Article 4 — Passport Act

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Article 4Request for Issuance of Official Passports

第四条（公用旅券の発給の請求）

The request for the issuance of an official passport is to be made by submitting the following documents and a photograph through the heads of each ministry or agency to the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the person seeking the issuance of an official passport (referred to as "requester" below in this Article) is in Japan, or through the heads of each ministry or agency to the Minister for Foreign Affairs or by the requester to a consular officer, when the requester is abroad:

公用旅券の発給の請求は、当該公用旅券の発給を受けようとする者（以下この条において「対象者」という。）が国内に在る場合においては各省各庁の長が外務大臣に対し、対象者が国外に在る場合においては各省各庁の長が外務大臣に対し、又は当該対象者が領事官に対し、次に掲げる書類及び写真を提出してするものとする。

a written request for issuance of an official passport;

公用旅券発給請求書

a photograph of the requester;

対象者の写真

when the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer finds it particularly necessary in order to verify the facts concerning the social status of the requester, a certified copy of family register;

外務大臣又は領事官が対象者の身分上の事実を確認するため特に必要があると認めるときは、戸籍謄本

for a request made by the requester who is abroad, a document in support of the reasons for requiring an official passport.

国外において対象者がする請求にあつては、公用旅券の発給を必要とする理由を立証する書類

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when the requester wishes to make multiple round trips between Japan and a region other than one designated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the requester may request the issuance of a multiple journey official passport by stating that fact and the reason for it in a written request for issuance of an official passport.

前項の場合において、対象者が本邦と外務大臣が指定する地域以外の地域との間を数次往復しようとするときは、その旨及び理由を公用旅券発給請求書に記載して、数次往復用の公用旅券の発給を請求することができる。

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