Chapter V. Miscellaneous Provisions (Communications
Required to Be Made Urgently) |
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The communications as specified under the applicable ministerial ordinance of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in accordance with Article 8 Paragraph (1) of the Law shall be the communications content of which is as defined in the left column of the following table and which are made by the organizations as listed in the right column:
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(Suspension
of Services) Article 56. |
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The standards as specified under the applicable ministerial ordinance of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in accordance with Article 8 Paragraph (2) of the Law shall be as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
In cases where, when organizations separately designated by the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications from among the following ones make important communications (meaning communications consisting of matters as stipulated under Article 8 Paragraph (1) of the Law; hereinafter the same shall apply), they restrict or suspend the interconnection of other communications: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Meteorological organizations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b) |
Flood prevention organizations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fire service organizations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
d) |
Disaster relief organizations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
e) |
Organizations directly associated with maintenance of public order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
f) |
Organizations directly associated with defense | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
g) |
Organizations directly associated with coast guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
h) |
Organizations directly associated with securement of transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
Organizations directly associated with offering of communications services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
j) |
Organizations directly associated with electric power supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
k) |
Organizations directly associated with water supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
l) |
Organizations directly associated with gas supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
m) |
Election administration organizations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
n) |
Organizations such as newspapers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
o) |
Financial institutions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
p) |
Other organizations of the national or local governments which handle essential communications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
Communications
suspended or restricted in the preceding item shall be necessary minimum
to ensure essential communications. |
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(Reporting
on Suspension, etc. of Services) Article 57. |
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A person who intends to report pursuant to the provisions under Article 35 of the Law shall report, by an appropriate method, on the time, date and place, outline, reason or cause, measures taken and other referable information, immediately after the occurrence of an incident requiring reporting (with regard to incidents pertaining to leakage of secrecy of communications, after it comes to one's knowledge), and submit a report of the details thereof, in accordance with Form 50, within the time limits for reporting as prescribed in the right column of the table below, depending on the category of the reason for reporting as specified in the left column of the table:
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(Significant
Accidents Requiring Reporting) Article 58. |
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(1) |
Significant accidents as specified under the applicable ministerial ordinance of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in accordance with Article 35 of the Law, which are accidents concerning Type I telecommunications business, shall be as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
Accidents that caused suspension of provision of telecommunications services due to failures of telecommunications equipment (including the ones caused by failure of telecommunications equipment of other telecommunications carriers), which are within the scopes as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
a) |
In the case of failures of telecommunications equipment in the subscriber line system, accidents where the number of users for whom the offering of telecommunications services was suspended due to failures of said telecommunications equipment is 30,000 or more and where the duration of suspension is two hours or more | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b) |
In the case of failures of telecommunications facilities for the trunk line system, accidents that suspended the offering of telecommunications services for two hours or more due to failures of said telecommunications facilities. However, with respect to transmission line facilities, accidents are limited to those of which failures equal to or exceed 3,001 lines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
Accidents where, as a result of failures of satellites, submarine coaxial cables, and other essential telecommunications equipment, all communications using said telecommunications equipment are disabled for two hours or more | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) |
Accidents
as specified under the applicable ministerial ordinance of the Ministry
of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in accordance
with Article 35 of the Law, which are related to Type II telecommunications
business, shall be the accidents where the number of users for whom the
offering of telecommunications services was suspended exceeds a half of
the number of users of said Type II telecommunications business and where
the duration of suspension is two hours or more. |
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(Standards
for Scale) Article 59. |
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Standards
as defined in Article 90 Paragraph (1) Item ii) of the Law shall be that
the total length of lines laid by a person who runs said telecommunications
business shall be five kilometers. |
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Article 60. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Repealed. |
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(Identification
Cards for On-Site Inspections) Article 61. |
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A certificate
as provided for under Article 92 Paragraph (2) of the Law shall be the
certificate in accordance with Form 51. |
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(Public
Notice and Advance Notice of Hearing) Article 62. |
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(1) |
The
Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
shall, when intending to hear opinions pursuant to Article 96 of the Law,
officially announce the date, place and a summary of the subject of the
hearing, by no later than ten days prior to the date of the hearing.
