Article 18Return 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)
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。
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.
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:
a person who is under one year of age; and
一歳に満たない者
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
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:
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;
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。
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)).
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