The mayor of the municipality is to, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, deliver to a person recorded in the basic resident register maintained by that municipality or a person recorded in a family register supplement maintained by that municipality (limited to a person who has moved out of Japan) the Individual Number Card pertaining to that person that the mayor has been sent, or of whose preparation the mayor has been notified, under the provisions of paragraphs (5) through (7) of the preceding Article, either directly or via the Agency or the consular officer or mayor of the municipality to which the request referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article pertains. In this case, the mayor of the municipality who makes that delivery (referred to as the "issuing mayor of the municipality" in the following paragraph through paragraph (5) and in Article 18-6, paragraph (3), item (i)) must take the following measures to confirm that the person is the person themselves:
市町村長は、政令で定めるところにより、当該市町村が備える住民基本台帳に記録されている者又は当該市町村が備える戸籍の附票に記録されている者（国外転出者である者に限る。）に対し、前条第五項から第七項までの規定による送付又はその作成についての通知を受けたその者に係る個人番号カードを直接に又は機構若しくは同条第四項の申出に係る領事官若しくは市町村長を経由して交付するものとする。この場合において、当該交付を行う市町村長（次項から第五項まで及び第十八条の六第三項第一号において「交付市町村長」という。）は、その者が本人であることを確認するための次に掲げる措置をとらなければならない。
confirming the name, date of birth and other matters for identifying an individual that are entered in the residence certificate or family register supplement pertaining to that person and are specified by Cabinet Order, and the Individual Number entered in said residence certificate (if the residence certificate pertaining to that person has been deleted, the Individual Number that was entered in said residence certificate); and
その者に係る住民票又は戸籍の附票に記載されている氏名及び出生の年月日その他の個人を識別するための事項であって政令で定めるもの並びに当該住民票に記載されている個人番号（その者に係る住民票が消除されている場合には、当該住民票に記載されていた個人番号）を確認すること。
at the time of the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or of the handover of the Individual Number Card pertaining to that application, receiving from that person the presentation of a document specified by Cabinet Order that contains the person's name, date of birth and other matters for identifying an individual, and confirming that the person is the person to whom that document pertains (including measures specified by order of the competent ministry as equivalent thereto).
If the application referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (excluding an application pertaining to a person who has made the request referred to in paragraph (4) of that Article) was filed via the mayor of a municipality other than the issuing mayor of the municipality, said mayor of the municipality may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, take the measure set forth in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph in place of the issuing mayor of the municipality.
The delivery of an Individual Number Card under the provisions of paragraph (1) to a person who has made the request referred to in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (limited to a person for whom the measure set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) has been taken by the issuing mayor of the municipality and of whom the issuing mayor of the municipality has notified the Agency to that effect) is effected, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by the Agency sending said Individual Number Card to that person.
The delivery of an Individual Number Card under the provisions of paragraph (1) to a person who has made the request referred to in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article (limited to a person for whom the measure set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) has been taken by the issuing mayor of the municipality and of whom the issuing mayor of the municipality has notified the consular officer or mayor of the municipality to which that request pertains to that effect) is effected by the consular officer or mayor of the municipality who has been sent the Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) of that Article handing over said Individual Number Card to that person. In this case, if that person is a person other than a person for whom the measure set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) has been taken by the issuing mayor of the municipality and of whom the issuing mayor of the municipality has notified said consular officer or mayor of the municipality to that effect, said consular officer or mayor of the municipality is to, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, take the measure set forth in that item in place of the issuing mayor of the municipality.
前条第四項の申出をした者（交付市町村長により第一項第一号に掲げる措置がとられた者であって、当該交付市町村長から当該申出に係る領事官又は市町村長に対しその旨の通知があったものに限る。）に対する第一項の規定による個人番号カードの交付は、同条第七項の規定により個人番号カードの送付を受けた領事官又は市町村長が、その者に対し、当該個人番号カードを引き渡すことにより行う。この場合において、その者が、交付市町村長により第一項第二号に掲げる措置がとられた者であって当該交付市町村長から当該領事官又は市町村長に対しその旨の通知があったもの以外の者であるときは、当該領事官又は市町村長は、政令で定めるところにより、交付市町村長に代わって同号に掲げる措置をとるものとする。
The mayor of a municipality or consular officer who has taken the measure set forth in paragraph (1), item (ii) in place of the issuing mayor of the municipality pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or the preceding paragraph is to notify said issuing mayor of the municipality to that effect.
If a person who has received an Individual Number Card submits the notification under Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act or a notification of moving out of Japan, the person must submit said Individual Number Card to the mayor of the municipality at the same time as submitting those notifications.
個人番号カードの交付を受けている者は、住民基本台帳法第二十二条第一項の規定による届出又は国外転出届をする場合には、これらの届出と同時に、当該個人番号カードを市町村長に提出しなければならない。
The mayor of the municipality who receives an Individual Number Card pursuant to the preceding paragraph must change Card Information, take the necessary measures to ensure the appropriate use of said Individual Number Card, and return it.
If a person who has received an Individual Number Card makes a change to Card Information, the person must notify the mayor of the municipality that maintains the basic resident register in which the person is recorded (referred to as the "mayor of the municipality of domicile" in the following paragraph and paragraph (11)) thereof and submit said Individual Number Card within fourteen days from the day of the change, except in the cases prescribed in paragraph (6). In this case, the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.
If a person who has received an Individual Number Card loses said Individual Number Card, the person must notify the Mayor of the Municipality of the Place of Domicile thereof immediately.
When an Individual Number Card expires or in other cases provided for by Cabinet Order, it ceases to be effective.
個人番号カードは、その有効期間が満了した場合その他政令で定める場合には、その効力を失う。
When an Individual Number Card expires or in other cases provided for by Cabinet Order, the person who had said Individual Number Card issued must return said Individual Number Card to the Mayor of the Municipality of the Place of Domicile pursuant to Cabinet Orders.
With regard to the application of the provisions of paragraph (8), paragraph (9) and the preceding paragraph to a person who has moved out of Japan, the phrase "within fourteen days from the day of the change" in paragraph (8) is deemed to be replaced with "promptly, either directly or via a consular officer"; the phrase "basic resident register" with "family register supplement"; the phrase "mayor of the municipality of domicile" with "mayor of the municipality administering the family register supplement"; and the phrase "mayor of the municipality of domicile" in paragraph (9) and the preceding paragraph with ", either directly or via a consular officer, the mayor of the municipality administering the family register supplement".
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the necessary matters concerning the procedures for the reissuance of an Individual Number Card and other procedures that the mayor of the municipality and a person who has received an Individual Number Card carry out with regard to Individual Number Cards (referred to as "matters concerning reissuance, etc." in this paragraph) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the form of Individual Number Cards, the period until an Individual Number Card expires and other necessary matters concerning Individual Number Cards (excluding matters concerning reissuance, etc.) are specified by order of the competent ministry.