入国審査官は、外国人である乗員（本邦において乗員となる者を含む。以下この条において同じ。）が、船舶等の乗換え（船舶等への乗組みを含む。）、休養、買物その他これらに類似する目的をもつて十五日を超えない範囲内で上陸を希望する場合において、法務省令で定める手続により、その者につき、その者が乗り組んでいる船舶等（その者が乗り組むべき船舶等を含む。）の長又はその船舶等を運航する運送業者の申請があつたときは、当該乗員に対し乗員上陸を許可することができる。
An immigration inspector may grant landing permission to crew members who are foreigners (including those who become crew members in Japan; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) who wish to land for a period not exceeding 15 days for the purpose of transferring to another vessel or aircraft (including the boarding of a vessel or aircraft), rest, shopping or other similar purposes upon application by the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft (including the vessel or aircraft they are to board) in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
An immigration inspector may grant landing permission to crew members who fall under any of the following items, if it is found appropriate to do so:
本邦と本邦外の地域との間の航路に定期に就航する船舶その他頻繁に本邦の出入国港に入港する船舶の外国人である乗員が、許可を受けた日から一年間、数次にわたり、休養、買物その他これらに類似する目的をもつて当該船舶が本邦にある間上陸することを希望する場合であつて、法務省令で定める手続により、その者につき、その者が乗り組んでいる船舶の長又はその船舶を運航する運送業者から申請があつたとき。
in case a foreign crew member of a vessel in regular service between Japan and other countries or of other vessels that frequently enter Japanese ports of entry and departure wishes to land in Japan for rest, shopping or other similar purposes on multiple occasions for a period within 1 year from the date of permission, upon application by the captain of the vessel or the carrier who operates the vessel on which the foreign crew member is aboard, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order; or
本邦と本邦外の地域との間の航空路に定期に航空機を就航させている運送業者に所属する外国人である乗員が、許可を受けた日から一年間、数次にわたり、その都度、同一の運送業者の運航する航空機の乗員として同一の出入国港から出国することを条件として休養、買物その他これらに類似する目的をもつて本邦に到着した日から十五日を超えない範囲内で上陸することを希望する場合であつて、法務省令で定める手続により、その者につき、当該運送業者から申請があつたとき。
in case a foreign crew member of an aircraft in regular service between Japan and other countries wishes to land in Japan for a period not exceeding fifteen days from each arrival date for rest, shopping or other similar purposes and to depart from the same port of entry or departure as a crew member of an aircraft belonging to the same carrier on multiple occasions within 1 year from the date of permission, upon application by the carrier, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
If the immigration inspector finds it necessary for an examination pertaining to the permission set forth in the preceding two paragraphs, the inspector may require the foreign national to provide their personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1) or (2), the immigration inspector must issue a crew member's landing permit to the crew member.
In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1), the immigration inspector may impose restrictions on the crew member's period of landing, scope of activities (including the route to be taken in transit) and other conditions found necessary, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
The provisions of the proviso to Article 14, paragraph (1), apply mutatis mutandis to the cases referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Article.
入国審査官は、第二項の許可を受けている乗員が当該許可に基づいて上陸しようとする場合において、必要があると認めるときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該乗員に対し、電磁的方式によつて個人識別情報を提供させることができる。
If the crew member who has been granted the permission set forth in paragraph (2) of this Article seeks to land based on that permission, the immigration inspector may, if found necessary, require the crew member to provide their personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
入国審査官は、第二項の許可を受けている乗員が当該許可に基づいて上陸しようとする場合において、当該乗員が第五条第一項各号のいずれかに該当する者であることを知つたときは、直ちに当該許可を取り消すものとする。
In the case the crew member who has been granted the permission set forth in paragraph (2) intends to land based on that permission, and if the immigration inspector learns that the crew member falls under any of the items of Article 5, paragraph (1), the inspector is to immediately cancel the permission.
前項に定める場合を除き、入国審査官は、第二項の許可を受けている乗員に対し、引き続き当該許可を与えておくことが適当でないと認める場合には、法務省令で定める手続により、当該許可を取り消すことができる。この場合において、その乗員が本邦にあるときは、当該乗員が帰船又は出国するために必要な期間を指定するものとする。
Except as provided for in the preceding paragraph, the immigration inspector may cancel the permission, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, if the inspector finds it inappropriate to continue to grant the permission.In this case, if the crew member is in Japan, the inspector is to designate a period necessary for the crew member to return to their ship or depart from Japan.