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Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan

日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則(にほんこくとのへいわじょうやくにもとづきにほんのこくせきをりだつしたものとうのしゅつにゅうこくかんりにかんするとくれいほうせこうきそく)

Amended by

Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan

出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則の一部を改正する省令

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  • 14 June 2026 — Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

17 provisions changed · 30 provisions added · 4 provisions in the supplementary provisions · 6 articles renumbered

Each provision the amendment changes, before and after in one: words it removes are struck through, words it adds are highlighted. The Japanese is the law; the icon beside each English column says whose English it is. The 6 articles it renumbers are marked with the number each had before.

Article 1 · (Application for Permission Referred to in Article 4 of the Act)第一条(法第四条の許可の申請)

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  • ChangedArticle 1, paragraph (2)

    When the application referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed for a person under 16 yearsone year of age, submission of a photograph is not required. However, this does not apply when the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has determined that submission is required.

    十六一歳に満たない者について前項の申請をする場合は、写真の提出を要しない。ただし、出入国在留管理庁長官が提出を要するとした場合は、この限りでない。

Article 4 · (Particulars to be recorded on Special Permanent Resident Certificates)第四条(特別永住者証明書の記載事項等)

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  • AddedArticle 4, paragraph (2), item (iv)

    a special permanent resident to whom a new specified special permanent resident certificate is to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (7) or (9) of the Act (in the case of a special permanent resident to whom a specified special permanent resident certificate is issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of that Article, limited to a person who has made a request under paragraph (4) of that Article together with the application under paragraph (2) of that Article): the nationality or region stated on the special permanent resident certificate that ceases to be valid as a result of that issuance;

    法第十六条の二第七項又は第九項の規定により新たな特定特別永住者証明書の交付を受ける特別永住者(同項の規定により特定特別永住者証明書の交付を受ける特別永住者にあっては、同条第二項の規定による申請に併せて同条第四項の規定による申出をした者に限る。) 当該交付により効力を失うこととなる特別永住者証明書に記載された国籍・地域

  • AddedArticle 4, paragraph (2), item (v)

    a special permanent resident to whom a new special permanent resident certificate is to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (3) of the Act: the nationality or region stated on the specified special permanent resident certificate that ceases to be valid as a result of that issuance.

    法第十六条の三第三項の規定により新たな特別永住者証明書の交付を受ける特別永住者 当該交付により効力を失うこととなる特定特別永住者証明書に記載された国籍・地域

  • ChangedArticle 4, paragraph (4)

    The special permanent resident certificate number particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2) 1), item (iv) of the Act isare to be specified using a combination the date of the notification made by submitting the special permanent resident certificate when the place of four Roman characters and eight figuresresidence or new residence (meaning the place of residence after the change) is stated on the special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of the Act.

    法第八条第二項一項第四号に規定する法務省令で定める事項は、法第十条第三項の規定により特別永住者証明書の番号は、ローマ字四文字及び八けたの数字を組み合わせて定めるものに住居地又は新住居地(変更後の住居地をいう。)の記載をする場合における当該特別永住者証明書を提出してした届出の年月日とする。

  • ChangedArticle 4, paragraph (5)

    AThe special permanent resident certificate that shows a photograph of the special permanent resident pursuant tonumber prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (32) of the Act is to be issued with the date of expiration of the validity period beingspecified using a date on or after the sixteenth birthdaycombination of the special permanent resident. In this case, the photograph is to be one that satisfies the requirements specified in the Appended Table I,four Roman characters and is to be a photograph submitted pursuant to Article 1, paragraph (1), Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2)eight figures.

    法第八条第三項の規定により特別永住者の写真を表示二項に規定する特別永住者証明書は、有効期間の満了の日を特別永住者の十六歳の誕生日以降の日として交付するものとする。この場合において、当該写真は、別表第一に定める要件を満たしたものとし、第一条第一項、第二条第一項、第七条第一項、第八条第一項、第九条第一項又は第十条第一項若しくは第二項の規定により提出された写真を表示すの番号は、ローマ字四文字及び八桁の数字を組み合わせて定めるものとする。

  • ChangedArticle 4, paragraph (6)

    The format of the special permanent resident certificate prescribedage specified by Ministry of Justice Order in Article 8, paragraph (43) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 4, and what is to be shown on the special permanent resident certificate prescribed in that paragraph is the date of the notification pertaining to the entry, when the place of residence or new residence (meaning the place of residence after the change) is entered pursuant to Article 10, paragraph (3)one year of the Actage.

