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Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

出入国管理及び難民認定法(しゅつにゅうこくかんりおよびなんみんにんていほう)

Chapter VI-2 Inquiry into Facts

The law as Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Act on Special Provisions for Applications for Landing by Foreign Nationals Holding Passports Referred to in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 32 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.

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Chapter VI-2 Inquiry into Facts第六章の二 事実の調査

Article 59-2第五十九条の二

Inquiry into Facts(事実の調査)
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Article 59-2, paragraph (1)(事実の調査)(Inquiry into Facts)Changed

If necessary, the Minister of Justice or the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may have an immigration inspector inquire into facts in order to conduct dispositions regarding the certification under Article 4, Article 7-2 or Article 15-2, the issuance of a certificate of eligibility, the registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8) or Article 19-23, paragraph (1) (in the case of the registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (8), limited to those pertaining to persons that fall under item (i), sub-item (c) of the same paragraph), permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 19, paragraph (2), the main clause of Article 20, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3)), Article 21, paragraph (3), Article 22, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-2, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 22-3)), Article 26, paragraph (1), Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1), or Article 61-2-14, or cancellation of registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-32, paragraph (1), or have an immigration inspector or immigration control officer inquire into the facts in order to conduct dispositions regarding revocation of the status of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) or dispositions regarding permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1).

法務大臣又は出入国在留管理庁長官は、第四条、第七条の二若しくは第十五条の二の認証、在留資格認定証明書の交付、第九条第八項若しくは第十九条の二十三第一項の規定による登録(第九条第八項の規定による登録にあつては、同項第一号ハに該当する者に係るものに限る。)、第十二条第一項、第十九条第二項、第二十条第三項本文(第二十二条の二第三項(第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。)において準用する場合を含む。)、第二十一条第三項、第二十二条第二項(第二十二条の二第四項(第二十二条の三において準用する場合を含む。)において準用する場合を含む。)、第二十六条第一項、第六十一条の二の五第一項若しくは第六十一条の二の十四の規定による許可又は第十九条の三十二第一項の規定による登録の取消しに関する処分を行うため必要がある場合には入国審査官に、第二十二条の四第一項の規定による在留資格の取消しに関する処分又は第五十条第一項の規定による許可に関する処分を行うため必要がある場合には入国審査官又は入国警備官に、それぞれ事実の調査をさせることができる。

Article 59-2, paragraph (2)(事実の調査)

If necessary, the immigration inspector or immigration control officer may require a foreign national and other persons concerned to appear, ask them questions, or request them to present documents or electronic or magnetic records for the inquiry set forth in the preceding paragraph.

入国審査官又は入国警備官は、前項の調査のため必要があるときは、外国人その他の関係人に対し出頭を求め、質問をし、又は文書若しくは電磁的記録の提示を求めることができる。

Article 59-2, paragraph (3)(事実の調査)

The Minister of Justice, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, an immigration inspector or an immigration control officer may make inquiries to public offices or public or private organizations and request them to make reports on the facts necessary for the inquiry set forth in paragraph (1).

法務大臣、出入国在留管理庁長官、入国審査官又は入国警備官は、第一項の調査について、公務所又は公私の団体に照会して必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。

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