GUARDIANSHIP REGISTRATION ACT

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to prescribe matters related to registering adult guardianship, limited guardianship, specific guardianship, and guardianship contracts provided for in the Civil Act.

Article 2(Definitions) #

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "guardianship register" means information and data related to any of the following registrations (hereinafter referred to as "guardianship registration") into which such information and data have been entered and processed by an electronic data processing system and compiled as prescribed by the Supreme Court Regulations:

(a) Registering adult guardianship;

(b) Registering limited guardianship;

(d) Registering guardianship contracts;

2. The term "duplicated data on guardianship register" means the same data recorded in an auxiliary storage device as on the guardianship register;

3. The term "records of guardianship registration" means registered data on a person under adult guardianship; a person under limited guardianship; or a person under specific guardianship (hereinafter referred to as "person under adult guardianship, etc."); or the mandator of a guardianship contract (hereinafter referred to as "principal of a guardianship contract");

4. The term "guardianship registration officer" means a person who handles guardianship registration affairs, designated by the chief judge of a family court from among the court clerical officials of Grade IV, court clerical officials of Grade V, court administrative officers or junior court administrative officers of a family court.

Article 3(Time of Receipt of Application for Registration and Time of Effect of Registration) #

(1) An application for registration shall be deemed received when the information applied for registration under the Supreme Court Regulations is stored in an electronic data processing system. In such cases, the receipt number shall be allocated according to the order of storage.

GUARDIANSHIP REGISTRATION ACT

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Time of Receipt of Application for Registration and Time of Effect of Registration) #

Article 4(Jurisdiction over Guardianship Registration) #

Article 5(Delegating Jurisdiction) #

Article 6(Changing Jurisdiction) #

Article 7(Suspending Guardianship Registration Affairs) #

Article 8(Handling Guardianship Registration Affairs) #

Article 9(Restricting Performance of Duties of Guardianship Registration Officers) #

Article 10(Financial Guarantee) #

Article 11(Guardianship Register) #

Article 12(Duplicating Data as Guardian Register) #

Article 13(Damage and Recovery of Guardianship Register) #

Article 14(Preventing Damage to Written Applications for Registration) #

Article 15(Issuing Certificates of Registered Matters) #

Article 15-2(Issuance of Certificate for Non-Existence of Registered Matters via Internet) #

Article 16(Matters to be Entered in Certificate of Registered Matters) #

Article 17(Inspecting Written Application for Registration) #

Article 18(Fees) #

Article 19(Closing Records of Guardianship Registration) #

Article 20(Registration by Entrustment or Application) #

Article 21(Methods of Applying for Registration) #

Article 22(Rejecting Application) #

Article 23(Change of Administrative District) #

Article 24(Transcription to New Records of Guardianship Registration) #

Article 25(Matters to be Recorded concerning Adult Guardianship) #

Article 26(Matters to be Recorded concerning Guardianship Contract) #

Article 27(Matters to be Recorded concerning Prior Disposition) #

Article 28(Application for Registration for Change) #

Article 29(Application for Registration for Termination) #

Article 30(Rectification of Registration) #

Article 31(Cancellation of Registration) #

Article 32(Raising Objections and Jurisdiction thereover) #

Article 33(Procedures for Raising Objections) #

Article 34(Prohibition of Raising Objections Based on New Facts) #

Article 35(Measures to be Taken by Guardianship Registration Officers) #

Article 36(Non-Suspension of Execution) #

Article 37(Determination on and Appeal against Objection) #

Article 38(Order for Additional Registration before Making Determination) #

Article 39(Registration according to Order of Competent Family Court) #

Article 40(Service) #

Article 41(Use of Computerized Registration Data) #

Article 42(Penalty Provisions) #

Article 43(Joint Penalty Provisions) #

Article 44(Administrative Fines) #

Article 45(Delegation to Supreme Court Regulations) #