    法第八条第四項に規定する特別永住者証明書の様式は、別記第四号様式によるものとし、同項に規定する特別永住者証明書に表示すべきものは、法第十条第三項の規定に基づき住居地又は新住居地(変更後の住居地をいう。)を記載するときの当該記載に係る届出の年月日法務省令で定める年齢は、一歳とする。

  • ChangedArticle 4, paragraph (7)

    The recording under photograph of a special permanent resident to be shown on the special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (53) of the Act is to be made by recording a photograph submitted pursuant to the particulars listed in the items of provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1), Article 2, paragraph (1) of that , Article 7, paragraph (1), Article and the photograph prescribed in8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (3) of that 1), Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 18, paragraph (1), or Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Rules on Applications for the semiconductor integrated circuit built into Issuance of Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificates (Order of the special permanent resident certificate. In this case,Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the recordingMinistry of the place Justice No. 2 of residence prescribed 2026), which satisfies the requirements specified in paragraph (1),the Appended Table I (excluding item (ii) of that Article is 2 in the case of a photograph to be made only when theshown on a specified special permanent resident certificate is issued).

    法第八条第五三項の規定による記録は、同り特別永住者証明書に表示する特別永住者の写真は、第一条第一項各号に掲げる事項及び同条第三項に規定する写真を、第二条第一項、第七条第一項、第八条第一項、第九条第一項、第十条第一項若しくは第二項若しくは第十八条第一項又は特定特別永住者証明書に組み込んだ半導体集積回路に記録して行うものとする。この場合において、同の交付の申請に関する規則(令和八年総務省・法務省令第二号)第二条第一項第二号に規定する住居地の記録は、特の規定により提出された写真であって、別表第一(特定特別永住者証明書を交付するときに限り行うに表示する写真にあっては、2の項を除く。)に定める要件を満たしたものとする。

  • AddedArticle 4, paragraph (8)

    The format of the special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Act (limited to a special permanent resident certificate other than a specified special permanent resident certificate) is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 4.

    法第八条第四項に規定する特別永住者証明書(特定特別永住者証明書以外の特別永住者証明書に限る。)の様式は、別記第四号様式によるものとする。

  • AddedArticle 4, paragraph (9)

    The recording under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (5) of the Act is to be made by recording the particulars prescribed in that paragraph on the semiconductor integrated circuit built into the special permanent resident certificate.

    法第八条第五項の規定による記録は、同項に規定する事項を特別永住者証明書に組み込んだ半導体集積回路に記録して行うものとする。

Article 12 · (Statement of Payment of Fees)第十二条(手数料納付書)

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  • ChangedArticle 12, paragraph (1)

    The payment of fees under the fee underprovisions of Article 14, paragraph (5) or Article 16-2, paragraph (16) of the Act is to be made by submitting a statement of payment of fees pursuant to the Appended Form No. 12 with a revenue stamp corresponding to the amount of the fee pasted on it.

    法第十四条第五項又は第十六条の二第十六項の規定による手数料の納付は、別記第十二号様式による手数料納付書に、当該手数料の額に相当する収入印紙を貼って提出することによって行うものとする。

Article 13 · (Documents for Which Copies Are Made as Prescribed in Article 5 of the Order)第十三条(令第五条に規定する写しを作成する等する書類)

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  • ChangedArticle 13, paragraph (1)

    The document offor which the mayorhead of the municipalitymunicipalities (including special wards, and, in the case of for Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), wards or administratively consolidated wards; the same applies in Article 1620 and Article 1721) makes a copy and sends the copy to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 of the Order for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Cabinet Order No. 420 of 2011; hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), is to be the passport presented pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 8, paragraph (2) and Article 10, paragraph (3)) or Article 9, paragraph (2).

