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 4. Discipline of a Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi
Sub-Section 2. Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee and Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee

(Establishment of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee)

Article 55.

1. There shall be established the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee within the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
2. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee shall, upon request of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, conduct necessary examination concerning the disciplinary action to be taken against a gaikokuho-jimu-bengoshi.

(Organization)

Article 56.

1. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee shall be composed of fifteen members.
2. The President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations shall commission eight members from among bengoshi, six from among judges, public prosecutors and government officials, with two from each, and one from among persons of learning and experience. However, the members who are judges, public prosecutors 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.
3. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee shall have a chairperson, who shall be elected by mutual vote from among its members.
4. The provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 38 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the term of office of the members of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee.
5. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee shall have fifteen reserve members.
6. The provisions of Paragraph 2 above and Paragraph 4 of Article 38 of this Law and Paragraph 3 of Article 53 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reserve members mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the word "president" in Paragraph 3 of the same Article shall read "chairperson".
7. The provisions of Article 54 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the chairperson of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee and the provisions of Paragraph 2 of the same Article, to the members and reserve members of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee. In this case, the word "president" in the same Article shall read "chairperson".

(Procedure for examination)

Article 57. The provisions of Paragraph 1 of Article 55, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 67 and Article 68 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedure for examination by the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Disciplinary Actions Committee.

(Establishment of Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee, etc.)

Article 58.

1. There shall be established the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee within the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.
2. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee shall conduct the investigations mentioned in Paragraph 3 of Article 53.
3. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee shall be composed of several members.
4. The members shall be commissioned by the President of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations from among bengoshi, judges, public prosecutors, government officials and persons of learning and experience. However, the members who are judges, public prosecutors 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.
5. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee shall have a chairperson, who shall be elected by mutual vote from among its members.
6. The provisions of Paragraph 4 of Article 38 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the term of office of the members of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee.
7. The Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee shall have several reserve members.
8. The provisions of Paragraph 4 above and Paragraph 4 of Article 38 of this Law and Paragraph 3 of Article 53 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the reserve members mentioned in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the word "president" in Paragraph 3 of the same Article shall read "chairperson".
9. The provisions of Article 54 of the Bengoshi Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the chairperson of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee and the provisions of Paragraph 2 of the same Article, to the members and reserve members of the Gaikokuho-Jimu-Bengoshi Discipline Maintenance Committee. In this case, the word "president" in the same Article shall read "chairperson".