It annotated records of cases which were deliberated several times and minority opinions, and since it touched on the legal interpretations of Kujigata Osadamegaki (the law of the Edo bakufu), it was treated, together with the Osadamegaki, as highly confidential information which only the machi-bugyo (town magistrate), kanjo bugyo (the commissioner of finance), jisha bugyo (the magistrate of temples and shrines), Kyoto shoshidai (the Kyoto deputy), and Keeper of Osaka Castle were allowed to store.
複数回評議した記録や少数意見に関する記載についても載せられており、また公事方御定書の法解釈について触れていることから、御定書とともに極秘の扱いを受け、評定所・町奉行・勘定奉行・寺社奉行・京都所司代・大坂城代のみが保管を許されていた。