    日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行令(平成二十三年政令第四百二十号。以下「令」という。)第五条の規定により市町村(特別区を含むものとし、地方自治法(昭和二十二年法律第六十七号)第二百五十二条の十九第一項にあっては、区又は総合区。第十六二十条及び第十七二十一条において同じ。)の長が写しを作成し、当該写しを出入国在留管理庁長官に送付する書類は、第七条第二項(第八条第二項及び第十条第三項において準用する場合を含む。)又は第九条第二項の規定により提示された旅券とする。

Article 15 · Persons Who Need to Promptly Receive Issuance of a Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificate第十五条(特定特別永住者証明書の交付を速やかに受ける必要がある者)

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  • AddedArticle 15, paragraph (1)

    The persons specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Order are as follows:

    令第八条第一項第三号に規定する法務省令で定める者は、次に掲げる者とする。

  • AddedArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (i)

    a person who has made a notification under the provisions of Article 30-46 of the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967) (limited to a person who has not, after that notification, received issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate and an Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "Number Use Act"); the same applies hereinafter));

    住民基本台帳法(昭和四十二年法律第八十一号)第三十条の四十六の規定による届出をした者(当該届出後において特定特別永住者証明書及び個人番号カード(行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律(平成二十五年法律第二十七号。以下「番号利用法」という。)第二条第七項に規定する個人番号カードをいう。以下同じ。)の交付を受けたことがない者に限る。)

  • AddedArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (ii)

    a person whose Individual Number Card (including that Individual Number Card in the case where it is deemed, pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Number Use Act, to be an Individual Number Card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Number Use Act) has become invalid pursuant to the provisions of Article 14, item (v) or (vi) of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Cabinet Order No. 155 of 2014; hereinafter referred to as the "Number Use Act Enforcement Order") (including, in the case of requesting a change of the entry of the residence certificate code pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-4, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act, a person who has returned an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (4) of the Number Use Act Enforcement Order and a person who has returned a specified special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (2) of the Act) (limited to a person who has not, after that invalidation and return, received issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate and an Individual Number Card);

    行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律施行令(平成二十六年政令第百五十五号。以下「番号利用法施行令」という。)第十四条第五号又は第六号の規定により個人番号カード(番号利用法第十八条の五第九項の規定により番号利用法第十七条第一項の規定により交付された個人番号カードとみなされた場合における当該個人番号カードを含む。)が失効した者(住民基本台帳法第三十条の四第一項の規定により住民票コードの記載の変更を請求する場合に、番号利用法施行令第十五条第四項の規定により個人番号カードを返納した者及び法第十六条の三第二項の規定により特定特別永住者証明書を返納した者を含む。)(当該失効及び返納後において特定特別永住者証明書及び個人番号カードの交付を受けたことがない者に限る。)

  • AddedArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (iii)

    a person whose specified special permanent resident certificate or Individual Number Card has been destroyed by fire or seriously damaged, or a person whose Individual Number Card (including that Individual Number Card in the case where it is deemed, pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Number Use Act, to be an Individual Number Card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Number Use Act) has lost its function (limited to a person who has not, after that destruction by fire or damage and after that loss of function, received issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate and an Individual Number Card);

    特定特別永住者証明書又は個人番号カードを焼失し、若しくは著しく損傷した者又は個人番号カード(番号利用法第十八条の五第九項の規定により番号利用法第十七条第一項の規定により交付された個人番号カードとみなされた場合における当該個人番号カードを含む。)の機能が損なわれた者(当該焼失及び損傷後並びに当該機能が損なわれた後において特定特別永住者証明書及び個人番号カードの交付を受けたことがない者に限る。)

  • AddedArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (iv)

    a person who holds a specified special permanent resident certificate that has no remaining space in which to enter the particulars listed in the items of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Act, and any other person whom the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds appropriate as equivalent thereto;

    法第八条第一項各号に掲げる事項を記載すべき余白がなくなった特定特別永住者証明書を所持する者その他これに準ずるものとして出入国在留管理庁長官が適当と認める者

  • AddedArticle 15, paragraph (1), item (v)

    a person who has been confined in a penal institution or a juvenile training school for the execution of a sentence, a person who has been detained in a workhouse, or a person who has been confined in a juvenile training school for the execution of a protective measure (limited to a person who has not, after release, received issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate and an Individual Number Card).

