Article 55-30Purchase of Goods
第五十五条の三十(物品の購入)
If a detainee applies to purchase self-provided goods, etc. using cash that the detainee keeps, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to permit it, except when the purchase would cause the total quantity in possession to exceed the possession limit or the total quantity in custody to exceed the custody limit.
Article 55-31Delivery of Personal Belongings in Possession, etc.
第五十五条の三十一(保管私物等の交付)
If a detainee applies to deliver personal effects kept by the detainee, cash that the detainee keeps, or goods held in custody (excluding those that fall under the documents and drawings prescribed in Article 55-65) to another person (excluding delivery that constitutes the sending of letters), the director of an immigration detention center, etc. is to permit it, except where the delivery (excluding delivery to a relative) is likely to harm the discipline and order of the immigration detention center, etc.
Article 55-32Restrictions on Sending In Items, etc.
第五十五条の三十二(差入れ等に関する制限)
In addition to what is provided for in this Section, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. may, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order, impose restrictions necessary for the administration and operation of the immigration detention center, etc. on the delivery of money and goods to detainees by senders and the purchase of self-provided goods, etc. by detainees.
Article 55-33Handover of Goods Held in Custody
第五十五条の三十三(領置物の引渡し)
The director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to hand over the goods held in custody to a detainee when the detainee leaves the facility.
Article 55-34Items Left Behind by Persons Who Have Left the Facility
第五十五条の三十四(出所者の遺留物)
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.
Article 55-35Items Left Behind by Escapees, etc.
第五十五条の三十五(逃走者等の遺留物)
If a detainee falls under any of the following items and, by the day on which six months have elapsed, counting from the day specified in the respective item, the person has not requested their handover or has not tendered the costs required for the handover, the articles left behind by the detainee belong to the National Treasury:
if the detainee has escaped: the day of the escape; or
逃走したとき 逃走した日
if the detainee has been released pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-54, paragraph (2) and has not promptly appeared at the place prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article after the situation requiring evacuation prescribed in that paragraph ceased to exist: the day on which the situation requiring evacuation ceased to exist.
第五十五条の五十四第二項の規定により解放された場合において、同条第三項に規定する避難を必要とする状況がなくなつた後速やかに同項に規定する場所に出頭しなかつたとき 当該避難を必要とする状況がなくなつた日
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the articles left behind set forth in the preceding paragraph.
Article 55-36Items Left Behind by Deceased Persons
第五十五条の三十六(死亡者の遺留物)
Articles left behind by a deceased detainee are to be handed over to the bereaved family, etc. (meaning the bereaved family and other persons specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) upon their application, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order.
If there are articles left behind by a deceased detainee and the notice under the provisions of Article 55-82 cannot be given because the whereabouts of the bereaved family, etc. are unknown, the director of an immigration detention center, etc. must give public notice to that effect by the method specified by Cabinet Order.
The articles left behind set forth in paragraph (1) belong to the National Treasury if the application set forth in paragraph (1) is not made by the day on which six months have elapsed, counting from the day on which the notice under the provisions of Article 55-82 was given or the public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph was given.
The provisions of Article 55-34, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the articles left behind set forth in paragraph (1).
第五十五条の三十四第二項の規定は、第一項の遺留物について準用する。
Section 4 Health, Sanitation and Medical Care
第四節 保健衛生及び医療
Article 55-37Principles of Health, Sanitation and Medical Care
第五十五条の三十七(保健衛生及び医療の原則)
At an immigration detention center, etc., efforts are to be made to ascertain the physical and mental condition of detainees, and appropriate health, sanitation and medical measures in light of the standards of health, sanitation and medical care in society in general are to be taken in order to maintain the health of detainees and sanitation within the immigration detention center, etc.
第五十五条の三十八(運動)
Article 55-39Detainees' Duty of Cleanliness
第五十五条の三十九(被収容者の清潔義務)
第五十五条の四十(入浴)
Detainees are to be allowed to bathe as appropriate for health and sanitation at the immigration detention center, etc., pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
Article 55-41Medical Examinations, etc.
第五十五条の四十一(健康診断等)
The director of the immigration detention center, etc. must have an immigration control officer interview a detainee, upon the commencement of the detainee's detention at the immigration detention center, etc., regarding the presence or absence of illness, injury or the like and other aspects of the detainee's state of health.
The director of the immigration detention center, etc. must have detainees undergo a medical examination by a physician periodically, at least once every three months, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. The same applies when it is necessary for health and sanitation at the immigration detention center, etc.
Detainees must undergo the medical examination pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, they may not refuse blood sampling, X-ray imaging or other medical procedures to the extent necessary for conducting the medical examination.
Article 55-42Medical Treatment, etc.
