Enactment of the “Decentralization Collective Law” Fine for falsified candidacy notification June 3 12:21
In the local elections, there are a number of cases in which candidates can run without the actual residence in the local government, and the votes of the candidates are invalidated.Therefore, there is a law that imposes a fine if false reports are found. It was established at the plenary session.
In order to run for a local assembly, it is a requirement that you live in the municipality for at least three months, but the Election Commission cannot examine the candidates at the acceptance stage of the candidacy, and after you open the votes, you get the votes. There are a lot of cases where is invalid.
For this reason, the "Decentralization Collective Law" passed and passed unanimously at the plenary session of the House of Councilors on the 3rd, and it was found false when requesting the submission of documents swearing that they have lived for 3 months or more when filing a candidate. If you do, you will be fined 300,000 yen or less.
In addition, in the "Decentralization Collective Act", in order to make it easier for local governments to understand the owners of forests whose whereabouts are no longer known, the range of use of information on taxpayers who are restricted as personal information is available. Is also included.