(Tentative Translation)

Ordinance for Attested Examiners etc. on Telecommunications Business Law

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 General Provisions (Articles 1-2)
Chapter 2 Requirements for Attestation of Examination Business (Articles 3-6)
Chapter 3 Procedure for Attestation of Examination Business (Articles 7-15)
Chapter 4 Execution etc. of Examination related to Attestation (Articles 16-18)
Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Provision (Article 19)
Supplementary Provisions
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Chapter 1 General Provisions

(Purpose)
Article 1   The purpose of this Ministerial Ordinance shall be, to stipulate matters based on the mandate of the Telecommunications Business Law (hereinafter referred to as "the Law") with respect to the attestation of and execution of examination by persons who have obtained attestation under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) of the Law (hereinafter referred to as an "Attested Examiner") and persons who have obtained attestation under Article 50-3 paragraph (1) of the Law (hereinafter referred to as an "Attested Foreign Examiner"), as well as other matters necessary for enforcing the provisions of the Law.
(Terms)
Article 2   Terms used in this Ordinance are following the examples of the terms used in the Law.
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Chapter 2 Requirements for Attestation of Examination Business

(Classes of Examination Business)
Article 3   The classes stipulated in the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) of the Law shall be Type I Examination Business, Type II Examination Business and Type III Examination Business.
2. The assortment of terminal equipment that an attested examiner and an attested foreign examiner (hereinafter referred to as an "attested examiner etc.") may examine, shall be as specified in the lower column of the following table, in accordance with the class of examination business specified in the upper column.
Class of Examination Business Assortments of terminal equipment that may be examined
Type I Examination Business All assortments of terminal equipment
Type II Examination Business The following assortments of terminal equipment
(1)
Terminal equipment connected to analog telephone facilities
(2)
Terminal equipment connected to Integrated Services Digital Network facilities
(3)
Terminal equipment connected to leased circuits facilities or digital data transmission facilities
Type III Examination Business The following assortments of terminal equipment
(1)
Terminal equipment connected to mobile telephone facilities
(2)
Terminal equipment connected to radio paging facilities
(Technical Conditions for the Competence of the Examination)
Article 4   The technical conditions stipulated in the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) item i) of the Law shall be satisfied by employing a person who corresponds to one of the following items.
i)
One who has graduated from a university under the School Education Law (1947 Law No. 26) (excluding a junior college; the same shall apply in item iii)), as satisfactory having mastered such subjects related to electricity or telecommunication, or who has been issued with a chief telecommunications engineer's qualification certificate, and who has at least one year's experience of employment in the work of examination, adjustment, or maintenance of terminal equipment (hereinafter referred to as "work experience").
ii)
One who has graduated from a junior college or vocational high school under the School Education Law, as satisfactory having mastered such subjects related to electricity or telecommunication, or who is an installation technician (excluding persons who are analog type III installation technicians or digital type III installation technicians), and who has at least two years' work experience.
iii)
One who has graduated from an overseas school equivalent to a university, as satisfactory having mastered such subjects related to electricity or telecommunication, and who has at least one year's work experience.
iv)
One who has graduated from an overseas school equivalent to a junior college or a vocational high school, as satisfactory having mastered such subjects related to electricity or telecommunication, and who has at least two years' work experience.
v)
One whom the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications recognizes as having knowledge and experience not less than that of the persons referred to in any of the preceding four items.
(Measuring Instruments etc.)
Article 5   Measuring instruments and other facilities stipulated in the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) item ii) of the Law (hereinafter referred to as "measuring instruments etc.") shall be those that are needed for preparing test data in order to explain that the technical conditions stipulated in the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under Article 49 paragraph (1) of the Law (hereinafter referred to as "Technical Conditions") have been met, and shall be sufficiently accurate..
