6/25/2020 Details of 2001 (Gyo-Tsu) 82 | Judgments of the Supreme Court 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). https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/detail?id=1264 4/21