in an official gazette.  Article 24 Deleted.  (Delegation of Authority)  Article 25 (1) The following authority of the Minister of Finance is delegated to  the directors-general of custom-houses:  (i) acceptance of notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19,  paragraph (3) of the Act;  (ii) permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2).  (2) Among the authorities of competent ministers pursuant to the provisions of  Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Act, the authority under the jurisdiction of the  Minister of Finance is delegated to the director-general of the local finance  bureau who governs the area in which is located the head office or principal  office of a person who engages in foreign exchange business or other person  who commercially conducts transactions or acts governed by the Act (such  person is referred to as a "person who engages in foreign exchange business,  etc." in the following paragraph through paragraph (5)) (in the case where the  office is located within the jurisdictional district of the Fukuoka Local Finance  Branch Bureau, the authority is delegated to the Director-General of the  Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau); provided, however, that it does not  prevent the Minister of Finance from exercising the authority per se.  (3) Among the authorities under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Finance  prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the authority pertaining to a business  office or office other than the head office or principal office of a person who  engages in foreign exchange business, etc. (hereinafter, such office is referred  to as a "branch office, etc.") may be exercised by the director-general of the  local finance bureau who governs the area where the branch office, etc. is  located (in the case where the office is located within the jurisdictional district  of the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau, the authority is exercised by the  Director-General of the Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau), in addition to  the Director-General prescribed in the same paragraph.  (4) The director-general of the local finance bureau or the Director-General of the  Fukuoka Local Finance Branch Bureau who has carried out on-site inspection  or questioning of a branch office, etc. of a person who engages in foreign  exchange business, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph  may carry out on-site inspection or questioning of the head office or principal  office or other branch offices, etc. of the person who engages in foreign  exchange business, etc. (other branch offices, etc. refer to those other than the  branch offices, etc. for which the on-site inspection or questions were carried  out), when finding it necessary to carry out on-site inspection or questioning of  38 