(Calibration)
Article 6   The calibration stipulated in the applicable ordinance of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) item ii) of the Law shall fall under any of the following items.
i)
Calibration by the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
ii)
Calibration by a designated calibration agency under Article 102-18 paragraph (1) of the Radio Law (1950 Law No. 131).
iii)
Calibration in accordance with Article 135 or Article 144 of the Measurement Law (1993 Law No. 51).
iv)
If a examiner possesses two or more measuring instruments etc., and the calibration under any of the preceding three items has been carried out on one of these measuring instruments etc., by the said examiner, calibration carried out by the said examiner on other measuring instruments etc., using the said one of the measuring instruments etc., with a method deemed appropriate by the Minister of Posts & Telecommunications or the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction (including the Okinawa Office of Posts and Telecommunications; hereinafter referred to as "the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction ").
v)
Method, which the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications recognizes to be equivalent to calibration under each of the preceding items.
2 Calibration under the preceding paragraph shall be executed within one year from the first day of the month following the month in which the date of calibration falls, provided however that, in the case of Measuring Instruments, etc., notified separately by the Minister of Posts & Telecommunications, each shall be subject to the respective period notified separately.
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Chapter 3 Procedure for Attestation of Examination Business

(Application of Attestation)
Article 7   Any persons who intends to obtain attestation under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) of the Law shall file with the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction an application form in the format stipulated in Attachment 1 accompanied by the documents etc. stipulated below, for each classes of examination business under Article 3 paragraph (1).
i)
Documents stipulating the methods of executing the following works.
a)
Assortment of terminal equipment to be examined.
b)
Maintenance and management, and the plan for calibration thereof of the measuring instruments etc. used in examination.
c)
Matters concerning the methods of execution of examination.
d)
Matters concerning the management of record books and other documents related to the examination affairs.
ii)
A certification proving that the person, who will examine terminal equipment (hereinafter referred to as "the examiner"), is stipulated in the provisions of Article 3.
iii)
Document describing the following matters.
a)
In the case of a juridical person, the organization that will execute the examination affairs.
b)
The name and address of the office where the examination business is to be carried out.
c)
The name or type, number, functions, and location of the measuring instruments etc., to be used for examination, and whether they are owned or leased.
(Notification of Attestation)
Article 8   When the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction shall, when he grants attestation under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) of the Law, shall notify the applicant to this effect using a certificate of attestation in the format stipulated in Attachment 3.
(Recognition of Changes)
Article 9   An attested examiner shall, when intending to change the information specified in the documents under Article 7 item i) or the examiner under item ii) of the same Article, submit to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction an application form in the format stipulated in Attachment 4, accompanied by documents describing the matters to be changed and the reason for the change, and a certification concerning to the examiner to be changed (only when the examiner to be changed).
2. If the Director-general of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction, as a result of examination of the application form under the preceding paragraph, deems it appropriate to recognize the change, he shall notify the applicant to this effect using a notification in the format stipulated in Attachment 5.
(Notification of Changes)
Article 10   An attested examiner shall, when any of the matters specified in the document under Article 7 item iii) has been changed, submit to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction a notification without delay in the format stipulated in Attachment 6, accompanied by a document certifying this fact.
(Corrections to Certificates of Attestation)
Article 11   An attested examiner shall, when intending to have corrections made to a certificate of attestation, submit to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction an application in the format stipulated in Attachment 7, accompanied by the said certificate of attestation.
2. The Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction may, instead of the correction under the preceding paragraph, make corrections through notification of a new certificate of attestation.
(Re-issue of Certificates of Attestation)
Article 12   An attested examiner shall, when intending to request the re-issue of a certificate of attestation due to damage, soiling, loss, etc., of a certificate of attestation, submit to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction a request in the format stipulated in Attachment 8, accompanied by the said certificate of attestation (except when the certificate of attestation has been lost).
2. The Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction, when he has received the request under the preceding paragraph, re-issues the certificate of attestation.
