When no one applies for correction after a notice, how may the head of the city, town or township correct the register, and what must the file show about the permission obtained?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
For this exercise, the practice file holds the notice that could not be delivered to the reporting person or the person concerned, any correction application that was or was not filed, and the written record showing that the error or omission came from that head's own office. It also holds the ruling of the supervisory court granting permission for ex officio correction, or, for a minor matter, the report later sent to that court.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading takes the main text and the proviso together: where the notice under the first paragraph cannot be sent, or a notice was sent but nobody applies for correction, or the error or omission was caused by the head's own fault, the head may correct the register ex officio with the permission of the supervisory court; but for matters that Supreme Court rules prescribe as minor, the head corrects ex officio without that permission and reports to the supervisory court.
Another reading stresses what the file must separate: the three triggers all lead to ex officio correction under the main text, yet only the proviso removes the permission requirement, and only for matters the Supreme Court rules call minor, so the record has to show which route was taken and that it fit the fact; the provision itself leaves open how the court tests the permission and what counts as minor.
Your judgment
If the person concerned never applied for correction, what in the practice file could show that the notice was in fact incapable of being delivered or was never followed by an application?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to change when ex officio correction needs permission, if a Supreme Court rule redefines what counts as a minor matter, or if a court decision explains how the supervisory court reviews a grant of permission.