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members of the House of Representatives and members of the House
of Councillors.
3. The municipal election management commission shall, upon
application under Article 30-5(1), make listing on an overseas
electoral register.
4. The overseas electoral register may, as provided by Cabinet Order,
be compiled using magnetic disc.
5. If necessary for holding an election, an abstract copy of the
overseas electoral register (a document containing part or all the
information recorded in the overseas electoral register or containing
only necessary information in the case where the municipal election
management commission compiles the overseas electoral register
using magnetic disc in accordance with the preceding paragraph) may
be used.
6. Article 6 of the Law Concerning the Use of Information and
Communication Technology for Administrative Procedures shall not
apply to compilation of the overseas electoral register.
Article 30-3
(Information to be entered in overseas electoral register)
1. In the overseas electoral register, the voter's name, last address
(the address recorded on the voter's resident card immediately before
he or she has changed his or her address overseas; hereinafter the
same) or registered domicile at the time of application (at the time
the voter submitted an application form under Article 30-5(1) to the
consular as provided in Paragraph 2 of the said article or the person
designated by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order
or Ministry of Foreign Affairs Order as provided in the said paragraph;
hereinafter the same in Paragraphs 1 and 3 of the said article), sex,
and date of birth shall be entered (or recorded in the case where the
overseas electoral register is compiled using magnetic disc in
accordance with Paragraph 4 of the preceding article).
2. The municipal election management commission shall, when it has
divided the municipal area into two or more voting districts,
designate, as provided by Cabinet Order, one or more voting districts
for which an overseas electoral register is to be organized
(hereinafter referred to as "voting districts designated for overseas
voters").
3. Except for the matters provided in the preceding two paragraphs,
the format of the overseas electoral register and other necessary
matters shall be provided by Cabinet Order.
Article 30-4
(Eligibility to be listed on overseas electoral register)
Persons eligible to be listed on the overseas electoral register shall be
Japanese citizens aged 20 years or over (excluding those who do not
have the right to vote pursuant to the provisions of Article 11(1) or
Article 252 of this Law or Article 28 of the Political Funds Control
Law) and not yet listed on any overseas electoral register, who have
an address, for three consecutive months or more, in an area
governed by the consular (including the head of the embassy or
legation acting as consular or a person acting for the head;
hereinafter the same) who has jurisdiction over the citizens' address
in regard to application for listing on the overseas electoral register
(the area refers to an area designated by Ministry of Internal Affairs
and Communications Order or Ministry of Foreign Affairs Order as an
area to be governed by the consular in regard to application for listing
on the overseas electoral register).
Article 30-5
(Application for listing on overseas electoral register)
1. Persons eligible to be listed on the overseas electoral register
under the preceding article may, as provided by Cabinet Order, apply
in writing for listing on the overseas electoral register to the municipal
election management commission governing the area where they
have the last address (the municipal election management
commission governing the area where they had the registered
domicile at the time of application if they have never been listed on
any municipality's basic resident register).
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