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
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In accordance with the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991) and 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), and in order to implement that Act and that Order, 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 (Ministry of Justice Order No. 27 of 1991) is amended in its entirety as follows.
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（平成三年法律第七十一号）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令（平成二十三年政令第四百二十号）に基づき、並びに同法及び同令を実施するため、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（平成三年法務省令第二十七号）の全部を次のように改正する。
An application prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) 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 (Act No. 71 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as the "Act") must be filed by submitting the following documents:
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（平成三年法律第七十一号。以下「法」という。）第四条第三項に規定する申請は、次に掲げる書類を提出して行わなければならない。
a written application for special permission for permanent residence pursuant to the Appended Form No. 1;
別記第一号様式による特別永住許可申請書一通
a photograph (a photograph that is taken within six months before the date of application, which satisfies the requirements specified in the Appended Table I, and with the applicant's name written on the back; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), and Article 10, paragraphs (1) and (2));
a document certifying that the applicant was born in Japan;
本邦で出生したことを証する書類
for a person who has come to stay in Japan for a reason other than birth, a document certifying that reason; and
出生以外の事由により本邦に在留することとなった者にあっては、当該事由を証する書類
a document certifying that the applicant is a descendant of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫であることを証する書類
When the application referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed for a person under one 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.
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。
An application prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Act must be filed by submitting the following documents:
法第五条第三項に規定する申請は、次に掲げる書類を提出して行わなければならない。
a written application for special permission for permanent residence pursuant to the Appended Form No. 2;
別記第二号様式による特別永住許可申請書一通
a photograph; and
写真一葉
a document certifying that the applicant is a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or a descendant of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
平和条約国籍離脱者又は平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫であることを証する書類
In filing the application referred to in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must present their residence card (meaning the residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act"); the same applies hereinafter).
前項の申請に当たっては、在留カード（出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号。以下「入管法」という。）第十九条の三に規定する在留カードをいう。以下同じ。）を提示しなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case of filing the application referred to in paragraph (1).
Article 3Special Permanent Residence Permits
第三条（特別永住許可書）
The format of the special permanent residence permit prescribed in Article 6 of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 3.
The name prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act is to be written in Roman characters.
法第八条第一項第一号に規定する氏名は、ローマ字により表記するものとする。
In respect of a country to which the nationality prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act pertains or a region prescribed in Article 2, item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control Act (hereinafter referred to as "nationality or region" in this paragraph), a special permanent resident who has two or more nationalities other than Japanese nationality is to write the nationality or region specified in the following items in accordance with the category set forth respectively in those items:
法第八条第一項第一号に規定する国籍の属する国又は入管法第二条第五号ロに規定する地域（以下この項において「国籍・地域」という。）は、日本の国籍以外の二以上の国籍を有する特別永住者については、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める国籍・地域を記載するものとする。
a special permanent resident to whom a special permanent resident certificate is issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Act, because they have received the permission referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) or Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act:the nationality or region stated in the special permanent residence permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act related to that permission;
a special permanent resident to whom a new special permanent resident certificate is 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)) (except for those set forth in the following item):the nationality or region stated in the special permanent resident certificate which will cease to be effective due to the issuance; and
a special permanent resident to whom a new special permanent resident certificate is to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act based on the notification referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article for the reason that their nationality or region has been changed:the nationality or region after the change.
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;
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
If the West Bank or Gaza Strip prescribed in Article 1 of the Enforcement Order of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 178 of 1998) is stated as the region referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act, it is to be indicated as Palestine.
法第八条第一項第一号の地域として出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令（平成十年政令第百七十八号）第一条に規定するヨルダン川西岸地区及びガザ地区を記載するときは、パレスチナと表記するものとする。
The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act are to be the date of the notification made by submitting the special permanent resident certificate when the place of residence 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。
The special permanent resident certificate number prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be specified using a combination of four Roman characters and eight figures.
法第八条第二項に規定する特別永住者証明書の番号は、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。
The age specified by Ministry of Justice Order in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be one year of age.
法第八条第三項の法務省令で定める年齢は、一歳とする。
The photograph of a special permanent resident to be shown on the special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be a photograph submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1), Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 18, paragraph (1), or Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Rules on Applications for the Issuance of Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificates (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Justice No. 2 of 2026), which satisfies the requirements specified in the Appended Table I (excluding item 2 in the case of a photograph to be shown on a specified special permanent resident certificate).
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.
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.
第五条
When a special permanent resident (including persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or descendants of persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan who have submitted the application referred to in Article 4, paragraph (3) or Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) who uses Chinese characters for their name makes a request, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may show a name using those Chinese characters or the Chinese characters and kana characters (meaning hiragana or katakana, and when Chinese characters are not used for a part of the name of that special permanent resident, limited to kana characters which show that part; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) together with their name written in Roman characters.