(Succession)
Article 13   When an attestation examiner has transferred whole of the business pertaining to the said attestation or has been subject to inheritance or merger, the person or inheritor who has received the transfer of the whole business or the corporation that continues to exist after the merger or that has been established by the merger succeed to the position of the said attested examiner.
2. A person who has succeeded to the position of an attested examiner under the provision of the preceding paragraph shall without delay notify the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications, using a notification in the format stipulated in Attachment 9, accompanied by a document certifying this fact and the certificate of attestation of the successor.
3. The document certifying the fact under the preceding paragraphs are as follows.
i)
A resident card, in the case of a person who has succeeded to the position of the attested examiner by receiving the transfer of the whole business (or, in the case of a corporation, a certified copy of the company register).
ii)
A certified copy of the family registers, in the case of an inheritor who has succeeded to the position of the attested examiner.
iii)
A certified copy of the company register, in the case of a corporation that has succeeded to the position of the attested examiner through merger.
(Notification of Discontinuation)
Article 14   An attested examiner shall, when a business concerning the attestation has been discontinued, submit to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction a notification without delay in the format stipulated in Attachment 10, accompanied by its certificate of attestation.
2. When the notification under the preceding paragraph has been made, the attestation shall lose its validity.
(Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 15   The provisions of Articles 7 through 12, Article 13 paragraphs (1) and (2), and the preceding Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to attested foreign examiner. In these cases, "attachment 1" in Article 7 shall be read "attachment 2"; "Article 50-2 paragraph (1) of the Law" in Article 7 and Article 8 shall be read as "Article 50-3 paragraph (1) of the Law"; "the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction" in Articles 7 through 12, Article 13 paragraph (2) and the preceding Article shall be read as "the Director-General of the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications"; and "attested examiner" in Articles 9 through 12, Article 13 paragraphs (1) and (2), and the preceding Article shall be read as "attested foreign examiner ".
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Chapter 4 Execution etc. of Examination related to Attestation

(Examination)
Article 16   The examination stipulated in Article 50 paragraph (3) shall be executed by the reception of handed the terminal equipment by applicants of the examination and making examination data to explain for the compliance to technical conditions of the terminal equipment.
2. The examination stipulated in Article 50-4 paragraph (4) shall be executed by the reception of handed the terminal equipment and the type by applicants of the examination and making examination data to explain for the compliance to technical conditions of the type.
(Notification of Examination Results)
Article 17   An attested examiner shall, when he executed an examination of terminal equipment, notify the results thereof to the person who requested the examination, using a certification of examination results containing the following information (hereinafter referred to as "certification").
i)
An indication to the effect that it is a certification describing values obtained in the examination.
ii)
The issue number, page, and issue date of the certification.
iii)
The name or title and address of the person issuing the certification, and the position, name, and name-bearing seal or signature of the officer or employee executing the work of issuing the certification.
iv)
The name or title and address of the person who requested the examination.
v)
The name of the terminal equipment that has been examined.
vi)
The values obtained in the examination and information attached to the said values.
vii)
The method of the examination and information attached thereto.
(Record Books, etc.)
Article 18   An attested examiner etc. shall prepare a record book containing the following information and pertaining to the work of examination, or a copy of the certification under the preceding Article, in the office that is to execute examination, and must retain the same for ten years from the date on which the use of the record book ends or from the date of the notification under the preceding Article.
i)
The assortment, name, and type of the terminal equipment that has been examined.
ii)
The name or title of the person who requested the examination.
iii)
The date of the examination.
iv)
The place where the examination was executed.
v)
The result of the examination.
vi)
The name of the person who executed the examination.
vii)
The name or type of measuring instruments etc., used when executing out the examination, and the most recent date on which calibration was carried out.
2. The retention under the preceding paragraph may be undertaken by recording media that to be recorded by electro-magnetic methods (meaning an electronic method, a magnetic method, or other method that may not be recognized by human perception).
