THE SPECIAL MEASURES LAW CONCERNING
THE HANDLING OF LEGAL BUSINESS BY FOREIGN LAWYERS
(The Foreign Lawyers Law)

Chapter IV. Registration, Practice and Supervision of a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi

Section 1. General Provisions

(Objectives of Bar Associations and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, etc.)

Article 21. A gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi shall be regarded as a bengoshi for purposes of the application of the provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 31, Article 41 and Paragraph 2 of Article 42 of the Bengoshi Law (including the cases where this paragraph applies mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 50 of the same Law) and also Paragraph 2 of Article 45, Article 48 and Article 49 of the same Law.

(Special provisions to be included in the Regulations of Bar Associations)

Article 22. The regulations of Bar Associations shall provide for the following matters in accordance with the regulations of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, in addition to those listed in each item of Paragraph 2 of Article 33 of the Bengoshi Law:

• (1) matters listed in Items (3), (9), (15) and (16) of Paragraph 2 of Article 33 of the Bengoshi Law as are applied to a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.
• (2) provisions concerning the maintenance of descipline of a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.
• (3) provisions concerning the recommendation of a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi to a public agency or others.
• (4) provisions concerning the mediation of disputes as regards the practice of a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.
• (5) provisions concerning a request for the taking of disciplinary action against a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.
• (6) other necessary provisions concerning a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.

(Special provisions to be included in the Regulations of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations)

Article 23. The regulations of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations shall provide for the following matters, in addition to those listed in each item of Paragraph 2 of Article 46 of the Bengoshi Law:

• (1) matters listed in Items (1) to (3) of the preceding Article.
• (2) provisions concerning registration, transfer of registration and rescission of registration in the Register of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi.
• (3) provisions concerning the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board.
• (4) provisions concerning the discipline of a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi, the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee and the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee.
• (5) other necessary provisions concerning a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.