Articles left behind by a detainee who has left the facility (meaning money and goods left behind in the immigration detention center, etc.; the same applies hereinafter in this Section and in Article 55-82) belong to the National Treasury if, by the day on which six months have elapsed, counting from the day of leaving the facility, the person has not requested their handover or has not tendered the costs required for the handover.
Even within the period set forth in the preceding paragraph, the director of an immigration detention center, etc. may discard articles left behind that have become likely to decay or be lost.
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immigration detention center, etc.machine translation
「入国者収容所等」
An immigration detention center, or a detention facility set up at a regional immigration services bureau under Article 55-3(1).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (xvi)· applies throughout the law
detaineemachine translation
「被収容者」
A person held in an immigration detention center or other immigration detention facility.
Defined inArticle 55-4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Article 71-6
director of an immigration detention center, etc.machine translation
「入国者収容所長等」
The director of an immigration detention center or the director of a regional immigration services bureau.
Short name set inArticle 55-5, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter and in Chapter 8
articles left behindmachine translation
「遺留物」
Money and belongings that a detainee left behind at an immigration detention facility.
Defined inArticle 55-34, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section and in Article 55-82