第五十五条の四十二(診療等)
If a detainee falls under any of the following items, the director of an immigration detention center, etc. is to promptly provide medical treatment (including nutritional support measures; the same applies hereinafter in this Section and in Article 55-68, paragraph (1), item (v)) by a physician or dentist on staff or by a physician, etc. (meaning a physician or dentist; the same applies in the following Article and in Article 55-53, paragraph (5)) commissioned by the director of an immigration detention center, etc., and take other necessary medical measures; provided, however, that in the case where the detainee falls under item (i), if there is no risk of serious harm to the detainee's mind or body or of the detainee infecting others with the disease, this applies only if it is not against the detainee's will:
入国者収容所長等は、被収容者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、速やかに、医師等職員又は入国者収容所長等が委嘱する医師等(医師又は歯科医師をいう。次条及び第五十五条の五十三第五項において同じ。)による診療(栄養補給の処置を含む。以下この節及び第五十五条の六十八第一項第五号において同じ。)を行い、その他必要な医療上の措置をとるものとする。ただし、第一号に該当する場合において、その者の心身に著しい障害が生ずるおそれ又は他人にその疾病を感染させるおそれがないときは、その者の意思に反しない場合に限る。
if the detainee is injured or ill, or is suspected of being so;
負傷し、若しくは疾病にかかつているとき、又はこれらの疑いがあるとき。
if, in the case where the detainee does not take food or drink, there is a risk of serious harm to the detainee's mind or body.
飲食物を摂取しない場合において、その心身に著しい障害が生ずるおそれがあるとき。
In the case where the director of the immigration detention center, etc. provides medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the director may, as necessary, have the detainee visit a hospital or clinic outside the immigration detention center, etc. as an outpatient, and, if unavoidable, have the detainee admitted to a hospital or clinic outside the immigration detention center, etc.
Article 55-43Medical Treatment by a Designated Physician
第五十五条の四十三(指名医による診療)
If a detainee who is injured or ill applies to receive medical treatment from a physician, etc. (excluding a physician or dentist on staff and a physician, etc. commissioned by the director of an immigration detention center, etc.) whom the detainee designates, and the director of an immigration detention center, etc. finds it medically appropriate for the detainee in light of the type and degree of the injury or illness, the fact that the detainee had been receiving medical treatment from that physician, etc. before being detained in the immigration detention center, etc., and other circumstances, the director may permit the detainee to receive that medical treatment at the detainee's own expense within the immigration detention center, etc. or at a hospital or clinic that the director of an immigration detention center, etc. finds appropriate.
In the case where the director of the immigration detention center, etc. permits a detainee to receive medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if it is necessary in order to confirm the treatment methods of the physician, etc. providing the treatment set forth in that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "designated physician" in this Article), or in order to subsequently provide medical treatment to the detainee at the immigration detention center, etc., the director may have an official of the immigration detention center, etc. be present at the treatment or question the designated physician about the treatment, or may request the submission of a copy of the medical records and other materials concerning the treatment.
In providing medical treatment, the designated physician must comply with the matters that the director of the immigration detention center, etc. instructs pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
In the case where the director of the immigration detention center, etc. has permitted a detainee to receive medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), if the designated physician does not follow the measures taken by the director of the immigration detention center, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), does not comply with the matters instructed by the director of the immigration detention center, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or it is otherwise inappropriate to continue the treatment, the director may discontinue the treatment and not permit the detainee to receive treatment from that designated physician thereafter.
Article 55-44Haircuts and Shaving
第五十五条の四十四(調髪及びひげそり)
If a detainee requests to have a haircut or to shave, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to permit it pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.
Article 55-45Measures for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases
第五十五条の四十五(感染症予防上の措置)
If it is necessary in order to prevent the occurrence of an infectious disease within the immigration detention center, etc. or to prevent its spread, the director of the immigration detention center, etc., in addition to conducting medical examinations for detainees pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-41, paragraphs (2) and (3), or providing medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-42 and taking other necessary medical measures, is to take vaccination, isolation until there is no longer a risk of infecting others with that disease, and other measures specified by Ministry of Justice Order.
Article 55-46Measures for Care, etc.
第五十五条の四十六(養護のための措置等)
For elderly persons, expectant and nursing mothers, physically frail persons and other detainees who require care, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to take measures equivalent to the medical measures pursuant to the provisions of Article 55-42, according to the circumstances requiring such care.
When a detainee is to give birth, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to have the detainee admitted to a hospital, clinic or midwifery home outside the immigration detention center, etc., except when unavoidable.
Section 5 Maintenance of Discipline and Order
第五節 規律及び秩序の維持
Article 55-47Discipline and Order at Immigration Detention Centers, etc.
第五十五条の四十七(入国者収容所等の規律及び秩序)
Discipline and order at immigration detention centers, etc. must be properly maintained.
入国者収容所等の規律及び秩序は、適正に維持されなければならない。
Measures taken to achieve the purpose set forth in the preceding paragraph must not exceed the limit necessary to ensure the detention of detainees and to maintain an appropriate environment for their treatment and their safe and peaceful communal life.