In the case of disease or any other accident which requires emergency landing of a foreign national aboard a vessel or aircraft for the purpose of medical treatment, an immigration inspector may grant permission for emergency landing to the foreign national based on an application by the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft until the grounds cease to exist, subject to a medical examination by a physician designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.
If the immigration inspector finds it necessary for an examination pertaining to the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph, the inspector may require the foreign national to provide their personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1), the immigration inspector must issue an emergency landing permit to the foreign national.
If the permission set forth in paragraph (1) is granted, the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier set forth in the same paragraph must pay the living expenses, medical treatment expenses, and funeral expenses and any other expenses incurred during the emergency landing period for the person granted emergency landing permission.
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foreign national
「外国人」
Anyone who does not hold Japanese nationality.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
vessels, etc.machine translation
「船舶等」
Ships and aircraft.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
carrier
「運送業者」
A business that carries people or goods by ship or aircraft between Japan and places outside Japan.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies throughout the law
immigration inspector
「入国審査官」
The immigration official provided for in Article 61-3, who examines people landing in Japan and cases for deportation, among other duties.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law
electronic or magnetic meansmachine translation
「電磁的方式」
Electronic, magnetic or any other form that people cannot perceive directly with their senses.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvii)
personal identification informationmachine translation
「個人識別情報」
Fingerprints, a photograph or other information that can identify an individual, as specified by Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (3)