A special permanent resident who seeks to make the request referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a material proving that Chinese characters are used for their name.
前項の申出をしようとする特別永住者は、氏名に漢字を使用することを証する資料一通を提出しなければならない。
The request referred to in paragraph (1) must be made together with the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3), Article 5, paragraph (3), Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act or with the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act.
If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds that when a special permanent resident who uses Chinese characters for their name indicates their name in Roman characters, the special permanent resident is likely to suffer considerable disadvantage or that there are other special circumstances, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Commissioner may show the name using those Chinese characters or the Chinese characters and kana characters, in lieu of Roman characters.
In the case referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, the necessary particulars for indicating names using Chinese characters, such as the scope and usage of Chinese characters to indicate the names, are specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency through public notice.
A name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters and kana characters which is written pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (4) may not be changed (including a decision not to write the name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters and kana characters) except in the case of a change through a notification under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds the change to be appropriate.
A notification under the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act (except for a notification which is deemed to be a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article) or a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (except for a notification which is deemed to be a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article) must be made by submitting a copy of the written notification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 5.
A notification under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made by submitting a copy of the written notification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 6, a photograph, and a copy of material proving that the particulars set forth in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act has been changed.
法第十一条第一項の規定による届出は、別記第六号様式による届出書一通、写真一葉及び法第八条第一項第一号に掲げる事項に変更を生じたことを証する資料一通を提出して行わなければならない。
In making the notification referred to in the preceding paragraph, the notifying person must present their passport (meaning the passport specified in Article 2, item (v) of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies hereinafter) and special permanent resident certificate. In this case, a special permanent resident who is unable to present their passport is to submit a document stating the reason therefor.
The provisions of Article 1, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of making a notification referred to in paragraph (1).
An application under the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act must be made by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 7 and a photograph.
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case of filing the application referred to in the preceding paragraph.
Article 9Reissuance of Special Permanent Resident Certificates due to Loss
第九条（紛失等による特別永住者証明書の再交付）
An application under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 8, a photograph, and a copy of the material proving that the applicant has lost possession of their special permanent resident certificate.
In filing the application referred to in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must present their passport. In this case, a special permanent resident who is unable to present it must submit a document stating the reason therefor.
The provisions of Article 1, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of the application referred to in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "preceding paragraph" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 9, paragraph (1)."
Article 10Re-issuance of Special Permanent Resident Certificates due to Defacement
第十条（汚損等による特別永住者証明書の再交付）
An application under the provisions of the first sentence of Article 14, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (3) of the Act must be made by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 9 and a photograph.
An application under the provisions of the second sentence of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made by submitting a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 10 and a photograph.
The provisions of Article 1, paragraph (2) and Article 7, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of filing the application referred to in the preceding two paragraphs. In this case, the term "preceding paragraph" in those paragraphs is deemed to be replaced with "Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2)."
Article 11Order to Apply for Re-issuance of a Special Permanent Resident Certificate
第十一条（特別永住者証明書の再交付申請命令）
An order under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be given by issuing to the special permanent resident a written order to apply for re-issuance of a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the Appended Form No. 11.
Article 12Statement of Payment of Fees
第十二条（手数料納付書）
The payment of fees under the provisions 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 13Documents 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）
The document for which the head of municipalities (including special wards, and 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 20 and Article 21) 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).
Article 14Publication of Information about Expiration of Special Permanent Resident Certificates
第十四条（特別永住者証明書の失効に関する情報の公表）
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may provide information about special permanent resident certificate numbers which have expired by using the internet or other means.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、効力を失った特別永住者証明書の番号の情報をインターネットの利用その他の方法により提供することができる。
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）
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。
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。）
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。）
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。）
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
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 16Method 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）
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。
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
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。）
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).
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。
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)).
Article 19Employees 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）
Employees of the national or local governments prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Act are as follows:
法第十七条第二項に規定する国又は地方公共団体の職員は、次のとおりとする。
a customs official;
税関職員
a public security intelligence officer;
公安調査官
a narcotics agent;
麻薬取締官
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); and
住民基本台帳に関する事務（住民基本台帳法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
an employee of public employment security offices prescribed in Article 8 of the Employment Security Act (Act No. 141 of 1947).
職業安定法（昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号）第八条に規定する公共職業安定所の職員
A person who seeks to perform the act prescribed in Article 18, 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 the person is to whom the relevant paragraph applies.
A person who seeks to perform the act prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act on behalf of a special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article must present material or give an explanation to the head of municipalities demonstrating that the special permanent resident is unable to perform the act themselves due to a disease or for other reasons and that the person is a relative or cohabitant of the special permanent resident.
