Immigration detention centers and regional immigration services bureaus are to have in place immigration inspectors.

The duties of an immigration inspector are as follows:

an immigration inspector of a regional immigration services bureau may, if they find it necessary, execute their duties outside the area where the regional immigration services bureau has jurisdiction over.

Immigration detention centers and regional immigration services bureaus are to have in place immigration control officers.

The duties of an immigration control officer are as follows:

The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to an immigration control officer.

In applying provisions of the National Public Service Act, an immigration control officer is considered a member of the police force.

The ranks of immigration control officers are separately provided for in the provisions of Cabinet Order.

Immigration inspectors and immigration control officers may carry weapons in executing their duties.

Immigration inspectors and immigration control officers may use their weapons regarding the execution of their duties to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary depending on the situation; provided however, that they must not injure a person except in any of the following cases:

Immigration inspectors and immigration control officers must wear their uniforms or carry with them a proper identification card indicating their official status while executing their duties, except if otherwise provided for by laws and regulations.

The identification card set forth in the preceding paragraph must be presented upon request by the person against whom the immigration inspector or immigration control officer is executing their duties.

The format of the uniform and identification card set forth in paragraph (1) is to be provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.

The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the director of an immigration detention center, etc. is to carry out the administrative affairs relating to immigration and residency management, and Recognition of Refugee Status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection and, if the administrative affairs are related to the administrative affairs of other administrative organs, is to communicate closely and cooperate with the related administrative organs by exchanging information.

The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the director of an immigration detention center, etc. may request necessary cooperation from the National Police Agency, the prefectural police, the Japan Coast Guard, Customs, Public Employment Security Offices and other related administrative organs with regard to the execution of administrative affairs pertaining to immigration and residency management, and Recognition of Refugee Status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection.

A relevant administrative organ that has been requested to cooperate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must comply with the request as far as possible, to the extent that doing so does not interfere with the performance of its own duties.

If the mayor of a municipality has made an entry, a deletion or a correction of an entry in a certificate of residence pertaining to a foreign resident prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Basic Resident Registration Act for a reason specified by Cabinet Order, the mayor must immediately notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency to that effect.

The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may provide foreign authorities that perform duties corresponding to the duties of immigration and residency management, and Recognition of Refugee Status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection provided by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as "foreign immigration and residency administration authorities" in this Article) with information found helpful for the execution of their duties (limited to those corresponding to immigration, residency management, and Recognition of Refugee Status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection provided by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act; hereinafter the same applies in the next paragraph).

In providing information pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that the information is not used for any purpose other than contributing to the performance of the duties of the foreign immigration and residency administration authority.

Upon request from a foreign immigration and residency administration authority, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, consent to the use of information provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) for the investigation or trial of a foreign criminal case pertaining to the request (hereinafter referred to as an "investigation, etc." in this paragraph), except in cases falling under any of the following items:

In giving the consent set forth in the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency must obtain in advance confirmation from the Minister of Justice that the case does not fall under item (i) or (ii) of the same paragraph, and confirmation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs that the case does not fall under item (iii) of the same paragraph, respectively.

The service of documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (3) or (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)) is effected by delivering the documents to the place of residence of the person to be served, by service by postal mail or by correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of the same Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of the same Article (hereinafter referred to as "correspondence delivery"), or by personal delivery service.

If the documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph are sent by ordinary postal mail or correspondence delivery, the postal item or the correspondence prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators is presumed to have been served at the time at which it would ordinarily have arrived.

In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Justice must prepare a record sufficient to confirm the title of the documents, the name and address of the person to be served, and the date of dispatch.

Personal delivery service is effected by an immigration inspector or immigration control officer delivering the documents to the person to be served at the place where service is to be made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); provided, however, that if that person has no objection, the documents may be delivered at another place.

In the cases set forth in the following items, personal delivery service may be effected, in lieu of the delivery pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, by the act specified in each of those items:

If the place of residence of the person to be served with documents that are to be served pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs is unknown, the Minister of Justice may effect service by public notice in lieu of that service; provided, however, that this does not apply to the service of documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraphs (3) and (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2).

Service by public notice is effected by placing the title of the documents to be served, the name of the person to be served and a statement to the effect that the Minister of Justice will deliver the documents to the person to be served at any time (hereinafter referred to as the "particulars of the public notice" in this paragraph) in a state in which they can be viewed by an unspecified large number of persons by the method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, and by taking measures to post a document stating the particulars of the public notice on the bulletin board of the Ministry of Justice or to place the particulars of the public notice, as displayed on the screen of a computer installed at an office of the Ministry of Justice, in a state in which they can be viewed.