    刑の執行のため刑事施設若しくは少年院に収容されていた者、労役場に留置されていた者又は保護処分の執行のため少年院に収容されていた者(釈放後において特定特別永住者証明書及び個人番号カードの交付を受けたことがない者に限る。)

Article 16 · Method of Sending a Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificate第十六条(特定特別永住者証明書の送付方法)

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  • AddedArticle 16, paragraph (1)

    The methods specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Order are as follows:

    令第八条第四項に規定する法務省令で定める方法は、次に掲げる方法とする。

  • AddedArticle 16, paragraph (1), item (i)

    the method of sending by mail to be received only by the addressee in person, which is handed or delivered only to the addressee in person as provided for in the domestic postal service terms and conditions of Japan Post Co., Ltd., or by a method equivalent thereto;

    日本郵便株式会社の内国郵便約款の定めるところにより名宛人本人に限り交付し、若しくは配達する本人限定受取郵便又はこれに準ずる方法により送付する方法

  • AddedArticle 16, paragraph (1), item (ii)

    the method of sending, addressed to the place of residence of a person who has made a request under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (4) of the Act together with an application under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as the "person making the request" in this item and the following item), by registered mail or, among the services of correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) (referred to as "correspondence delivery" in the following Article) provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of that Article, a service equivalent to registered mail (referred to as "registered mail, etc." in the following item), as mail that is not to be forwarded in its handling or an item equivalent thereto (referred to as "non-forwardable mail, etc." in the following item) (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method);

    法第十六条の二第一項又は第二項の規定による申請に併せて同条第四項の規定による申出をした者(以下この号及び次号において「申出者」という。)の住居地に宛てて、書留郵便又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(次条において「信書便」という。)の役務のうち書留郵便に準ずるもの(次号において「書留郵便等」という。)により、その取扱いにおいて転送をしない郵便物又はこれに準ずるもの(次号において「転送不要郵便物等」という。)として送付する方法(当該申出者が当該方法により確実に交付を受けることができる旨を出入国在留管理庁長官に申し出た場合に限る。)

  • AddedArticle 16, paragraph (1), item (iii)

    if it is found difficult to effect the issuance by the methods listed in the preceding two items due to hospitalization or any other unavoidable reason, the method of sending, addressed to the location of the person making the request, by registered mail, etc. as non-forwardable mail, etc. (limited to cases where the person making the request has informed the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency that the person making the request can reliably receive its issuance by that method).

    病院への入院その他のやむを得ない理由により前二号に掲げる方法により交付することが困難であると認められる場合には、申出者の所在地に宛てて、書留郵便等により、転送不要郵便物等として送付する方法(当該申出者が当該方法により確実に交付を受けることができる旨を出入国在留管理庁長官に申し出た場合に限る。)

Article 17 · Special Provisions on the Return of Special Permanent Resident Certificates第十七条(特別永住者証明書の返納の特則)

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  • AddedArticle 17, paragraph (1)

    The return of a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Act as applied with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 16-2, paragraph (15) of the Act is to be made by sending it by mail or by correspondence delivery.

    法第十六条の二第十五項において読み替えて適用される法第十六条第三項の規定による特別永住者証明書の返納は、郵便又は信書便により送付する方法により行うものとする。

Article 18 · Return of Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificates upon Invalidation of the Function of an Individual Number Card, etc.第十八条(個人番号カードの機能の失効等に係る特定特別永住者証明書の返納)

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  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (1)

    A foreign national who intends to return a specified special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (11) of the Number Use Act as applied by deeming it to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of the Number Use Act, or pursuant to the provisions of a Cabinet Order based on Article 47 of the Number Use Act, must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit the specified special permanent resident certificate, one written notification of return pursuant to the Appended Form No. 13, and one photograph (a photograph that is taken within six months before the date of return, which satisfies the requirements specified in the Appended Table I, and with the person's name written on the back).

