No. 11998
Promulgation Date 2013-08-06
Ministry of Health and Welfare
ALL
CHAPTER Ⅰ GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Non-Application to Cemeteries Established and Managed by State)
Article 4 (Duties of State and Local Governments)
Article 5 (Establishment of Supply-Demand Program for Cemeteries, etc.)
CHAPTER Ⅱ METHODS, ETC. OF BURIAL, CREMATION, REBURIAL AND NATURAL BURIAL
Article 6 (Temporal Restriction of Burial and Cremation)
Article 7 (Place of Burial and Cremation)
Article 8 (Report on Burial, Cremation or Reburial)
Article 9 (Methods, etc. of Burial, Cremation and Reburial)
Article 10 (Methods of Natural Burial)
Article 11 (General Survey of Cemeteries)
Article 12 (Disposition of Unclaimed Bodies, etc.)
CHAPTER Ⅲ CEMETERIES, CREMATORY FACILITIES, CHARNEL FACILITIES AND NATURAL BURIAL GROUNDS
Article 13 (Establishment of Public Cemeteries, etc.)
Article 14 (Establishment, etc. of Private Cemeteries)
Article 15 (Establishment of Private Crematory Facilities, etc.)
Article 16 (Development, etc. of Natural Burial Grounds)
Article 17 (Restriction on Establishment of Cemeteries, etc.)
Article 18 (Occupied Area, etc. of Grave, etc.)
Article 19 (Duration of Graves)
Article 20 (Disposition of Graves Duration of Which has Expired)
Article 21 (Prohibition of Prior Trading, etc. of Cemetery Lots)
Article 22 (Preparing and Managing Cemetery Register)
Article 23 (Imposition of Fees and Charges for Use and Management of Public Cemeteries, etc.)
Article 23-2 (Special Cases on Fees for Use of Public Crematorial Facility)
Article 24 (Report on Fees and Charges for Use and Management of Corporate Cemeteries, etc.)
Article 25 (Reserving Management Funds for Private Cemeteries, etc.)
Article 26 (Closedown, etc. of Funeral Service Establishments)
CHAPTER Ⅳ DISPOSITION, ETC. OF UNCLAIMED GRAVES
Article 27 (Disposition, etc. of Graves, etc. Established on Another Person's Land, etc.)
Article 28 (Disposition of Unclaimed Graves)
CHAPTER Ⅴ FUNERAL HOME BUSINESS
Article 29 (Funeral Home Business)
Article 29-2 (Funeral Directors)
Article 29-3 (Establishment of Educational Institution for Funeral Directors)
Article 29-4 (Grounds for Disqualification as Funeral Directors)
Article 29-5 (Revocation of Qualification of Funeral Director, etc.)
Article 29-6 (Hearings)
CHAPTER Ⅵ ORDERS FOR MAINTENANCE, RESTRICTION OF USE, IMPROVEMENT, ETC. OF FUNERAL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
Article 30 (Orders for Maintenance, Restriction of Use of Funeral Service Establishments, etc.)
Article 31 (Disposition against Establisher, etc. of Private Cemetery)
Article 32 (Corrective Order, etc. to Funeral Home Business Operator)
Article 33 (Hearings)
Article 34 (Special Cases concerning Cemeteries, etc. of Historical Importance)
Article 35 (Imposition of Penalty Surcharges)
Article 36 (Reimbursement of Expenses)
Article 37 (Inspection and Report)
Article 38 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)
CHAPTER Ⅶ PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 39 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 40 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 41 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 42 (Administrative Fines)
Article 43 (Charge for Compelling Compliance)
ADDENDA
ADDENDA <Act No. 9030, Mar. 28, 2008>
ADDENDA <Act No. 9847, Dec. 29, 2009>
ADDENDA <Act No. 10331, May 31, 2010>
ADDENDA <Act No. 10741, May 30, 2011>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11008, Aug. 4, 2011>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 11253, Feb. 1, 2012>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11998, Aug. 6, 2013>