Record of discovery of abandoned child - Kiji Hakken Chosho

...In addition, if a police officer discovers an abandoned child or is notified of an abandoned child, he or she must report this to the mayor of the city, town, or village within 24 hours (Family Registration Law, Article 57, Paragraph 1). The mayor of the city, town, or village must give the child a name, determine the child's registered domicile, and compile relevant information such as the estimated date of birth, sex, date and time of discovery, and place of discovery, in order to prepare a report on the discovery of the abandoned child, which is considered a birth notification (same Article, Paragraph 2). Even if it is difficult to assume that the abandoned child is Japanese based on speech or physical characteristics, a new family register will be created for the child as a Japanese national, regardless of the nationality of the supposed parents (Nationality Law, Article 2, Paragraph 4). ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Abandoned Child Discovery Report" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また警察官は棄児をみずから発見したり棄児の通報を受けた場合には，その旨を24時間以内に市村町長へ申し出ねばならない(戸籍法57条1項)。市町村長は子に氏名をつけ，本籍を定め，推定出生年月日，性別，発見の日時場所，発見状況など関連情報をまとめ棄児発見調書を作るものとされ，この調書は出生届とみなされる(同条2項)。棄児が言葉や身体上の特徴から日本人の子と推定しにくい場合でも，想定される父母の国籍にかかわりなく日本国民として新戸籍が作られることになる(国籍法2条4号)。…

※「棄児発見調書」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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