted them on its members-only website so that members can view them anytime. The Federation also exchanges opinions with major law firms about AML/CFT measures and holds seminars for special foreign members, members and secretariat staff of law firms.

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 the above 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.

## 15 Judicial Scriveners

Upon extensive consideration of the relation between money laundering countermeasures and the work of judicial scriveners, the Japan Federation of Shio-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 their members on the subject. The purpose of these efforts is to establish a working policy where scriveners take steps to avoid taking on any responsibility in cases in which there is a risk that their services might be misused for money laundering.

In addition, the Japan Federation of Shio-Shoshi Lawyer's Associations, the Block Judicial Scrivener Associations, and other Judicial Scrivener Associations hold training sessions on the subject for both members and new employees. Since judicial scriveners must verify the personal identity of clients as part of their job duties, this training teaches them how to veri-