    番号利用法第十八条の五第九項の規定により個人番号カードとみなして適用する番号利用法第十七条第十一項の規定又は番号利用法第四十七条の規定に基づく政令の規定による特定特別永住者証明書の返納をしようとする外国人は、当該特定特別永住者証明書並びに別記第十三号様式による返納届出書一通及び写真(返納の日前六月以内に撮影されたもので別表第一に定める要件を満たしたものとし、かつ、裏面に氏名を記入したものとする。)一葉を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (2)

    In making the return referred to in the preceding paragraph, the person must present their passport. In this case, a person who is unable to present the passport must submit a document stating the reason therefor.

    前項の返納に当たっては、旅券を提示しなければならない。この場合において、旅券を提示することができない者にあっては、その理由を記載した書類一通を提出しなければならない。

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (3)

    If the return set forth in paragraph (1) pertains to any of the following persons, the submission of a photograph is not required, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph:

    第一項の返納が次に掲げる者に係るものであるときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、写真の提出を要しない。

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (3), item (i)

    a person who is under one year of age; and

    一歳に満たない者

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (3), item (ii)

    a person who is not a person who continues to fall under the category of special permanent resident.

    引き続き特別永住者に該当する者でない者

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (4)

    Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), the foreign national is not required to personally appear to make the return set forth in that paragraph in the following cases:

    第一項の返納は、次に掲げる場合には、同項の規定にかかわらず、当該外国人が自ら出頭してこれを行うことを要しない。

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (4), item (i)

    a case where, if the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the return under paragraph (1) by themselves due to illness or other grounds, a relative of the foreign national (excluding a person under 16 years of age; the same applies in the following item) who lives with the foreign national makes the return on behalf of the foreign national;

    当該外国人が十六歳に満たない場合又は疾病その他の事由により自ら第一項の返納をすることができない場合において、当該外国人の親族(十六歳に満たない者を除く。次号において同じ。)であって当該外国人と同居するものが当該外国人に代わって当該返納をするとき。

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (4), item (ii)

    a case where a relative of the foreign national who lives with the foreign national makes the return under paragraph (1) on behalf of the foreign national at the request of the foreign national; and

    当該外国人の親族であって当該外国人と同居するものが当該外国人の依頼により当該外国人に代わって第一項の返納をするとき。

  • AddedArticle 18, paragraph (4), item (iii)

    a case where, if the foreign national is under 16 years of age or is unable to make the return under paragraph (1) by themselves due to illness or other grounds, a legal representative of the foreign national carries out the procedures pertaining to the return (excluding the case where the legal representative of the foreign national acts on behalf of the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of item (i)).

    当該外国人が十六歳に満たない場合又は疾病その他の事由により自ら第一項の返納をすることができない場合において、当該外国人の法定代理人が当該返納に係る手続をするとき(当該外国人の法定代理人が第一号の規定により当該外国人に代わってするときを除く。)。

Article 19 · (Employees Who May Request Presentation of Special Permanent Resident Certificates)第十九条(特別永住者証明書の提示要求ができる職員)

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  • ChangedArticle 19, paragraph (1), item (iv)

    an employee of a municipality (including special wards) who is engaged in administrative affairs related to the basic residential register (limited to those concerning the residence certificates for foreign residents prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967));); and

    住民基本台帳に関する事務(住民基本台帳法(昭和四十二年法律第八十一号)第三十条の四十五に規定する外国人住民に係る住民票に係るものに限る。)に従事する市町村(特別区を含む。)の職員

Article 20 · (Documents Certifying Persons Who Have Parental Authority)第二十条(親権者等の証明書類等)

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    Article 21 · (Cases Not Requiring an Appearance)第二十一条(出頭を要しない場合等)

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    • ChangedArticle 21, paragraph (1)

      The casescase specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act (limited to the cases related to notifications the notification under the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act and the receipt of a special permanent resident certificate returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of that Article) are the casesthe Act) is a case where a person (except for a person under 16 years of age and a relative of that special permanent resident who lives with the special permanent resident) who has been requested by a special permanent resident or by a person who is required to act on behalf of a special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act (excluding a relative of the special permanent resident aged 16 or over who lives with the special permanent resident), or a legal representative of a special permanent resident, performs on behalf of the special permanent resident the act prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to notifications making the notification under the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act and the receipt ofreceiving a special permanent resident certificate returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of that Article) (excluding the Act) on behalf of the special permanent resident (except for the case where a legal representative of a special permanent resident performs the act on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act).