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Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Provision

(Formulation of Documents for Submission to the Director-General of Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction)
Article 19   Documents for submission to the Director-General of Regional Bureau of Telecommunications in jurisdiction in accordance with this Ministerial Ordinance shall be prepared in the Japanese language.
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Supplementary Provisions
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This Ministerial Ordinance shall come into force 6 March 1999.
(A)
Attachment 1 (related to Article 7)
  1. Revenue stamp (Note 1)
  2. Application form for attested examination businesses
  3. Long edge
  4. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 2)
  5. Date:
  6. Postal code
  7. Address (Note 3)
  8. Name (Note 4)
  9. Telephone number
  10. Seal
  11. In order to obtain the attestation under Article 50-2 paragraph (1) of The Law, I hereby submit this application form with the accompanying documents.
  12. Details
  13. Classes to which the application pertains (Note 5)
  14. Assortment of terminal equipment examined (Note 6)
  15. Short edge
  16. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  17. Note
    1. Attachment of revenue stamp
      When not possible to attach revenue stamps in the applicable box owing to the large number of stamps, please attach stamps to a blank part or the reverse side of the application form.
    2. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    3. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    4. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    5. Describe the classes of examination business for which attestation is sought.
    6. Describe the assortment of terminal equipment for which attestation is sought.
(B)
Attachment 2 (related to Article 15)
  1. Revenue stamp (Note 1)
  2. Application form for attested foreign examination businesses
  3. Long edge
  4. To: The Director-General of the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications
  5. Date:
  6. Postal code
  7. Address (Note 2)
  8. Name (Note 3)
  9. Telephone number
  10. Seal
  11. In order to obtain the attestation under Article 50-3 paragraph (1) of The Law, I hereby submit the application form with the accompanying document.
  12. Details
  13. Classes to which the application pertains (Note 4)
  14. Assortment of terminal equipment examined (Note 5)
  15. Short edge
  16. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  17. Note
    1. Attachment of revenue stamp
      When not possible to attach revenue stamps in the applicable box owing to the large number of stamps, please attach stamps to a blank part or the reverse side of the application form or to the documents.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    4. Describe the classes of examination business for which attestation is sought.
    5. Describe the assortment of terminal equipment for which attestation is sought.
(C)
Attachment 3 (related to Article 8 and 15)
  1. Long edge
  2. certificate of attestation
  3. Date of attestation
  4. Attestation number
  5. Name of the attestation examiner
  6. Classes of examination business
  7. Assortment of terminal equipment to be examined
  8. Date
  9. (Note)
  10. Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications
  11. (Seal)
  12. Short edge
  13. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  14. Note: In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
(D)
Attachment 4 Form for Certificate of Technical Conditions Compliance Approval etc. (related to Article 9 and 24)
  1. Attachment 4 (related to Article 9 paragraph (1) and Article 15)
  2. Application for Recognition of changes of attested examination
  3. Long edge
  4. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  5. Date:
  6. Postal code
  7. Address (Note 2)
  8. Name (Note 3)
  9. Telephone number
  10. Seal
  11. In order to obtain the recognition of change, I hereby submit this application form with the accompanying documents in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 paragraph (1) or Article 15 of the Ordinance for Attested Examiner etc. (note 4)
  12. Details
  13. Date of attestation
  14. Attestation number
  15. Classes of examination business
  16. Assortment of terminal equipment examined
  17. Short edge
  18. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  19. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    4. Erase unnecessary characters.
(E)
Attachment 5 (related to Article 9 paragraph (2) and Article 15)
  1. No.
  2. Date
  3. Long edge
  4. To: (attested examiner etc.)
  5. The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  6. Seal
  7. Notification of recognition of changes
  8. This is notifying you that your application for changes submitted on (date) has been recognized as per the application.
  9. Details
  10. Classes of examination business
  11. Assortment of terminal equipment examined (Note 2)
  12. Short edge
  13. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  14. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, this should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. If there has been a change to the assortment of terminal equipment to be examined, please specify the assortment after the change.
