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in a particular municipality for the person subject to the indication
under Paragraph 1 of the preceding article.
(3) The commission has come to know that the person should have
not been listed at the time of listing.
Article 30-12
(Notification on amendment of overseas electoral register, etc.)
1. Where the municipal mayor has received a notification, application
or any other document related to the family register from a person
who has registered domicile in the area of the municipality and is
listed on another municipality's overseas electoral register
(hereinafter referred to as "person listed on other municipality's
overseas electoral register ") or made any entries in the family
register at his or her discretion or has made entries, deletion or
correction of entries in schedules attached to the family register, and
has come to know that the municipal election management
commission of the other municipality should amend or correct the
overseas electoral register, the person listed on other municipality's
overseas electoral register should be deleted from the overseas
electoral register or a new resident card for the person listed on other
municipality's overseas electoral register has been prepared in a
particular municipality in Japan, the municipal mayor shall, without
delay, notify the municipal election management commission of the
other municipality to that effect.
2. The provisions of Article 29 shall apply mutatis mutandis to
notification concerning confirmation of the eligibility to be listed on
the overseas electoral register, provision of public inspection of an
abstract copy of the overseas electoral register and other facilities,
and request for investigation on amendment of the overseas electoral
register.
Article 30-13
(Public inspection of documents relating to overseas electoral
register, etc.)
The consular shall make available for public inspection the
documents, as provided by Cabinet Order, which contain the name of
the municipality where a person who has been given an overseas
voter certificate through the consular is listed on the overseas
electoral register, the name of the person listed, and other matters
concerning the information entered in the overseas electoral register,
and provide other facilities as appropriate.
Article 30-14
(Recompilation of overseas electoral register)
The provisions of Article 30 shall apply mutatis mutandis to
recompilation of the overseas electoral register.
Article 30-15
(Delegation to Cabinet Order for listing on overseas electoral register)
Except for the matters provided in Articles 30-4 to 30-14, other
necessary matters concerning the listing on the overseas electoral
register shall be provided by Cabinet Order.
Article 49-2 of the Public Offices Election Law
(Overseas voting)
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 44, Article 45(1), Article
46(1) to (3), Article 48, and the next article, voters listed on the
overseas electoral register (excluding those listed on the electoral
register and designated by Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same in this
article) who intend to vote in an election of members of the House of
Representatives or members of the House of Councillors shall, in
accordance with Article 48-2(1) and Paragraph 1 of the preceding
article and as provided by Cabinet Order, be allowed to vote by any of
the following methods.
(1) During the period from the date of official announcement of an
election of members of the House of Representatives or members of
the House of Councillors until at least five days prior to the date of
election (or the date designated in advance by the Minister of Internal
Affairs and Communications in consultation with the Minster of
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