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(2) |
The
Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
shall, when intending to hear opinions, give advance notice of the date,
place and a summary of the subject of the hearing, by no later than ten
days prior to the date of the hearing, to persons pertaining to the disposition,
or the demurrant or the claimant for an investigation. |
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(Hearing) Article 63. |
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(1) |
The
hearing shall be presided over by an official designated by the Minister
of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications who serves
as the chair. |
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(2) |
The
chair may request officials from relevant office and ministries, experts
and other specialists, for attendance in the hearing, when it is deemed
necessary. |
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(3) |
A person
who intends to attend the hearing as an interested party or their proxy
shall submit a document describing a fact that they have an interest in
said issue. |
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(4) |
In
the hearing, the claimant for an investigation or the demurrant, or their
proxies shall be first given an opportunity to state a summary of and
the reason for the claim or request for investigation. |
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(5) |
In
cases where the claimant for an investigation or the demurrant, or their
proxy does not attend the hearing, the chair may substitute the statement
with a recitation of said claim or request for investigation. |
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(6) |
The
claimant for an investigation or the demurrant, or interested parties,
or their proxies may present evidence or opinion at the hearing. |
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(7) |
The
chair may restrict presentation of the statement or evidence as necessary
for orderly proceedings. |
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(8) |
The
chair may, when it is deemed necessary in order to maintain order of the
hearing, order any person who disturbs the peace and order to leave the
hearing. |
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(9) |
The
chair may postpone or continue the hearing when it is deemed necessary. |
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(10) |
In
cases where the chair postpones or continues the hearing in accordance
with the provisions under the preceding paragraph, the chair shall set
forth the date and place of the next hearing and issue public notice thereof,
and inform the claimant for an investigation or the demurrant, or their
proxies of the new setting. |
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(Minutes
of Hearing) Article 64. |
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(1) |
The
chair shall prepare minutes in hearing opinions. |
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(2) |
The following matters shall be contained in minutes with chair's signature: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
Subject of the case | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
Date and place of the hearing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iii) |
Title and name of the chair | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iv) |
Address and name of the claimant for an investigation or the demurrant, or their proxies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
v) |
Address and name of the interested parties or their proxies in attendance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vi) |
Names of officials from the office and ministries, experts and other specialists in attendance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vii) |
A summary of the statement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
viii) |
A summary of the evidence in cases where it was presented | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ix) |
Other
matters deemed to be referable |
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(3) |
The
claimant for an investigation or the demurrant, or their proxies may examine
the minutes of said case. This shall apply to those who clarified in writing
that they have an interest in said case. |
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(Procedures
for Submitting a Petition to the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs,
Posts and Telecommunications) Article 64-2. |
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A person who submits a petition to the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications pursuant to the provisions under Article 96-2 of the Law shall file a petition describing the following matters: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
Name or company name, address and contact address of the petitioner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
Company name and address of the telecommunications carrier who is the subject of the petition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iii) |
Content of the petition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iv) |
Reasons for the petition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
v) |
Other
matters deemed to be referable |
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(Telegram) Article 65. |
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Entrustment of services pertaining to the telegram business under the provisions of Article 5 Paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law shall be made according to the following manners: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
In cases where Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. (in cases where said juridical person dissolved as the result of merger, a juridical person that survives after said merger or a juridical person established by said merger; hereinafter referred to as "Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd." in this article and the following article) that was established pursuant to the Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. Law (Law No. 301 of 1952) prior to the abolition in accordance with the provisions under Article 1 of the Law Concerning Preparation, Etc. of Relevant Laws for Rationalization of East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, West Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, or Regulations in Telecommunications Field (Law No. 58 of 1998) shall, when deemed it appropriate to entrust services pertaining to the telegram business to post offices, entrust the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications with the services. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
In cases where East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, West Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, or Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. shall, when it is impossible to entrust the services as prescribed in the preceding item, entrust a person complying to the following conditions with said services: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A person not being the person falling under any item of Article 11 of the Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b) |
A person who has no possibility to be an obstacle to ensuring secrecy of communications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
c) |
A person
having a thorough knowledge of the district pertaining to the entrustment,
or a person who can perform entrusted services stably without fail |
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Article 66. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) |
