退去強制を受ける者は、その者の国籍又は市民権の属する国に送還されるものとする。
A person subject to deportation is to be sent to a country of which they are a national or citizen.
前項の国に送還することができないときは、本人の希望により、左に掲げる国のいずれかに送還されるものとする。
If the person cannot be deported to the relevant country as set forth in the preceding paragraph, that person is to be deported to any of the following countries pursuant to their wishes:
本邦に入国する直前に居住していた国
the country in which they had been residing immediately before entering Japan;
本邦に入国する前に居住していたことのある国
the country in which they have resided before entering Japan;
本邦に向けて船舶等に乗つた港の属する国
the country of the port or airport where they boarded the vessel or aircraft to depart for Japan;
出生地の属する国
the country where their place of birth is located;
出生時にその出生地の属していた国
the country to which their birthplace belonged at the time of their birth; or
その他の国
any other country.
前二項の国には、次に掲げる国を含まないものとする。
The countries set forth in the preceding two paragraphs are not to include any of the following countries:
territories of countries prescribed in the Refugee Convention, Article 33, paragraph (1), or other countries to which territories where the person is likely to be persecuted belong (except for cases in which the Minister of Justice finds it significantly detrimental to the interests and public security of Japan);
拷問及び他の残虐な、非人道的な又は品位を傷つける取扱い又は刑罰に関する条約第三条第一項に規定する国
countries prescribed in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Article 3, paragraph (1); or
強制失踪からのすべての者の保護に関する国際条約第十六条第一項に規定する国
countries prescribed in the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, Article 16, paragraph (1).