A person who seeks to be issued a passport (referred to as "applicant for issuance" below in this Article) must sign their name in the designated space on the passport or submit the signature of the applicant for issuance pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; provided, however, that if the applicant for issuance is a person who is specified by Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a person who has difficulty in signing their name, the name of the applicant for issuance written by a third party or their stamped name may substitute for the signature, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
旅券の発給を受けようとする者（以下この条において「発給申請者」という。）は、旅券面の所定の場所に署名し、又は外務省令で定めるところにより、当該発給申請者の署名を提出しなければならない。ただし、当該発給申請者が署名することが困難なものとして外務省令で定める者である場合には、外務省令で定めるところにより、当該発給申請者の記名をもつて代えることができる。
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