If a detainee dies and there is no person to carry out the burial or cremation of the body, the burial or cremation is to be carried out by the director of the immigration detention center, etc., notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9 of the Act on Graveyards, Burial, etc. (Act No. 48 of 1948).
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, measures concerning the body of a detainee are provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
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detaineemachine translation
「被収容者」
A person held in an immigration detention center or other immigration detention facility.
Defined inArticle 55-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Article 71-6
director of an immigration detention center, etc.machine translation
「入国者収容所長等」
The director of an immigration detention center or the director of a regional immigration services bureau.
Short name set inArticle 55-5, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Chapter 8