If a residence card in the possession of a mid- to long-term resident who was issued with the residence card has ceased to be effective due to falling under item (i), item (ii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article, the mid- to long-term resident must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days from the day when the grounds arose.
The mid- to long-term resident who was issued a residence card must immediately return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, if the residence card in their possession has ceased to be effective due to falling under item (iii) or item (v) of the preceding Article.
If the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card comes to find their residence card after the residence card has ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (excluding item (vi)), they must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days of the date of finding it.
If the residence card has ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of item (vi) of the preceding Article, a relative or person living with the deceased mid- to long-term resident must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days of the date the mid- to long-term resident died (if the relevant person came to find the residence card after the death of the foreign national, the date of finding it).
略称規定第十九条の三第一項
出入国在留管理庁長官は、本邦に在留資格をもつて在留する外国人のうち、次に掲げる者以外の者(以下「中長期在留者」という。)に対し、在留カードを交付するものとする。
わかりやすく言うと
在留資格を持って日本に住む外国人のうち、在留期間が三か月以下の人、短期滞在・外交・公用の在留資格の人、これらに準じて法務省令で定める人を除いた人のことです。この人たちには在留カードが交付されます。