①A person who files an application for the following dispositions in Japan must pay the national government, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, fees in the amount specified by Cabinet Order for each disposition in consideration of the actual costs required for each disposition and the nature of each disposition, so that the total amount of the costs required for those dispositions by the national government can be covered by the total amount of the fees for those dispositions paid to the national government:

②If a person who has filed an application for the issuance of an ordinary passport that has expired pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (ii)) files an application for dispositions stated in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding paragraph for the first time within five years commencing from the date on which the ordinary passport expired, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph, the person must pay the national government the amount of fees obtained by multiplying the amount specified by Cabinet Order referred to in that paragraph by two, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

③Pursuant to the provisions of Prefectural Ordinance, a prefecture may collect fees from a person who files an application for the disposition stated in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) in Japan. In such a case, the prefecture must determine the amount of the fees on the basis of the amount specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the actual costs required for conducting the affairs in the prefecture.

④If a person filing an application for the disposition stated in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) files the application directly with the Minister for Foreign Affairs pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 3, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (3)), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), the person must pay the national government the amount of fees obtained by adding the amount specified by Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph to the amount specified by Cabinet Order referred to in paragraph (1) (if the provisions of paragraph (2) apply, the amount specified in that paragraph), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

⑤Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, if the cause for requiring the issuance of an ordinary passport has occurred due to the negligence of a relevant government agency, the person is not required to pay the fee.

⑥If the Minister for Foreign Affairs finds it particularly necessary for reducing the economic burden on applicants at the time of a large-scale disaster, the fees to be paid to the national government under the provisions of paragraph (1), paragraph (2), and paragraph (4) may be reduced or exempted, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

①Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, a person filing an application for the disposition stated in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article outside of Japan must pay the national government the amount of fees specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to the amount obtained by adding, to the amount specified by Cabinet Order referred to in that paragraph, the amount specified by Cabinet Order referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article.

②The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who files an application for the disposition stated in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii) of the preceding Article outside of Japan. In such a case, the term "the provisions of that paragraph" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article", the term "Cabinet Order referred to in that paragraph" with "Cabinet Order referred to in the preceding paragraph", and the term "obtained by multiplying" with "specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to the amount obtained by adding the amount specified by Cabinet Order referred to in the following paragraph to the amount obtained by multiplying".

③The provisions of paragraphs (5) and (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who files an application for the disposition stated in the items of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article outside of Japan. In such a case, the term "the preceding paragraphs" in paragraph (5) of that Article and the term "paragraph (1), paragraph (2), and paragraph (4)" in paragraph (6) of that Article are deemed to be replaced with "paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article".

The Minister for Foreign Affairs may delegate the affairs related to the delivery of documents concerning the notice under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (4) to an immigration inspector.

A part of the affairs of the Minister for Foreign Affairs concerning ordinary passports prescribed in this Act may be handled by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

The affairs to be handled by prefectures pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraphs (1) through (3), paragraph (5) and paragraph (6), Article 8, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), Article 9, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), Article 10, paragraph (4), Article 17, paragraphs (1) through (3), and Article 19, paragraph (5) and paragraph (6) is to be item (i) statutory entrusted functions as defined in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947).

When the Minister for Foreign Affairs finds it necessary due to abrupt changes in the state of affairs in Japan or abroad, humanitarian grounds, or other grounds, the Minister may give necessary instructions to the prefectural governor concerning the affairs to be conducted by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of this Act or Cabinet Order based on this Act.

The procedures for implementing this Act and other necessary matters for its enforcement are specified by Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

①A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than five years, a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:

②A person who commits an offense referred to in item (i), item (iv), or item (v) of the preceding paragraph for profit is punished by imprisonment for not more than seven years, a fine of not more than five million yen, or both.

③An attempt to commit the offense referred to in paragraph (1) (excluding the part related to possession referred to in item (iv) and item (v), and excluding item (vi)) and the preceding paragraph (excluding the part related to possession referred to in paragraph (1), item (iv) and item (v)) is punished.

④A person who falls under any of the following items is punished by a fine of not more than 300 thousand yen:

The provisions of the preceding Article also apply to a person who commits the offense stated in that Article outside of Japan.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs may confiscate the passport or travel document of a person who has committed an offense referred to in Article 23 (excluding an attempted offense referred to in paragraph (1), item (i)), or a document that has been forged as a passport or travel document.