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 verify customer identity records and keep transaction records based on the Act on Prevention of the Transfer of Criminal Proceeds.

## 17 Association of Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialists

To facilitate implementation of the initiatives of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, the Japan Federation of Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialists Associations has compiled a handbook entitled “Handbook on Customer Identity Verification under the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds,” which has been distributed to all members. In addition, the Association presents information on the Act to its members through its website in order to familiarize all members with the material.

In January 2014, the Association also partially revised the “Ethics of Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialists,” which specifies the basic attitude to the performance of the duties of certified administrative procedures legal specialists and introduced a provision concerning the verification of the client identification items.

As well, the Association and prefectural associations of certified administrative procedures legal specialists are raising awareness about the verification of the customer's identification items and keeping and preservation of records on such verifications and transactions, as well as about the development of account books related to business operations specified by the Administrative Scrivener Act, via workshops for new members and compliance workshops, with the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds in mind.

## 18 Japanese Institute Certified Public Accountants

The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants disseminates information on countermeasures against money laundering, etc., in regard to the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds through member newsletters and the association website, in order to thoroughly familiarize members with these issues.

In addition, in January 2014, the Institute conducted a survey on members in order to grasp the status of members' operations and compliance with obligations such as verification of identification items. As a result of the survey, it was confirmed that most members are not engaging either in the businesses specified by Article 2-2 (Article 34-5-1 in the case of cor-