Article 21Cases Not Requiring an Appearance
第二十一条（出頭を要しない場合等）
The case specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act (limited to cases related to 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 the 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, or a legal representative of a special permanent resident, performs the act prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act (limited to making the notification under the provisions of Article 10, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act and receiving a special permanent resident certificate returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of 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。
The cases specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act (except for the case related to 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 paragraph (3) of that Article) are the cases set forth in the following items:
a case in which any of the persons set forth in (a) or (b) below performs the act set forth in the right-hand column of the Appended Table II in accordance with the category of the act set forth in the left-hand column of that Table on behalf of a special permanent resident (for the person set forth in (a), limited to the case where the act is performed at the request of that special permanent resident or a person who is required to act on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act; for the person set forth in (b), except for the case where the person performs the act on behalf of the special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph):
an attorney-at-law or administrative scrivener who has made a notification to the director of the regional immigration services bureau having jurisdiction over their location through the bar association or administrative scrivener association to which the attorney-at-law or administrative scrivener belongs; or
弁護士又は行政書士で所属する弁護士会又は行政書士会を経由してその所在地を管轄する地方出入国在留管理局長に届け出たもの
a legal representative of the special permanent resident.
当該特別永住者の法定代理人
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 unable, due to illness or other grounds, to perform by themselves an act set forth in the left-hand column of the Appended Table II (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 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, performs on behalf of the special permanent resident the act set forth in the right-hand column of that Table corresponding to the category of that act;
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) (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 those who are required to receive the special permanent resident certificate by appearing at the office of the municipality pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act, or those who are required to receive 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 as 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, if 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（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、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。
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。）
The cases specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-2, paragraph (14) of the Act are the cases set forth in the following items.
法第十六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。
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。）
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。
The case specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (3) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16-3, paragraph (6) of the Act is the case where, if a special permanent resident is under 16 years of age or is unable, due to illness or other grounds, to receive by themselves the special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (3) of the Act, a legal representative of the special permanent resident carries out the procedures 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に規定する法務省令で定める場合は、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、当該特別永住者の法定代理人が当該受領に係る手続をするとき。
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.
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 22Expression 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）
An expression of the intention to re-enter Japan as prescribed in Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be made by submitting a document pursuant to the Appended Form 37-19 of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 54 of 1981) stating that the person has the intention to re-enter Japan and presenting their special permanent resident certificate, to an immigration inspector.
法第二十三条第二項において準用する入管法第二十六条の二第一項に規定する再び入国する意図の表明は、入国審査官に再び入国する意図を有する旨の記載をした出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則（昭和五十六年法務省令第五十四号）別記第三十七号の十九様式による書面の提出及び特別永住者証明書の提示によって行うものとする。
Article 23Persons Requiring Re-entry Permission
第二十三条（再入国の許可を要する者）
The persons who require re-entry permission for the fair and equitable control over the entry into or departure from Japan prescribed in Article 26-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 23, paragraph (2) of the Act are the following persons:
法第二十三条第二項において準用する入管法第二十六条の二第一項に規定する出入国の公正な管理のため再入国の許可を要する者は、次に掲げる者とする。
a person whom an immigration inspector has been notified of as a person falling under any of the items of Article 25-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act;
入管法第二十五条の二第一項各号のいずれかに該当する者であるとして入国審査官が通知を受けている者
a person who has been issued a written detention order pursuant to the provisions of Article 39-2, paragraph (1) or Article 44-4, paragraph (3) or (8) of the Immigration Control Act;
入管法第三十九条の二第一項又は第四十四条の四第三項若しくは第八項の規定による収容令書の発付を受けている者
a person placed under supervision measures pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-2, paragraph (1) or (6) of the Immigration Control Act; and
入管法第四十四条の二第一項又は第六項の規定により監理措置に付されている者
a person whom the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds has a risk of performing an act detrimental to the interests and public security of Japan or for whom the Commissioner finds reasonable grounds to require re-entry permission for the purpose of impartial control over immigration.
日本国の利益又は公安を害する行為を行うおそれがあることその他の出入国の公正な管理のため再入国の許可を要すると認めるに足りる相当の理由があるとして出入国在留管理庁長官が認定する者
When the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has made the recognition under the provisions of item (iv) of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner must notify the special permanent resident to that effect; provided, however, that this does not apply if the whereabouts of the special permanent resident is unknown or there are other reasons that the Commissioner is unable to make such notice.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、前項第四号の規定による認定をしたときは、特別永住者に対し、その旨を通知するものとする。ただし、特別永住者の所在が不明であるときその他の通知をすることができないときは、この限りでない。
The notice referred to in the preceding paragraph is to be made by a written notice pursuant to the Appended Form No. 14; provided, however, that in cases of urgency, the notice may be given by having an immigration inspector orally 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).
Article 24Miscellaneous Provisions
第二十四条（雑則）
If any material to be submitted to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of the Act or this Ministerial Order is written in a foreign language, a translation must be attached to the material.
法又はこの省令の規定により出入国在留管理庁長官に提出するものとされる資料が外国語により作成されているときは、その資料に訳文を添付しなければならない。