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:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
Changes by (Act No. 32 of 2026)
a person who enters Japan in violation of the provisions of Article 3;
第三条の規定に違反して本邦に入つた者
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;
偽りその他不正の手段により、上陸の許可等を受けて本邦に上陸し、又は第四章第二節の規定による許可を受けた者
a person whose status of residence has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to persons to whom item (i) or (ii) pertains) who remains in Japan;
第二十二条の四第一項（第一号又は第二号に係るものに限る。）の規定により在留資格を取り消された者で本邦に残留するもの
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pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (7) of the same Article) whose status of residence has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to those pertaining to item (v)) who remains in Japan;
第二十二条の四第一項（第五号に係るものに限る。）の規定により在留資格を取り消された者（同条第七項本文の規定により期間の指定を受けた者を除く。）で本邦に残留するもの
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;
第二十二条の四第七項本文（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。）の規定により期間の指定を受けた者で、当該期間を経過して本邦に残留するもの
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);
第十九条第一項の規定に違反して収入を伴う事業を運営する活動又は報酬を受ける活動を専ら行つていると明らかに認められる者
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);
仮上陸の許可を受けた者で、第十三条第三項の規定に基づき付された条件に違反して、逃亡し、又は正当な理由がなくて呼出しに応じないもの
Changes by (Act No. 32 of 2026)
a person who is granted permission for landing at a port of call, landing permission for cruise ship tourists, permission for landing in transit, landing permission for crew members, permission for emergency landing, landing permission due to distress or landing permission for temporary refuge, who remains in Japan beyond the period entered in their passport or permit;
寄港地上陸の許可、船舶観光上陸の許可、通過上陸の許可、乗員上陸の許可、緊急上陸の許可、遭難による上陸の許可又は一時庇護のための上陸の許可を受けた者で、旅券又は当該許可書に記載された期間を経過して本邦に残留するもの
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;
第十四条の二第九項の規定により期間の指定を受けた者で当該期間内に出国しないもの
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;
第十六条第九項の規定により期間の指定を受けた者で当該期間内に帰船し又は出国しないもの
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);
第二十二条の二第一項に規定する者で、同条第三項において準用する第二十条第三項本文の規定又は第二十二条の二第四項において準用する第二十二条第二項の規定による許可を受けないで、第二十二条の二第一項に規定する期間を経過して本邦に残留するもの
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;
第五十五条の八十五第一項の規定により出国命令を受けた者で、当該出国命令に係る出国期限を経過して本邦に残留するもの
a person whose departure order is revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-88 who remains in Japan;
第五十五条の八十八の規定により出国命令を取り消された者で本邦に残留するもの
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;
第六十一条の二の四第一項の規定による許可を受けた者で、仮滞在期間を経過して本邦に残留するもの
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);
第四十四条の二第七項に規定する監理措置決定を受けた者で、第四十四条の五第一項の規定による許可を受けないで報酬を受ける活動を行つたもの又は収入を伴う事業を運営する活動を行つたもの（在留資格をもつて在留する者を除く。）
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;
第五十二条の二第六項に規定する監理措置決定を受けた者で、収入を伴う事業を運営する活動を行つたもの又は報酬を受ける活動を行つたもの
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
偽りその他不正の手段により難民の認定又は補完的保護対象者の認定を受けた者
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.
第六十三条の二第一項に規定する出国制限対象者で、収入を伴う事業を運営する活動又は報酬を受ける活動を行つたもの
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.
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passport
「旅券」
A passport, refugee travel document or other document in place of a passport (including a travel certificate from a Japanese consular officer) issued by the Japanese government, a foreign government Japan recognizes or a competent international organization, or an equivalent document from a competent authority of a region designated by Cabinet Order.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· 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
period of staymachine translation
「在留期間」
How long a foreign national may stay in Japan under a status of residence; the lengths are set by Ministry of Justice Order and, for most statuses, cannot exceed five years.
Short name set inArticle 2-2, paragraph (3)
permission for landing, etc.
「上陸の許可等」
Permission to land in Japan in any of its forms given by an immigration inspector: the landing-permission seal in a passport, the electronic record that replaces it under Article 9(4), or a grant of landing permission.
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1), item (ii)
decision on supervision measuresmachine translation
「監理措置決定」
A supervising immigration inspector's decision to place a foreign national under supervision measures instead of detention, or to release a detained person and place them under those measures.
Defined inArticle 44-2, paragraph (7)· applies only in this section and in Article 50, paragraph (2)
decision on supervision measuresmachine translation
「監理措置決定」
A supervising immigration inspector's decision to place a foreign national under supervision measures instead of detention, or to release a detained person and place them under those measures.
Defined inArticle 52-2, paragraph (6)· applies only in this section
recognition of refugee statusmachine translation
「難民の認定」
The Minister of Justice's recognition, on the application of a foreign national in Japan, that the person is a refugee.
Short name set inArticle 61-2, paragraph (1)
recognition as a person eligible for complementary protectionmachine translation
「補完的保護対象者の認定」
The Minister of Justice's recognition, on the application of a foreign national in Japan, that the person is eligible for complementary protection.
Short name set inArticle 61-2, paragraph (2)
period of provisional staymachine translation
「仮滞在期間」
The length of time the Minister of Justice sets when permitting a refugee or complementary-protection applicant who has no status of residence to stay in Japan provisionally.
Short name set inArticle 61-2-4, paragraph (2)
person subject to departure restrictionsmachine translation
「出国制限対象者」
A foreign national, not held in custody under the Code of Criminal Procedure, whose deportation order is on hold while they are barred from leaving Japan.
Short name set inArticle 63-2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
fine
罰金
A criminal punishment of paying money to the state, of 10,000 yen or more, or less where it is reduced (Penal Code, Article 15). It ranks below imprisonment (拘禁刑) and above penal detention (拘留) and a petty fine (科料) (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). A person who cannot pay it in full is held in a workhouse (労役場) for one day to two years, or up to three years where fines are imposed together, a period set when the sentence is passed (Article 18, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4)); not within thirty days of the sentence becoming final without the person's consent (paragraph (5)). If it is not enforced for three years after the sentence becomes final, the person is released from it by prescription (Articles 31 and 32, item (v)); the three years do not run while its execution is suspended under law or the person is abroad, and an act of execution interrupts them (Articles 33 and 34, paragraph (2)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 15, 18, 31 to 34 as a reference.
imprisonment
拘禁刑
The punishment of being held in a penal institution (刑事施設), for life or for a fixed term of one month to twenty years (Penal Code, Article 12, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a fixed term can be raised to thirty years where the punishment is aggravated, or cut below one month where it is reduced (Article 14, paragraph (2)). To help the person reform and rehabilitate, they may be made to do work or given guidance (Article 12, paragraph (3)). It ranks below the death penalty and above a fine (罰金) among the principal punishments (Articles 9 and 10, paragraph (1)). It replaced imprisonment with work (懲役) and imprisonment without work (禁錮) when the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) came into force (Act No. 67 of 2022, Article 2), and a person sentenced to either is treated, for the rules on a person's qualifications, as sentenced to imprisonment for the same term (Act No. 68 of 2022, Article 443, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Penal Code, Arts. 9, 10, 12, 14, Act No. 67 of 2022, Art. 2 and Act No. 68 of 2022, Art. 443 as a reference.