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 2. Registration of a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi
Sub-Section 2. Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board

(Establishment)

Article 37.

1. There shall be established the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board within the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
2. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board shall, upon request of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, conduct necessary examination concerning requests for the registration of gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi, requests for the transfer of registration, requests for the rescission of registration provided for in Article 29 and the rescission of registration provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 30.

(Organization)

Article 38.

1. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board shall be composed of a president and thirteen members.
2. The president shall be designated by the President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations from among the Vice-Presidents of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
3. The President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations shall commission eight members from among bengoshi, three from among judges, public prosecutors and persons of learning and experience, with one from each, and two from among government officials. However, the members who are a judge, public prosecutor or government officials shall be commissioned on the recommendation of the Supreme Court, the Prosecutor General or the Minister of Justice, respectively, and the other members, on the decision of the organ of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations stipulated by the regulations of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
4. The term of office of a member shall be two years. However, the term of office of a member appointed to fill a vacancy shall be the remaining term of office of his or her predecessor.
5. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board shall have thirteen reserve members.
6. The provisions of Paragraphs 3 and 4 above and Paragraph 3 of Article 53 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reserve members mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
7. The provisions of Article 54 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the president of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board and the provisions of Paragraph 2 of the same Article, to the members and reserve members of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board.

(Procedure of examination)

Article 39.

1. The provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 55 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure of the examination conducted by the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board.
2. In cases where the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Registration Screening Board makes a decision approving the refusal of a request for registration or for the transfer of registration or approving the rescission of registration provided for in Paragraph 2 of Article 30, it shall notify the party concerned to that effect beforehand and give him or her an opportunity to make an explanation and submit data on the matter.