In the following cases, when the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer finds it necessary to have a passport returned, they may order the holder of the passport to return the passport by setting a deadline:
外務大臣又は領事官は、次に掲げる場合において、旅券を返納させる必要があると認めるときは、旅券の名義人に対して、期限を付けて、旅券の返納を命ずることができる。
if it is discovered that the holder of an ordinary passport falls under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (1) after the delivery of the ordinary passport;
if the holder of an ordinary passport has come to fall under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (1) after the delivery of the ordinary passport;
when a passport is issued or destinations are added based on a mistake, or through negligence;
錯誤に基づき、又は過失により、旅券の発給又は渡航先の追加をした場合
when it is found necessary to cancel the travel to abroad in order to protect the life, body, or property of the holder of a passport; or
旅券の名義人の生命、身体又は財産の保護のために渡航を中止させる必要があると認められる場合
if it is found necessary to have the holder of an ordinary passport to suspend the travel to abroad and return to Japan because the holder's stay in the destination seriously harms the overall reputation or interests of the Japanese people in that destination.
一般旅券の名義人の渡航先における滞在が当該渡航先における日本国民の一般的な信用又は利益を著しく害しているためその渡航を中止させて帰国させる必要があると認められる場合
The provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer seeks to determine whether the holder of an ordinary passport falls under Article 13, paragraph (1), item (vii).
第十三条第二項の規定は、一般旅券の名義人が前項第一号又は第二号の場合において、第十三条第一項第七号に該当するかどうかを認定しようとするときについて準用する。
The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to the order to return an ordinary passport issued based on the provisions of paragraph (1) in the case referred to in item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph (excluding an order issued to a person that falls under Article 13, paragraph (1), item (i) or (vi)).
第一項の規定に基づき同項第一号又は第二号の場合において行う一般旅券の返納の命令（第十三条第一項第一号又は第六号に該当する者に対して行うものを除く。）については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章の規定は、適用しない。
When the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer has decided to order the return of an ordinary passport based on the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister or the consular officer must promptly notify the holder of the ordinary passport of that fact using a document to which the reason is attached.
When a passport currently possessed by the holder has expired due to falling under any of the cases referred to in paragraph (1), item (i), items (iii) through (v), or item (vii) of the preceding Article, and in the case of an official passport, when the official duties of the national government related to the issuance of that passport has ceased to exist or has finished, when in Japan for an ordinary passport, the holder must return the passport to the prefectural governor or the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and for an official passport, the head of each ministry or agency must return the passport to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan, and when abroad, the holder of the passport must return the passport to a consular officer, without delay.
When the holder of a passport required to be returned (excluding a passport ordered to be returned based on the provisions of paragraph (1)) wishes to possess the passport, a prefectural governor, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, or a consular officer who has received the return of the passport may put a void mark on the passport and give it back to the holder of the passport, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer may choose not to issue an ordinary passport or add destinations to an ordinary passport, if the person who seeks to be issued an ordinary…
外務大臣又は領事官は、一般旅券の発給又は渡航先の追加を受けようとする者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、一般旅券の発給又は渡航先の追加をしないことができる。
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a person who is not permitted to enter the country pursuant to the laws and regulations enforced in that country of destination;
渡航先に施行されている法規によりその国に入ることを認められない者
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among the repatriates prescribed in Article 1 of the Act on the Duties of Consular Officers Related to Repatriates In Need of State's Aid (Act No. 236 of 1953)…
国の援助等を必要とする帰国者に関する領事官の職務等に関する法律（昭和二十八年法律第二百三十六号）第一条に規定する帰国者で、同法第二条第一項の措置の対象となつたもの又は同法第三条第一項若しくは第四条の規定による貸付けを受けたもののうち、外国に渡航したときに公共の負担となるおそれがあるもの
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in addition to the persons stated in the preceding items, a person for whom the Minister for Foreign Affairs has adequate grounds sufficient to find that they are likely to commit an act that would…
前各号に掲げる者を除くほか、外務大臣において、著しく、かつ、直接に日本国の利益又は公安を害する行為を行うおそれがあると認めるに足りる相当の理由がある者
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When making the acknowledgment referred to in item (vii) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister for Foreign Affairs must deliberate with the Minister of Justice in advance.
外務大臣は、前項第七号の認定をしようとするときは、あらかじめ法務大臣と協議しなければならない。
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the holder of the passport has died, or has lost Japanese nationality;
旅券の名義人が死亡し、又は日本の国籍を失つたとき。
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if the holder of a single journey passport does not depart Japan within six months from the date of issuance of the passport, when those six months have passed;
一往復用の旅券の名義人が当該旅券の発行の日から六月以内に本邦を出国しない場合には、その六月を経過したとき。
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when the validity period of the passport has expired;
旅券の有効期間が満了したとき。
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when the holder of a single journey passport has returned to Japan;
一往復用の旅券の名義人が本邦に帰国したとき。
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when the notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (5) of the preceding Article has been given (excluding the case when as a result of the verification pursuant to the provisions of…
前条第一項又は第五項の規定による届出があつたとき（同条第三項、第四項又は第六項の規定による確認の結果、届け出られた旅券の紛失又は焼失の事実を確認することができず、その旨を届出者に通知するときを除く。）。
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In the following cases, when the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer finds it necessary to have a passport returned, they may order the holder of the passport to return the passport by…
外務大臣又は領事官は、次に掲げる場合において、旅券を返納させる必要があると認めるときは、旅券の名義人に対して、期限を付けて、旅券の返納を命ずることができる。
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if it is discovered that the holder of an ordinary passport falls under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (1) after the delivery of the ordinary passport;
一般旅券の名義人が第十三条第一項各号のいずれかに該当する者であることが、当該一般旅券の交付の後に判明した場合
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if the holder of an ordinary passport has come to fall under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (1) after the delivery of the ordinary passport;
一般旅券の名義人が、当該一般旅券の交付の後に、第十三条第一項各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた場合
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「公用旅券」
A passport issued to a person travelling abroad on government business, and to the spouse, child or employee who travels with that person or is later brought to join them where they are staying.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
ordinary passport
「一般旅券」
Any passport other than an official passport (公用旅券).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law
heads of each ministry and agency
「各省各庁の長」
The head of the body to which a person travelling abroad from Japan on an official passport (公用旅券) belongs (for an accompanying or later-joining spouse, child or employee, the body of the person they go with): the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the House of Councillors, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the President of the Board of Audit, the Prime Minister or a Minister, or the Minister for Foreign Affairs where that person belongs to none of those bodies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
prefectural governor
「都道府県知事」
The governor of the prefecture with jurisdiction over the place where a person travelling abroad from Japan on an ordinary passport (一般旅券) has their domicile or residence.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
holder of a passport
「旅券の名義人」
The person to whom a passport has been issued.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies throughout the law