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applicable mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph.
3. The provisions of Article 214 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
filing of objection under Article 24(1) that is applicable mutatis
mutandis under Paragraph 1.
Article 30-9
(Litigation on listing on overseas electoral register)
1. The provisions of Article 25(1) to (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis
to litigation on listing on the overseas electoral register. In this case,
in Paragraph 1 of the said article, "Paragraph 2 of the preceding
article" shall read "Paragraph 2 of the preceding article that is
applicable mutatis mutandis under Article 30-8(1)," and "seven days"
shall read "seven days (excluding, if provided by Cabinet Order to do
so, the number of days required for delivery by postal mail or delivery
by non-postal mail under Article 2(2) of the Law Concerning
Correspondence Delivery by Private-Sector Operators (Law No. 99 of
2002) conducted by general correspondence delivery businesses
provided in Article 2(6) of the said law, special correspondence
delivery businesses provided in Paragraph 9 of the said article or
foreign correspondence delivery businesses provided in
Subparagraph 4 of Article 3 of the said law)."
2. The provisions of Articles 213, 214, and 219(1) shall apply mutatis
mutandis to litigation under Article 25(1) and (3) that is applicable
mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph. In this case, in
Article 219(1), "two or more claims against the validity of an election,
two or more claims against the validity of seats won by successful
candidates in an election under Article 217 or 218, two or more claims
against the validity of seats won by successful candidates who ran for
public office under Article 210(2), two or more claims against the
validity of seats won by successful candidates who ran for public
office, etc., under Article 211 or against their eligibility as candidate,
or a claim against the validity of an election and a claim against the
validity of seats won by successful candidates in the election under
Article 217 or 218" shall read "two or more claims against listing on or
deletion from an overseas electoral register made available for public
inspection."
Article 30-10
(Indication and amendment of overseas electoral register, etc.)
1. Where the municipal election management commission has come
to know the fact that a person listed on the overseas electoral
register has lost the right to vote under Article 11(1) or 252 of this
Law or Article 28 of the Political Funds Control Law or a new resident
card has been prepared for a person listed on the overseas electoral
register in a particular municipality in Japan, the commission shall
immediately indicate the fact on the overseas electoral register.
2. Where the municipal election management commission has come
to know any changes or errors in the information entered in the
overseas electoral register in respect of a person listed on the
overseas electoral register (or the information recorded in the
overseas electoral register in respect of a person listed on the
overseas electoral register in the case where the overseas electoral
register is compiled using magnetic disc in accordance with Article
30-2(4); hereinafter the same in Article 30-13), the commission shall
immediately amend or correct the information entered in the overseas
electoral register (or recorded in the overseas electoral register in the
case where the overseas electoral register is compiled using magnetic
disc in accordance with the said paragraph).
Article 30-11
(Deletion from overseas electoral register)
The municipal election management commission shall immediately
delete, from the overseas electoral register, any person listed on the
overseas electoral register who falls under any of the following cases.
In this case, if the person falls under Subparagraph 2 or 3, the
commission shall announce the fact.
(1) The commission has come to know that the person has died or
lost Japanese nationality.
(2) Four months has elapsed since a new resident card was prepared
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