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the documents are deemed to have been served when 2 weeks have elapsed from the day on which the measures pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph were commenced.

When a foreign national performs any of the acts set forth in the following items, the foreign national must appear in person at the place specified in each of those items to perform the act:

If a foreign national is under 16 years of age, if a foreign national makes an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) or receives the residence card issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of the same Article and the date of the application or the date of receipt is the foreign national's 16th birthday, or if a foreign national is unable to perform the act set forth in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph in person due to illness or any other reason, the act must be performed on behalf of the foreign national by a person set forth in the following items (excluding persons under 16 years of age) who lives with the foreign national, in the order of those items:

With regard to the acts set forth in paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii), in addition to the cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if a person set forth in any of the items of the same paragraph (excluding persons under 16 years of age) who lives with the foreign national performs the act on behalf of the foreign national at the request of the foreign national, or in any other case specified by Ministry of Justice Order, the foreign national is not required to appear in person to perform the act, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1).

With regard to the act set forth in paragraph (1), item (iii), if the legal representative of a foreign national performs the act on behalf of the foreign national, or in any other case specified by Ministry of Justice Order, the foreign national is not required to appear in person to perform the act, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph.

In order to achieve fair management of entry and departure and of residence, the Minister of Justice is to establish a plan that is to serve as the basis for measures concerning the management of the entry and residence of foreign nationals (hereinafter referred to as the "Basic Plan for Immigration and Residency Management").

The matters to be specified in the Basic Plan for Immigration and Residency Management are as follows:

In establishing the Basic Plan for Immigration and Residency Management, the Minister of Justice is to consult with the heads of the relevant administrative organs in advance.

When the Minister of Justice has established the Basic Plan for Immigration and Residency Management, the Minister is to publicize an outline of it without delay.

The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to changes to the Basic Plan for Immigration and Residency Management.

The Minister of Justice must endeavor to manage the entry and departure and the residence of foreign nationals fairly based on the Basic Plan for Immigration and Residency Management.

If any person has knowledge of a foreign national whom they consider to fall under any of the items of Article 24, that information may be reported.

If an official of the government or of a local public entity becomes aware of a foreign national set forth in the preceding paragraph through the execution of their duties, that information must be reported.

In cases of a foreign national set forth in paragraph (1) who is serving a sentence and is to be released due to completion of the sentence, stay of the execution of the sentence or for any other reason (except for release on parole), or in cases the foreign national is to leave a juvenile training school after receiving the disposition prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Juvenile Act or in Article 64, paragraph (1), item (ii) (limited to cases in which the decision set forth in Article 66, paragraph (1) of the same Act has been made; the same applies in the following paragraph) or item (iii) of the same Act (except for leaving on provisional release or discharge (limited to discharge by the decision set forth in Article 47-2 of the Offenders Rehabilitation Act (Act No. 88 of 2007); the same applies in the following paragraph)), the head of the correctional institution must immediately notify the fact.

In the case of making a decision to grant release on parole, provisional release or discharge to a foreign national set forth in paragraph (1) who is serving a sentence or who is in a juvenile training school under a disposition prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii) or Article 64, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii) of the Juvenile Act, the regional parole board must immediately notify the fact.

The notification set forth in the preceding paragraphs must be submitted, orally or in writing, to an immigration inspector or immigration control officer in charge.

If procedures provided for by laws and regulations on criminal suits, enforcement of sentences, or treatment of the inmates of juvenile training schools are carried out with regard to a foreign national subject to deportation, the deportation procedures may be taken against the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Chapter V (except for Section 2, and Articles 52 and 53) applicable mutatis mutandis, even when they are not being detained or are not placed under the supervision measures set forth in Article 44-2, paragraph (1).In this case, "request the appearance of the suspect" in Article 29, paragraph (1), is deemed to be replaced with "request the appearance of the suspect or personally visit them", "when a suspect has been delivered to them pursuant to the provisions of Article 44 or a case of violation has been transferred to them pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-7" in Article 45, paragraph (1), is deemed to be replaced with "when, as a result of investigation into violations, they have reasonable grounds to consider that the suspect falls under the category of a foreign national subject to deportation", and "detained under a written detention order or has received a decision on supervision measures" in Article 50, paragraph (2), is deemed to be replaced with "is to undergo examination by an immigration inspector pursuant to the provisions of Article 45, paragraph (1)".

In cases of a written deportation order having been issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the enforcement of order is to be carried out after the procedures pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations related to criminal suits, enforcement of sentences or treatment of inmates of juvenile training schools have been completed; provided however, that the enforcement of that order may be carried out with the approval of the prosecutor-general or the superintending prosecutor even while the foreign national is serving their sentence.

