Article 16-2Issuance of Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificates, etc.
第十六条の二（特定特別永住者証明書の交付等）
A special permanent resident recorded in the Residential Basic Book may, in the case of filing a notification under Article 11, paragraph (1) or making an application under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), together with that notification or application, in accordance with the procedures specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order, apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile ("municipality of domicile" meaning the municipality that has the Residential Basic Book in which the special permanent resident filing that notification or making that application is recorded; the same applies in paragraph (13)) (hereinafter referred to as the "mayor of the municipality of domicile" in this Article), for the issuance of the special permanent resident certificate relating to that notification or application to be effected by the issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate (meaning a special permanent resident certificate for which measures have been taken to add the function of an Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures; the same applies in the following Article) through the procedures prescribed by the provisions of this Article and Article 18-5 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures" in this Article and the following Article); the same applies hereinafter).
住民基本台帳に記録されている特別永住者は、第十一条第一項の規定による届出又は第十二条第一項、第十三条第一項若しくは第十四条第一項若しくは第三項の規定による申請を行う場合には、当該届出又は申請に併せて、総務省令・法務省令で定める手続により、住所地市町村（当該届出又は申請を行う特別永住者が記録されている住民基本台帳を備える市町村をいう。第十三項において同じ。）の長（以下この条において「住所地市町村長」という。）を経由して出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該届出又は申請に係る特別永住者証明書の交付を、特定特別永住者証明書（この条の規定及び行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号。以下この条及び次条において「番号利用法」という。）第十八条の五の規定に定める手続により個人番号カード（番号利用法第二条第七項に規定する個人番号カードをいう。次条において同じ。）としての機能を付加するための措置が講じられた特別永住者証明書をいう。以下同じ。）の交付により行うことを求める旨の申請をすることができる。
In addition to the case under the preceding paragraph, a special permanent resident may, in the case of being newly recorded in the Residential Basic Book, or of changing domicile within the area of a single municipality, by the notification under Article 10, paragraph (4) that is deemed to be a notification under paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, or by the notification under Article 10, paragraph (5) that is deemed to be a notification under paragraph (2) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article, together with that notification, in accordance with the procedures specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order, apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile, for the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate via the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile.
A person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or a child of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan, who is recorded in the Residential Basic Book and who stays in Japan by virtue of a status of residence as set out in the left-hand column of Appended Table II of the Immigration Control Act (excluding the residence status of permanent resident), may, only in the case of making an application under Article 5, paragraph (2), together with that application, in accordance with the procedures specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order, apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for the issuance of the special permanent resident certificate under Article 7, paragraph (3) to be effected by the issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate.
住民基本台帳に記録されている平和条約国籍離脱者又は平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫で入管法別表第二の上欄の在留資格（永住者の在留資格を除く。）をもって在留するものは、第五条第二項の規定による申請を行う場合に限り、当該申請に併せて、総務省令・法務省令で定める手続により、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、第七条第三項の規定による特別永住者証明書の交付を、特定特別永住者証明書の交付により行うことを求める旨の申請をすることができる。
A person who makes an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (limited to a person in respect of whom the measures prescribed in Article 18-5, paragraph (6) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures have been taken by the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile at the time of that application) and who falls under those specified by Cabinet Order as persons who need to promptly receive the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate may, together with that application, make a request to the effect that the person wishes to have the specified special permanent resident certificate sent by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.
第一項又は第二項の規定による申請を行う者（当該申請の際に当該住所地市町村長により番号利用法第十八条の五第六項に規定する措置がとられた者に限る。）のうち特定特別永住者証明書の交付を速やかに受ける必要がある者として政令で定めるものに該当する者は、当該申請に併せて、出入国在留管理庁長官から特定特別永住者証明書の送付を受けることを希望する旨の申出をすることができる。
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to, if an application is made under paragraphs (1) through (3) (with respect to an application under that paragraph (3), limited to the case where the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has decided to grant the permission under Article 5, paragraph (1)), prepare a specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident, as provided by Cabinet Order.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、第一項から第三項までの規定による申請があった場合（同項の規定による申請にあっては、出入国在留管理庁長官が第五条第一項の許可をすることとした場合に限る。）は、政令で定めるところにより、当該特別永住者に係る特定特別永住者証明書を作成するものとする。
In the case where an application is made under paragraph (1) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to effect the issue of the special permanent resident certificate under Article 11, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4)) relating to a notification under Article 11, paragraph (1) or an application under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), by issuing, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile, the specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident prepared pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to, in the case where an application is made under paragraph (2) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), issue, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile, the specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5).
出入国在留管理庁長官は、第二項の規定による申請があった場合（番号利用法第十八条の五第四項の規定による通知があった場合に限る。）においては、第五項の規定により作成した当該特別永住者に係る特定特別永住者証明書を住所地市町村長を経由して交付するものとする。
In the case where an application is made under paragraph (3) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to effect the issue of the special permanent resident certificate under Article 7, paragraph (3) relating to the application under paragraph (3) by having an immigration inspector issue the specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5).
