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

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

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).

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

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

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).