Ahead of the imminent enforcement of the revised Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds, the Council has updated its handbook for realty professionals to reflect on the changes, as well as enhanced the Q & A section of the Handbook accordingly.

## 12 Efforts of Secondhand Goods Dealers

The Japan Ticket Association is comprised of licensed secondhand goods dealers who also engage in ticket sales. The Association has compiled a manual of obligations required by laws (the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds and the Antique Dealings Act) related to precious metal and foreign exchange transactions. This manual is intended to help familiarize members with countermeasures against money laundering.

## 13 Efforts of Lawyers

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations had been examining the relation between anti-money laundering measures and the duties of a lawyer, recognizing the importance of the measures, and established with a resolution of the general assembly meeting in March 2007, the "Rules on Identification of Clients and Record-Keeping" which stipulates 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 July 2007. Every year, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations holds workshops, provides videos of the workshops and distributed materials over the Internet, and offers training videos and educational materials such as FAQs to each bar association for the purpose of raising awareness of the rules.

Moreover, an instruction manual of the rules is placed on its website for members and its journal which is sent to all members.

The Japan Federation of Bar Association is preparing for the revision of the abovementioned Rules to deal with the revised Act of Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds which stipulates strengthened preventive measures such as CDD measures.

## 14 Efforts of 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 15 $ ^{th} $ , 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