      法第十九条第三項に規定する法務省令で定める場合(法第十条第一項及び第二項の規定による届出並びに同条第三項の規定により返還される特別永住者証明書の受領に係る場合に限る。)は、特別永住者若しくは同条第二項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしなければならない者から依頼を受けた者(十六歳に満たない者及び当該特別永住者の十六歳以上の親族であって当該特別永住者と同居するものを除く。)又は特別永住者の法定代理人が当該特別永住者に代わって法第十九条第一項に規定する行為(法第十条第一項及び第二項の規定による届出並びに同条第三項の規定により返還される特別永住者証明書の受領に限る。)をする場合(特別永住者の法定代理人が法第十九条第二項の規定により当該特別永住者に代わってする場合を除く。)とする。

    • ChangedArticle 21, paragraph (2), item (ii)

      in addition to the case prescribed in the preceding item, when a case where, if a special permanent resident is under 16 years of age or is unable, due to illness or any other reasongrounds, to personally perform the by themselves an act set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Table II, and (where the act is the receipt of a specified special permanent resident certificate, if it is found to be difficult for the special permanent resident to appear due to illness, physical disability or other unavoidable grounds), a relative of the special permanent resident (excluding a person agedunder 16 or over years of age and a person who lives with the special permanent resident), or a cohabitant (excluding a person under 16 years of age and a relative of the special permanent resident) or a person equivalent thereto, whom who is found appropriate by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds appropriate, performs on behalf of the special permanent resident the act set forth in the right-hand column of that Table in accordance withcorresponding to the category of that act; and

      前号に規定する場合のほか、特別永住者が十六歳に満たない場合又は疾病その他の事由により自ら別表第二の上欄に掲げる行為をすることができない場合に(当該行為が特定特別永住者証明書の受領である場合にあっては、病気、身体の障害その他のやむを得ない理由により出頭することが困難であると認められる場合)において、当該特別永住者の親族(十六歳に満たない者及び当該特別永住者と同居する十六歳以上の者を除く。)又は同居者(十六歳に満たない者及び当該特別永住者の親族を除く。)若しくはこれに準ずる者で出入国在留管理庁長官が適当と認めるものが、当該特別永住者に代わって当該行為の区分に応じそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる行為をするとき。

    • ChangedArticle 21, paragraph (2), item (iii)

      with regard to the receipt of a special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4) of the Act), when (limited to a special permanent resident certificate other than a specified special permanent resident certificate; the same applies in this item), a case in which a person who has great difficulty in appearing in person at the office of the municipality for the receipt (limited to a personthose who isare required to receive the special permanent resident certificate by appearing in person at the office of the municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act, or a personthose who isare required to receive it the certificate on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article) receives the special permanent resident certificate sent byas mail to be received only by the addressee (which is issued, or delivered, only to the addressee as specified by the provisions of the Conditions of Domestic Postal Mail of Japan Post Co., Ltd.) or by an equivalent method, andif the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds it appropriate.; and

      法第十一条第二項(法第十二条第三項、第十三条第二項及び第十四条第四項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定により交付される特別永住者証明書の(特定特別永住者証明書以外の特別永住者証明書に限る。以下この号において同じ。)の受領については、当該受領のために市町村の事務所に出頭することに著しい支障がある者(法第十九条第一項の規定により特別永住者証明書の受領を市町村の事務所に自ら出頭して行わなければならない者又は同条第二項の規定により当該受領を特別永住者に代わってしなければならない者に限る。)が日本郵便株式会社の内国郵便約款の定めるところにより名宛人本人に限り交付し、又若しくは配達する本人限定受取郵便又はこれに準ずる方法により送付される特別永住者証明書を受領する場合であって、出入国在留管理庁長官において相当と認めるとき。

    • AddedArticle 21, paragraph (2), item (iv)

      a case of receiving a specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (9) of the Act (limited to the case where a request under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (4) of the Act has been made together with an application under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Act).