The enforcement of a written deportation order pertaining to a foreign national subject to a departure restriction is to be suspended while the foreign national is subject to that departure restriction.

In carrying out the examination set forth in Article 45 or Article 55-84, paragraph (2), if an immigration inspector finds reasonable grounds to believe that the suspect has committed a crime, the inspector is to file an accusation against the suspect with a public prosecutor.

Pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, the supervising immigration inspector is to impose on a foreign national in respect of whom the enforcement of a written deportation order is suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (limited to a person whose physical liberty is not restrained pursuant to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure; hereinafter referred to as a "person subject to departure restrictions" in this Article) restrictions on their place of residence and scope of activities, an obligation to appear upon receiving summons and other conditions found necessary, and is to issue to that person a written designation of conditions for a person subject to departure restrictions (meaning a document stating those conditions and other particulars prescribed by Ministry of Justice Order).

A person subject to departure restrictions must, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, notify the supervising immigration inspector of their living conditions, the status of their compliance with the conditions imposed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and other particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 70 to a person subject to departure restrictions, while the person is subject to a departure restriction, the person subject to departure restrictions is deemed not to fall under a person who remains or a person who does not depart as prescribed in paragraph (1), items (iii) through (iii)-3, item (v) and items (vii) through (viii)-4 of the same Article, and the person's residence during that period is deemed not to constitute illegal residence as prescribed in paragraph (2) of the same Article.

If a public prosecutor who has received a suspect in a crime set forth in Article 70 has decided not to institute prosecution, and has received from an immigration control officer, with regard to that suspect, the presentation or notice set forth in any of the following items, the public prosecutor must take the measure specified in each of those items:

In the case prescribed in Article 62, paragraph (3) or (4), if the head of a correctional institution has received from an immigration control officer, with regard to a foreign national set forth in paragraph (1) of the same Article, the presentation or notice set forth in any of the following items, the head of the correctional institution must take the measure specified in each of those items:

If a judicial police officer has arrested or taken custody of a foreign national suspected of committing any of the offenses set forth in Article 70 (excluding the offenses set forth in paragraph (1), items (ix) and (x) of the same Article), or of a flagrant offender regarding those offenses, and only if the case falls under any of the following items and the person is not suspected of any other criminal offense, the judicial police officer may take the measure specified in each of those items, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 203 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Articles 211 and 216 of the same Act):

In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the procedure for handing over or releasing the suspect must be taken within 48 hours from the time at which the suspect was taken into custody.

If a person provides information pursuant to the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1), and if that information leads to the issuance of a written deportation order, the Minister of Justice may grant that person a reward in an amount not exceeding 50,000 yen pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the information was based on facts which an official of the government or a local public entity learned in course of executing their duties.

A foreign national must pay a fee not exceeding 10,000 yen as separately provided by Cabinet Order to the government for obtaining any of the following permits at the time of making entries, obtaining issuance or a seal of verification pertaining to the permission:

A foreign national who is issued a registered user card pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (1) or (8), or a certificate of authorization for employment pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-2, paragraph (1) or a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-10, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19-13, paragraph (4) based on the application pursuant to the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (1) of the same Article must pay a fee in an amount separately provided by Cabinet Order in consideration of actual expenses.

The foreign national must pay a fee when obtaining a refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) or when obtaining an extension of the validity period entered in the refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) of the same Article.

The amount of the fee prescribed in the preceding paragraph is to be separately provided by a Cabinet Order pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the annex to the Refugee Convention.

The administrative affairs to be handled by municipalities pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraphs (1) and (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-8, paragraph (2) and Article 19-9, paragraph (2)), Article 19-8, paragraph (1), Article 19-9, paragraph (1) and Article 19-15-2, paragraphs (2) and (6) and the second sentence of paragraph (9) are to be Type 1 of the statutory entrusted functions provided in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act.

The procedures necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of Chapter II through this Chapter and other particulars are provided for by Ministry of Justice Order (Cabinet Order for the administrative affairs to be performed by the head of municipalities).

The authority of the Minister of Justice provided for by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act may be delegated to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order; provided however, that this does not apply to the authority prescribed in Article 2-3, paragraphs (3) through (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of the same Article), Article 2-4, paragraph (1), paragraphs (3) through (5) of the same Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of the same Article) and Article 7-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of the same Article).

The authority of the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency (including the authority delegated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph) provided for by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act may be delegated to the director of the regional immigration services bureau, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order.

In cases of the enactment, amendment or repeal of an order pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, the order may provide for necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures regarding penal provisions) insofar as those measures are judged to be reasonably necessary for the enactment, amendment or repeal of the order.