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 3. Admission to and Secession from Bar Association and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations

(Admission to and secession from a bar association and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations)

Article 40.

1. A person who has had the registration made for him or her shall be admitted to the bar association concerned and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations as of the time of his or her registration.
2. A person who has had the transfer of his or her registration made for him or her shall be admitted to the bar association concerned as of the time of the transfer of his or her registration and thereby secede from the bar association to which he or she belonged until then.
3. A person who has had his or her registration rescinded upon his or her request in accordance with the provisions of Article 29 shall secede from the bar association to which he or she belongs and the Japan Federation of Bar Associations as of the time of the rescission.

Article 41.

1. In cases where bar associations are merged, a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi who belongs to the bar association which is dissolved for the merger shall automatically be admitted to the bar association which continues to exist after the merger or is established by the merger.
2. The provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 28 shall apply mutatis mutandis in the case of the preceding paragraph.

(Obligation to observe regulations)

Article 42. A gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi shall be required to observe the provisions concerning gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi set forth in the regulations of the bar association to which he or she belongs and of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.

(Voting right of a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi)

Article 43. In cases where the bar association to which a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi belongs or the Japan Federation of Bar Associations convenes a general meeting to deliberate on the establishment, revision or abolition of its regulations, in regard to the matters listed in each item of Article 22 or Article 23, the gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi may attend such meeting, express his or her opinions and participate in the voting.