      法第十六条の二第九項の規定により交付される特定特別永住者証明書を受領する場合(同条第一項の規定による申請に併せて同条第四項の規定による申出があった場合に限る。)

    • ChangedArticle 21, paragraph (3)

      A person who intends to perform the actThe cases specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (13) of the Act on behalf of a special permanent residentas applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article must present material or give an explanation to the mayor16-2, paragraph (14) of the municipality demonstrating thatAct are the person is a person who is required to act on behalf ofcases set forth in the special permanent resident pursuant to that paragraphfollowing items.

      法第十九条第一項に規定する行為を、同条第二項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、同項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしなければならない者であることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならない六条の二第十四項において準用する法第十九条第三項に規定する法務省令で定める場合は、次の各号に掲げる場合とする。

    • AddedArticle 21, paragraph (3), item (i)

      a case where a legal representative of a special permanent resident carries out, on behalf of the special permanent resident, the procedures pertaining to the receipt of a specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (7) of the Act (excluding the case where the legal representative of the special permanent resident acts on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act); and

      特別永住者の法定代理人が当該特別永住者に代わって法第十六条の二第七項の規定により交付される特定特別永住者証明書の受領に係る手続をする場合(特別永住者の法定代理人が法第十九条第二項の規定により当該特別永住者に代わってする場合を除く。)

    • AddedArticle 21, paragraph (3), item (ii)

      in addition to the case prescribed in the preceding item, a case where, if a special permanent resident is under 16 years of age or is found to have difficulty in appearing due to illness, physical disability or other unavoidable grounds, a relative of the special permanent resident (excluding a person under 16 years of age and a person who lives with the special permanent resident), or a cohabitant (excluding a person under 16 years of age and a relative of the special permanent resident) or a person equivalent thereto who is found appropriate by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, carries out, on behalf of the special permanent resident, the procedures pertaining to the receipt of a specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (7) of the Act.

      前号に規定する場合のほか、特別永住者が十六歳に満たない場合又は病気、身体の障害その他のやむを得ない理由により出頭することが困難であると認められる場合において、当該特別永住者の親族(十六歳に満たない者及び当該特別永住者と同居する者を除く。)又は同居者(十六歳に満たない者及び当該特別永住者の親族を除く。)若しくはこれに準ずる者で出入国在留管理庁長官が適当と認めるものが、当該特別永住者に代わって法第十六条の二第七項の規定により交付される特定特別永住者証明書の受領に係る手続をするとき。

    • ChangedArticle 21, paragraph (4)

      Where a special permanent resident is not required to appear in person to perform the actThe case specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (13) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 1916-3, paragraph (36) of the Act, a person who intends to perform that act on behalf of the is the case where, if a special permanent resident, or a person who intends to perform the act set forth in the right-hand column of the table in is under 16 years of age or is unable, due to illness or other grounds, to receive by themselves the Appended Table II in accordance with the category ofspecial permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the act set forth in the left-hand columnprovisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (3) of that table, must present material or give an explanation tothe Act, a legal representative of the mayor of the municipality demonstrating thatspecial permanent resident carries out the case falls under that caseprocedures pertaining to the receipt.

      法第十六条の三第六項において準用する法第十九条第三項の規定によりに規定する法務省令で定める場合は、特別永住者が自ら出頭して同条第一項に規定する行為を行うことを要し十六歳に満たない場合又は疾病その他の事由により自ら法第十六条の三第三項の規定により交付される特別永住者証明書の受領をすることができない場合において、当該行為を当該特別永住者に代わってしようとする者又は別表第二の表の上欄に掲げる行為の区分に応じそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる行為をしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、当該場合に当たることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならないの法定代理人が当該受領に係る手続をするとき。

    • AddedArticle 21, paragraph (5)

