the governor of the prefecture concerned in the case of the Quasi-national Park to
that effect within three months counting from the day of such designation or
expansion of the boundary.
7. One, who has already started the activity mentioned in any of the items of paragraph
3 within the Special Zone as the necessary emergency measure for the exceptional
disaster, shall notify the Minister of the Environment in the case of the National Park
or the governor of the prefecture concerned in the case of the Quasi-national Park to
that effect within 14 days counting from the day of the activity carried out.
8. One, who intends to plant trees and bamboos or pasture livestock within the Special
Zone, shall previously notify the Minister of the Environment in the case of the
National Park or the governor of the prefecture concerned in the case of the
Quasi-national Park to that effect.
9. To the activities mentioned in any of the following items, the provisions of paragraph
3 and the preceding 3 paragraphs shall not be applied:
(1) Activity carried out as the execution of the Park Works.
(2) Activity carried out within the Scenic Landscape Preservation Area, which is to be
prescribed in paragraph 1 of article 31 based on the Scenic Landscape Preservation
Agreement executed under item 1 of the same paragraph, in accordance with the
matters mentioned in item 2 or 3 of the same paragraph.
(3) Ordinary administrative activity, simple activity or other activities prescribed by the
environmental ministerial ordinance.
(Special Protection Zone)
Article 14
The Minister of the Environment, in regard to the National Park and the governor of
the prefecture concerned, in regard to the Quasi-national Park, when specially
necessary for the preservation of the landscapes of the Park, may designate the Special
Protection Zone within the Special Zone in accordance with the Park Plan.
2. The provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4 of Article 5 shall be applied accordingly to the
designation of the Special Protection Zone and dissolution of the designation thereof,
and to the alteration of the boundary thereof. In this case, the "Minister of the
Environment" mentioned in paragraph 3 of the same article shall read as the