6/25/2020 Details of 2001 (Gyo-Tsu) 233 | Judgments of the Supreme Court been deceased. (2) The person on the House of Representatives Candidate List has become a candidate for public office under Article 86-8(1), 87(1) or (4) or 88, or is not eligible to become a candidate for public office. (3) The person on the House of Representatives Candidate List has come to fall under Article 91(1) or 103(4). (4) Where the political party or group that falls under Paragraph 1(1) or (2) has included, in accordance with Paragraph 4, candidates (including persons who are to become candidates) for an election of members of the House of Representatives under the single-seat constituency system to be held concurrently with the election of members of the House of Representatives under the proportional representation system in its House of Representatives Candidate List, and the person on the list is no longer a candidate for the election of members of the House of Representatives under the single-seat constituency system in the constituency that is included in the area of the constituency for the election of members of the House of Representatives under the proportional representation system, or has not become a candidate for the election of members of the House of Representatives under the single-seat constituency system in the constituency that is included in the area of the constituency for the election of members of the House of Representatives under the proportional representation system by the date on which the list is submitted or addition is made to the list under Paragraph 1 or 9. 8. The written notice mentioned in the second sentence of the preceding paragraph shall be accompanied by the following documents: if the notice relates to expulsion, a document describing the expulsion procedure and written oath certifying that expulsion has been conducted appropriately; if the notice relates to defection, a duplicate copy of the letter of defection submitted by the person on the House of Representatives Candidate List to the political party or group; if the notice relates to any other event, a document certifying such event. 9. If, after the list is submitted under Paragraph 1 (or after addition is made under this paragraph), the number of persons who are no longer included in the House of Representatives Candidate List exceeds one-fourth of the number of persons on that list as submitted under Paragraph 1, the political party or group that has submitted the list may, at least ten days prior to the date of the election, add persons to the House of Representatives Candidate List to the extent that does not exceed the number of persons who are no longer included in the list. In this case, the political party or group may also change the ranking being chosen as successful candidates from the persons currently on the House of Representatives Candidate List. 10. Political parties or groups that have submitted a House of Representatives Candidate List may withdraw the list by notifying in writing, not by postal mail, the Chief Electoral Official of withdrawal by the date provided in the preceding paragraph. In this case, such written notice shall be accompanied by a document certifying the reason for withdrawal. 11. Upon becoming aware of the fact that the House of Representatives Candidate List under Paragraph 1 has been submitted by a political party or group that does not fall any of the subparagraphs of the said paragraph or submitted in violation of Paragraph 3 or 5 of this article or Article 87(5) or that all persons on the list should be deleted from the list after the time provided in Paragraph 9 due to any events provided in Paragraph 7, the Chief Electoral Official must reject the list. 12. Upon becoming aware of the fact that addition under Paragraph 9 has been made in violation of the said paragraph or the number of persons on the House of Representatives Candidate List has come to be in violation of Paragraph 5 as a result of such addition, the Chief Electoral Official must reject the list. 13. Where the list has been submitted under Paragraph 1, addition has been made under Paragraph 9 or the list has been withdrawn under Paragraph 10, if the persons on the House of Representatives Candidate List are deleted from the list under Paragraph 7 or the list is rejected under Paragraph 11 or 12, the Chief Electoral Official shall https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/detail?id=569 4/9