出入国在留管理庁長官は、第三項の規定による申請があった場合（番号利用法第十八条の五第四項の規定による通知があった場合に限る。）においては、第三項の規定による申請に係る第七条第三項の規定による特別永住者証明書の交付は、第五項の規定により作成した当該特別永住者に係る特定特別永住者証明書を入国審査官に交付させることにより行うものとする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) and paragraph (7), in the case where a request under paragraph (4) is made together with an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), the issue of the specified special permanent resident certificate under paragraph (6) or paragraph (7) is to be made by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency sending the specified special permanent resident certificate to the relevant special permanent resident, as provided by Cabinet Order.
第六項及び第七項の規定にかかわらず、第一項又は第二項の規定による申請に併せて第四項の規定による申出があった場合（番号利用法第十八条の五第四項の規定による通知があった場合に限る。）における第六項又は第七項の特定特別永住者証明書の交付は、政令で定めるところにより、出入国在留管理庁長官が、当該特別永住者に対し、当該特定特別永住者証明書を送付することにより行う。
In the cases under paragraph (6) through the preceding paragraph, if a change has arisen in the particulars listed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) after an application under paragraphs (1) through (3), or after a request under paragraph (4) made together with an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or in any other case where the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds it inappropriate to issue a specified special permanent resident certificate to the relevant foreign national, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) through the preceding paragraph, refrain from issuing a specified special permanent resident certificate.
第六項から前項までの場合において、第一項から第三項までの規定による申請又は第一項若しくは第二項の規定による申請に併せてされた第四項の規定による申出後に第八条第一項第一号に掲げる事項に変更を生じたときその他の出入国在留管理庁長官が当該外国人に特定特別永住者証明書を交付することが相当でないと認めるときは、第六項から前項までの規定にかかわらず、出入国在留管理庁長官は、特定特別永住者証明書を交付しないことができる。
A special permanent resident recorded in the Residential Basic Book may, in the case of making an application under paragraph (1), if there are circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order as contributing to the convenience of the person seeking to receive the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate and to the prompt issue of the specified special permanent resident certificate in making the application via the mayor of a municipality other than the mayor of the municipality of domicile, make the application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency via the mayor of that municipality. In this case, with respect to the application of the provisions of paragraph (4), the phrase "the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the mayor of a municipality other than the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile".
住民基本台帳に記録されている特別永住者は、第一項の規定による申請をする場合において、住所地市町村長以外の市町村長を経由して申請することが特定特別永住者証明書の交付を受けようとする者の利便及び迅速な特定特別永住者証明書の交付に資するものとして総務省令・法務省令で定める事情があるときは、当該市町村長を経由して出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該申請をすることができる。この場合における第四項の規定の適用については、同項中「当該住所地市町村長」とあるのは、「当該住所地市町村長以外の市町村長」とする。
With respect to the application of the provisions of Article 19 in the case of making an application under paragraph (1), when filing a notification under Article 11, paragraph (1) or making an application under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), or when receiving a specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6), the phrase "the municipality in which the place of residence is situated (with respect to notification to be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or the receipt of the special permanent resident certificate to be returned pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of the same Article, the registered place of residence)" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the municipality of domicile prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1)".
A person who receives the specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) must do so in person at the office of the relevant municipality of domicile.
第七項の規定により交付される特定特別永住者証明書を受領する者は、当該住所地市町村の事務所に自ら出頭してこれを行わなければならない。
The provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of receiving a specified special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "unable to make the notification, etc. in person" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "unable to perform the act under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (13) in person", the phrase "make the notification, etc. on behalf of" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "perform the act on behalf of", and the phrase "notification, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the act under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (13)".
第十九条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の規定により特定特別永住者証明書を受領する場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第二項中「届出等を」とあるのは「第十六条の二第十三項の規定による行為を」と、「届出等は」とあるのは「行為は」と、同条第三項中「届出等」とあるのは「第十六条の二第十三項の規定による行為」と読み替えるものとする。
With respect to the application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article in the case where the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has effected the issue by sending the specified special permanent resident certificate to the relevant special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9), the phrase "return the relevant special permanent resident certificate to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, via the mayor of the municipality in which the place of residence is situated" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "return the relevant special permanent resident certificate to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency by sending it".
第九項の規定により出入国在留管理庁長官が当該特別永住者に対して特定特別永住者証明書を送付することにより交付した場合における前条第三項の規定の適用については、同項中「居住地の市町村の長を経由して、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該特別永住者証明書を返納し」とあるのは、「出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該特別永住者証明書を送付して返納し」とする。
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (5), if a special permanent resident is to receive the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (6) through (9), based on an application under paragraphs (1) through (3) or a request under paragraph (4) made together with an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the special permanent resident must, except in cases specified by Cabinet Order, pay a fee in the amount specified by Cabinet Order.
第十四条第五項の規定にかかわらず、特別永住者は、第一項から第三項までの規定による申請又は第一項若しくは第二項の規定による申請に併せてされた第四項の規定による申出に基づき第六項から第九項までの規定により特定特別永住者証明書の交付を受けるときは、政令で定める場合を除くほか、政令で定める額の手数料を納付しなければならない。
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