The service of documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (3) or (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)) is effected by delivering the documents to the place of residence of the person to be served, by service by postal mail or by correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of the same Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of the same Article (hereinafter referred to as "correspondence delivery"), or by personal delivery service.
第二十二条の四第三項又は第六項（これらの規定を第六十一条の二の十一第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による書類の送達は、郵便若しくは民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者による同条第二項に規定する信書便（以下「信書便」という。）による送達又は交付送達により、その送達を受けるべき者の住居地に送達して行う。
Where the documents have been sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph by ordinary mail or by correspondence delivery, the postal item or the correspondence item prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Letter Service by Private Business Operators is presumed to have been served at the time at which they should have arrived under normal conditions.
The Minister of Justice must prepare a record sufficient to confirm the name of the documents, the name and address of the person who is to be served with the documents, and the date of service the documents, in the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph.
法務大臣は、前項に規定する場合には、その書類の名称、その送達を受けるべき者の氏名、あて先及び発送の年月日を確認するに足りる記録を作成しなければならない。
The personal delivery service is to be made by an immigration inspector or an immigration control officer to deliver the documents to the person who is to be served at the place where the delivery is to be made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); provided however, that if the person who is to be served has no objection, the document may be delivered to other places.
In the cases set forth in the following items, the personal delivery service may be made through the act prescribed in the respective item, in lieu of the delivery pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph:
次の各号に掲げる場合には、交付送達は、前項の規定による交付に代え、当該各号に定める行為により行うことができる。
if the person to be served with the documents at the place where the delivery is to be made cannot be met:the documents are to be delivered to a person living together with the recipient, who can be expected to deliver the received documents to the person who is to be served; or
送達すべき場所において書類の送達を受けるべき者に出会わない場合 同居の者であつて送達を受けるべき者に受領した書類を交付することが期待できるものに書類を交付すること。
if the person who is to be served with the documents or the person prescribed in the preceding item is not at the place where the delivery is to be made, or the person refuses to receive the documents without legitimate grounds:the documents are to be placed at the place where the delivery is to be made.
書類の送達を受けるべき者及び前号に規定する者が送達すべき場所にいない場合又はこれらの者が正当な理由がなく書類の受領を拒んだ場合 送達すべき場所に書類を差し置くこと。
If the place of residence of the person to be served with documents that are to be served pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs is unknown, the Minister of Justice may effect service by public notice in lieu of that service; provided, however, that this does not apply to the service of documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraphs (3) and (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2).
前各項の規定により送達すべき書類について、その送達を受けるべき者の住居地が明らかでない場合には、法務大臣は、その送達に代えて公示送達をすることができる。ただし、第六十一条の二の十一第二項において準用する第二十二条の四第三項及び第六項の規定による書類の送達については、この限りでない。
Service by public notice is effected by placing the title of the documents to be served, the name of the person to be served and a statement to the effect that the Minister of Justice will deliver the documents to the person to be served at any time (hereinafter referred to as the "particulars of the public notice" in this paragraph) in a state in which they can be viewed by an unspecified large number of persons by the method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, and by taking measures to post a document stating the particulars of the public notice on the bulletin board of the Ministry of Justice or to place the particulars of the public notice, as displayed on the screen of a computer installed at an office of the Ministry of Justice, in a state in which they can be viewed.
公示送達は、送達すべき書類の名称、その送達を受けるべき者の氏名及び法務大臣がその書類をいつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付する旨（以下この項において「公示事項」という。）を法務省令で定める方法により不特定多数の者が閲覧することができる状態に置くとともに、公示事項が記載された書面を法務省の掲示場に掲示し、又は公示事項を法務省の事務所に設置した電子計算機の映像面に表示したものの閲覧をすることができる状態に置く措置をとることにより行う。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the documents are deemed to have been served when 2 weeks have elapsed from the day on which the measures pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph were commenced.
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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
immigration control officer
「入国警備官」
The immigration official provided for in Article 61-3-2, who investigates violations and detains, escorts and removes people, among other duties.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xiii)· applies throughout the law
place of residencemachine translation
「住居地」
A foreign resident's main place of residence in Japan.
Defined inArticle 19-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)
correspondence deliverymachine translation
「信書便」
Delivery of correspondence by a general or specified correspondence delivery operator as defined in the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, which this Act allows, besides the post and delivery by hand, for serving documents at the place of residence (住居地) of the person they are addressed to.
Short name set inArticle 61-8-2, paragraph (1)
particulars of the public noticemachine translation
「公示事項」
What service by public notice must announce: the name of the document, the name of the person it is to be served on, and that the Minister of Justice will hand it to that person at any time.
Short name set inArticle 61-8-2, paragraph (7)· applies only in this paragraph