(F)
Attachment 6 (related to Article 10 and Article 15)
  1. Long edge
  2. Notification of changes of attested examination business
  3. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  4. Date:
  5. Postal code
  6. Address (Note 2)
  7. Name (Note 3)
  8. Telephone number
  9. Seal
  10. I hereby submit this notification form with the accompanying document in accordance with the provisions of Article 10 or Article 15 of the Ordinance for Attested Examiner etc.
  11. Details
  12. Date of attestation
  13. Attestation number
  14. Class of examination business
  15. Assortment of terminal equipment examined
  16. Short edge
  17. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  18. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
(G)
Attachment 7 (related to Articles 11 paragraph 1 and 15)
  1. Long edge
  2. Application for corrections of certificate of attestation
  3. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  4. Date:
  5. Postal code
  6. Address (Note 2)
  7. Name (Note 3)
  8. Telephone number
  9. Seal
  10. In order to obtain the correction of certificate of attestation, I hereby submit this application form according to the following, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 paragraph (1) or Article 15 of the Ordinance for Attested Examination etc.
  11. Details
  12. Classes of examination business
  13. Assortment of terminal equipment examined
  14. Reason for change
  15. Short edge
  16. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  17. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    4. Erase unnecessary characters.
(H)
Attachment 8 (related to Articles 12 paragraph (1) and 15)
  1. Long edge
  2. Application for re-issue of certificate of attestation
  3. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  4. Date:
  5. Postal code
  6. Address (Note 2)
  7. Name (Note 3)
  8. Telephone number
  9. Seal
  10. In order to obtain the re-issue of certification of attestation, I hereby submit this application form according to the following, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 paragraph (1) or Article 15 of the Ordinance for Attested Examiner etc. (note 4)
    10'. Details
  11. Classes of examination business
  12. Assortment of terminal equipment examined
  13. Reason for re-issue (Note 5)
  14. Short edge
  15. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  16. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    4. Erase unnecessary characters.
    5. Please specify whether due to damage, soiling, loss, or other reason.
(I)
Attachment 9 (related to Articles 13 paragraph (2) and 15)
  1. Long edge
  2. Notification of succession of attested examination business
  3. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  4. Date:
  5. Postal code
  6. Address (Note 2)
  7. Name (Note 3)
  8. Telephone number
  9. Seal
  10. I hereby notify succession to the position of an attested examination business etc., and attach the accompanying documents and the certificate of attestation of the successor in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 paragraph (2) or Article 15 of the Ordinance for attested examiner etc.
  11. Details
  12. Date of succession
  13. Successor
  14. Classes of examination business
  15. Assortment of terminal equipment examined
  16. Short edge
  17. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  18. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    4. Erase unnecessary characters.
(J)
Attachment 10 (related to Articles 14 paragaraph1 and 15)
  1. Long edge
  2. Notification of discontinuation of attested examination business
  3. To: The Director-General of the __________ Bureau of Telecommunications (Note 1)
  4. Date:
  5. Postal code
  6. Address (Note 2)
  7. Name (Note 3)
  8. Telephone number
  9. Seal
  10. I hereby notify discontinuation of attested examination business etc., and attach the accompanying documents in accordance with the provisions of Article 14 paragraph (1) or Article15 of the Ordinance for Attested examiner etc.
  11. Details
  12. Date of discontinuation
  13. Reason for discontinuation
  14. Short edge
  15. (Japanese Industrial Standard size A4)
  16. Note
    1. In the case of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications, the addressee should be the Director-General of the Okinawa Office of Posts & Telecommunications.
    2. Private individuals should give their residential address. Juridical persons or associations should give the location of their head office or main office.
    3. Methods of description are as follows.
      (1)
      If the name is signed in person, the seal may be omitted.
      (2)
      Juridical persons or associations should give their firm name or title and the name and position of their representative, and should use the seal of the representative. However, if the name is signed by the representative in person, the seal may be omitted.
    4. Erase unnecessary characters.
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