East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, West Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, or Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Ltd. shall specify addresses of destination, legitimate delivery and immunity reasons indemnifying delivery, with regard to delivery of telegrams (including delivery at offices handling industrial civil service related to the telegram and other acts equivalent to delivery; hereinafter the same shall apply), in the tariffs established with authorization from the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, in accordance with Article 31-4 Paragraph (3) of the Law. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) |
In
cases where a person who misdelivered a telegram returned the telegram
to NTT or KDD, or informed to that effect, NTT or KDD shall compensate
for the fees normally required for returning of the telegram or notification. |
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(Requirements
for Equivalents to Telephone Subscriber's Rights as Defined under the
Old Public Telecommunications Law) Article 67. |
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(1) |
The requirements as specified under the applicable ministerial ordinance of the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law shall be the rights based on a contract to subscribe to telephone services as designated by the Minister of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, provided that they meet the following items: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
Telephones of which clerical work for exchanging the rights shall be carried out at offices of East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
Telephones not being radiotelephones as installed in automobiles, ships, aircraft, and other means of transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iii) |
Telephones
which shall be telephones as installed pursuant to a contract between
East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corporation and a specific person |
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(2) |
The
designation under the preceding paragraph shall be officially noticed
at the time of disposition of the authorization of tariffs as set forth
by East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corporation who is a Type I telecommunications carrier as
based on the provisions under Article 31-4 Paragraph (3) of the Law. |
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(3) |
Notwithstanding
the provisions under the preceding two paragraphs, during the period when
East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corporation offers their telecommunications services pursuant
to then effective terms and conditions in accordance with the provisions
under Article 8 Paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law,
the rights as based on the contract to which the then effective terms
and conditions are applied for the subscriber telephone subscription contracts
based on the Public Telecommunications Law (Law No. 97 of 1953; hereinafter
referred to as the "Old Public Telecommunications Law") that
was abolished pursuant to the provisions under Article 3 of the Supplementary
Provisions of the Law, shall be considered to fall under the requirements
under Article 9 Paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law. |
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(Keeping,
Etc. of Books on Telephone Subscriber's Rights, Etc.) Article 68. |
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(1) |
East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation shall keep books containing the following matters concerning the telephone subscriber's rights in Article 9 Paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law and the rights in Paragraph (2) of the same article (hereinafter named generically as "telephone subscriber's rights"): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
i) |
Date of conclusion of the contract | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ii) |
Telephone number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iii) |
Address or domicile and name of the user | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iv) |
Place of the telephone installed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
v) |
Types of telephone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vi) |
Effective date in the case of a transfer of telephone subscriber's rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
vii) |
Upon
request for transfer of telephone subscriber's rights, or upon notification
of attachment (including participation in attachment in the case of procedure
for collection of tax delinquency (procedure for collection of national
tax delinquency as defined by the National Tax Collection Law (Law No.
147 of 1959) and procedure for collection of tax delinquency as dealt
with the case), sequestration or provisional disposition, the acceptance
date (month, day, year) and the number as registered in accordance with
Article 38-3 Paragraph (1) of the Old Public Telecommunications Law, which
shall remain in force pursuant to the provisions under Article 9 Paragraph
(1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law after the law came into
force, or which shall be dealt with as in the provision of Paragraph (2)
of the same article. |
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(2) |
The
books under the preceding paragraph shall be kept in the office of East
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone Corporation in which clerical work concerning said contract
is carried out. However, in cases where the books are prepared by electromagnetic
recording and the recorded matters are immediately accessible at offices
handling the clerical work concerning said contract, this shall not apply. |
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(3) |
The
interested parties may request a certificate of matters as contained in
the books referred to in Paragraph (1), by paying the fees as fixed by
East Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation or West Nippon Telegraph
and Telephone Corporation. |
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(Method
of Application, Etc.) Article 69. |
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(1) |
A person who intends to file an application, notification, or petition as referred to in the left column of the following table (hereinafter referred to as "application, etc.") shall file an application, etc. via Directors-General of Regional Bureau of Telecommunications as shown in the right column of the table (including Director of Okinawa Office of Posts and Telecommunications; hereinafter the same shall apply).
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(Filing
by Electromagnetic Methods) Article 70. |
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(1) |
The
documents as being submitted to the Minister of Public Management, Home
Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications pursuant to the provisions under
this ministerial ordinance may be submitted through recoding media, on
which entries of these documents are recorded, pertaining to recording
by electromagnetic methods (meaning electronic, magnetic or other methods
not allowing recognition by human perception; hereinafter the same shall
apply) as officially notified separately by the Minister of Public Management,
Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. |
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(2) |
In cases where
the documents are to be submitted on electromagnetic recording media
pursuant to the provision under the preceding paragraph, the documents
containing the name and address of the person who files an application
or notification and the date (month day, year) of the application or
notification shall be attached thereto.
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