Article 9 (Specified Business Affairs of Judicial Scriveners, etc.)

(1) The specified business affairs specified by a Cabinet Order as prescribed in the part other than the descriptions in the middle column of the row of persons listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) in the table of Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Act shall be the following:

(i) Payment of tax

(ii) Payment of money pertaining to fines, petty fines, or the subsequent collection or deposit pertaining to bail

(iii) Payment of non-penal fines

(iv) Management or disposition of the property of a person or legal person carried out as a duty by a guardian of an adult, insurance administrator elected under Article 242, paragraph 2 or paragraph 4 of the Insurance Business Act, or any other person elected by the court or the competent government agency as a person to manage or dispose of the property of the said person or legal person on behalf of such person as prescribed by law.

(2) The acts or procedures concerning the organization, operation or management of companies as specified by a Cabinet Order as prescribed in item (ii) of the middle column of the row of persons listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) in the table of Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Act shall be the acts or procedures concerning the matters prescribed in the following items:

(i) Stock companies: any of the following matters:

(a) Establishment

(b) Entity conversion, merger, company split, share exchange or share transfer

(c) Amendment of articles of incorporation

(d) Election of a director or executive officer, or appointment of a representative director or representative executive officer (ii) Membership companies: any of the following matters:

(a) Establishment

(b) Entity conversion, merger, or in the case of a limited liability company, company split

(c) Amendment of articles of incorporation

(d) Election of a member who executes business or a member who represents the limited liability company

(3) The legal persons, partnerships, or trusts other than the companies prescribed in item (ii) of the middle column of the row of persons listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) in the table of Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Act which are specified by a Cabinet Order shall be the following:

(i) Investment corporations prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 12 of the Act on Investment Trust and Investment Corporation (Act No. 198 of 1951)

(ii) Specified non-profit legal persons prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Act to Promote Specified Nonprofit Activities (Act No. 7 of 1998)

(iii) Companies with specified purposes prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 3 of the Act on the Liquidation of Assets (Act No. 105 of 1998)

(iv) Partnerships established by a partnership contract prescribed in Article 667 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896)

(v) Silent partnerships established by a silent partnership contract prescribed in Article 535 of the Commercial Code (Act No. 48 of 1899)

(vi) Limited investment partnerships prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Limited Partnership Act for Investment (Act No. 90 of 1998)

(vii) Limited liability partnerships prescribed in Article 2 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act (Act No. 40 of 2005)

(viii) Limited liability trust prescribed in Article 2, paragraph 12 of the Trust Act

(4) The acts or procedures specified by a Cabinet Order as prescribed in item (ii) of the middle column of the row of persons listed in Article 2, paragraph 2, item (xl) in the table of Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Act shall be the following:

(i) Legal persons listed in item (i) of the preceding paragraph: any of the following matters:

(a) Establishment

(b) Merger

(c) Amendment of rules

(d) Election of an executive officer