      A person who seeks to perform the act prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act on behalf of a special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article must present material or give an explanation to the head of municipalities demonstrating that they are the person who is required to perform the act on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

      法第十九条第一項に規定する行為を、同条第二項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、同項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしなければならない者であることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならない。

    • AddedArticle 21, paragraph (6)

      When a special permanent resident is not required to perform the act prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act (in the case of application mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-2, paragraph (14) of the Act, the act under the provisions of paragraph (13) of that Article) by appearing in person pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-2, paragraph (14) of the Act), a person who seeks to perform the act on behalf of the special permanent resident or a person who seeks to perform the act set forth in the right-hand column of the Appended Table II in accordance with the category of the act set forth respectively in the left-hand column of that Table is to present a material or give an explanation to the mayor of the municipality demonstrating that the case falls under such case.

      法第十九条第三項(法第十六条の二第十四項において準用する場合を含む。)の規定により、特別永住者が自ら出頭して法第十九条第一項に規定する行為(法第十六条の二第十四項において準用する場合にあっては、同条第十三項の規定による行為)を行うことを要しない場合において、当該行為を当該特別永住者に代わってしようとする者又は別表第二の表の上欄に掲げる行為の区分に応じそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる行為をしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、当該場合に当たることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならない。

    Article 22 · (Expression of Intention of Special Re-entry Permission)第二十二条(みなし再入国許可の意図の表明)

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      Article 23 · (Persons Requiring Re-entry Permission)第二十三条(再入国の許可を要する者)

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      • ChangedArticle 23, paragraph (3)

        The notificationnotice referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be givenmade by a written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 1314; provided, however, that in cases of urgency, it the notice may be given by having an immigration inspector orally notify give the notice to the effect that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has made the recognition under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (iv).

        前項の通知は、別記第十三四号様式による通知書によって行うものとする。ただし、急速を要する場合には、出入国在留管理庁長官が第一項第四号の規定による認定をした旨を入国審査官に口頭で通知させてこれを行うことができる。

      Article 24 · (Miscellaneous Provisions)第二十四条(雑則)

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        Appended Table 1別表第一

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        • ChangedAppended Table 1

          No English for the amended wording yet.

          (第一条、第四条、第十八条関係)

        Appended Table 2別表第二

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        • ChangedAppended Table 2

          Only its heading changes. Its words stay as they were.

          (第十七二十一条関係)

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          Acts which the special permanent resident is to perform by appearing in personActs to be performed on behalf of the special permanent resident
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          特別永住者が自ら出頭して行うこととされている行為当該特別永住者に代わってする行為
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        Appended Note 13別記第十三

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          (第十九八条関係)

        Appended Note 14別記第十四

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        • AddedAppended Note 14

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          (第十九条関係)

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        Supplementary Provisions, Article 1 · Effective Date附則第一条(施行期日)

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        • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)

          This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. comes into effect (June 14, 2026).

          この省令は、出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行の日(令和八年六月十四日)から施行する。

        Supplementary Provisions, Article 4 · Transitional Measures附則第四条(経過措置)

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        • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)

          With respect to the matters stated in a special permanent resident certificate issued before the effective date, etc., the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding Article 4 of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan as amended by this Ministerial Order.

          施行日前に交付を受けた特別永住者証明書の記載事項等については、この省令による改正後の日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則第四条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。

        Supplementary Provisions, Article 5附則第五条

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          A written notice in the format of Appended Form No. 13 prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan prior to its amendment by this Ministerial Order is, for the time being, deemed to be a written notice in the format of Appended Form No. 14 prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan as amended by this Ministerial Order, even on or after the effective date.

          この省令による改正前の日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則に規定する別記第十三号様式の通知書は、施行日以後においても、当分の間、この省令による改正後の日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則に規定する別記第十四号様式の通知書とみなす。

        Supplementary Provisions, Article 6附則第六条

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        • AddedSupplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)

          Paper forms in accordance with the Forms prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Order that actually exist at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect may be used for the time being with corrections made to them.

          この省令の施行の際現にあるこの省令による改正前の様式による用紙については、当分の間、これを取り繕って使用することができる。