Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

A person falling under any of the following items is to be punished with imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 3 million yen, or is to be subject to the cumulative imposition of imprisonment and a fine:

a person who lands in Japan without obtaining permission for landing, etc. from an immigration inspector;

a person who lands in Japan having received permission for landing, etc. or who receives permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 2 through deceit or other wrongful means;

a person whose status of residence has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to persons to whom item (i) or (ii) pertains) who remains in Japan;

a person (except for persons who receive a period designation pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (7) of the same Article) whose status of residence has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to those pertaining to item (v)) who remains in Japan;

a person who receives a period designation pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 22-4, paragraph (7) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)) who remains in Japan beyond the period designated;

a person who is clearly found to be engaged solely in activities related to management of business involving income or activities for which they receive remuneration in violation of the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1);

a person who remains in Japan beyond the permitted period of stay (including the period for which a person may reside in Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (4))) authorized without obtaining an extension or change of the period of stay;

a person who is granted permission for provisional landing and flees or fails to appear at summons without legitimate grounds in violation of the conditions attached pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (3);

a person who is designated a period for departure pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (9) and who does not depart from Japan within that period;

a person who is designated a period for departure pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (9), who does not return to their vessel or depart from Japan within that period;

a person prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1), who remains in Japan beyond the period prescribed in Article 22-2, paragraph (1), without receiving permission pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 20, paragraph (3) as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22-2, paragraph (3), or pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22-2, paragraph (4);

a person who is issued a departure order pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-85, paragraph (1), who remains in Japan beyond the departure deadline pertaining to the departure order;

a person whose departure order is revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-88 who remains in Japan;

a person who is granted permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-4, paragraph (1) who remains in Japan beyond the period of provisional stay;

a person who has received a decision on supervision measures prescribed in Article 44-2, paragraph (7) and who has engaged in activities for which they receive remuneration or activities related to management of business involving income without receiving permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-5, paragraph (1) (excluding persons residing with a status of residence);

a person who has received a decision on supervision measures prescribed in Article 52-2, paragraph (6) and who has engaged in activities related to management of business involving income or activities for which they receive remuneration;

a person who was granted recognition of refugee status or recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection due to deceit or other wrongful means; or

a person subject to departure restrictions prescribed in Article 63-2, paragraph (1) who has engaged in activities related to management of business involving income or activities for which they receive remuneration.

The preceding paragraph also applies to a person set forth in the item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph who lands and illegally stays in Japan.

A person who commits any of the offenses set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) through (ii)-2, item (v) or (vii) or paragraph (2) of the preceding Article may be exempt from the penalty if it is proved that the person corresponds to the following items; provided however, that this is to be limited to cases in which, after having committed the act pertaining to the crime, a proposal was made without delay in the presence of an immigration inspector that the person falls under the following items:

the person is a refugee;

the person enters Japan directly from a territory in which their life, body or physical freedom was likely to be persecuted on the grounds prescribed in Article 1, paragraph A-(2) of the Refugee Convention; and

the act pertaining to the crime was committed because there was a risk that the situation prescribed in the preceding item will occur.

A person who departs or who attempted to depart from Japan in violation of the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2), or Article 60, paragraph (2), is to be punished with imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine not exceeding 300,000 yen, or is to be subject to the cumulative imposition of imprisonment and a fine.

A person who falls under any of the following items is to be punished with imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

a person who submits a false notification regarding the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (1), Article 19-8, paragraph (1), Article 19-9, paragraph (1), Article 19-10, paragraph (1) or Article 19-16; or

a person who violates the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1), Article 19-12, paragraph (1) or Article 19-13, paragraph (3).

A person who violates the dispositions set forth in Article 19-21, paragraph (1) is punished with imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine not exceeding 300,000 yen.

A person who falls under any of the following items is to be punished with a fine not exceeding 300,000 yen:

a person who fails to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-18, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) or paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)), or makes a false notification; or

a person who fails to make a report, or submit books or documents, pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-21, paragraph (1); makes a false report or submits false books or documents, or fails to answer questions pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph; gives a false answer, or refuses, obstructs, or evades the inspection pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph:

A person who falls under any of the following items is to be punished with a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

a person who does not give notification of their place of residence in violation of the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (1) or Article 19-8, paragraph (1);

a person who does not give notification of their new place of residence in violation of the provisions of Article 19-9, paragraph (1); or

a person who violates the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (1), Article 19-15 (except for paragraph (4)) or Article 19-16.

a person who fails to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-6 or Article 52-5, or makes a false notification; or

a person who fails to make a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 63-2, paragraph (2), or makes a false notification.

If a detainee released pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-54, paragraph (2) fails to appear at the immigration detention center, etc. or the designated place in violation of the provisions of paragraph (3) of the same Article, the detainee is punished with imprisonment for not more than 2 years.