The handover of articles left behind by a deceased detainee pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-36, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be made to the bereaved family, etc. who first filed the application prescribed in the same paragraph.
法第五十五条の三十六第一項の規定による死亡した被収容者の遺留物の引渡しは、同項に規定する申請を最初にした遺族等に対して行うものとする。
The bereaved family and other persons provided for in Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 55-36, paragraph (1) of the Act are the following persons:
法第五十五条の三十六第一項に規定する法務省令で定める遺族その他の者は、次に掲げる者とする。
a relative of the detainee (including a person who has not registered a marriage but is in a de facto marital relationship with the detainee);
被収容者の親族（婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある者を含む。）
an ambassador, minister or consular officer of the foreign state of which the detainee is a national, or any other person performing consular functions;
被収容者がその国籍を有する外国の大使、公使、領事官その他領事任務を遂行する者
beyond what is listed in the preceding two items, a person who carries out the burial or cremation of the body of the deceased detainee, or a person found appropriate to manage the articles left behind by the deceased detainee.
前二号に掲げるもののほか、死亡した被収容者の死体の埋葬若しくは火葬を行う者又は死亡した被収容者の遺留物の管理を行うことが適当と認められる者
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