The Agency may collect fees in the amount that the Agency specifies with regard to the processes pertaining to the issuance of Individual Number Cards under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraphs (1), (5) and (7) and Article 17, paragraph (3), the processes pertaining to the issuance of Card Substitute Electronic Records under the provisions of Article 18-2, paragraphs (3) and (11) (referred to as the "Card Substitute Electronic Record Issuance Process" in paragraph (3)), and the processes pertaining to the measures provided for in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article.
When the Agency intends to specify or change the amount of the fee provided for in the preceding paragraph, it must obtain the authorization of the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications.
The Agency may entrust the processes of collecting the fees referred to in paragraph (1) (excluding those concerning the Card Substitute Electronic Record Issuance Process) to the persons specified in the following items according to the categories of fees set forth in those items:
機構は、第一項の手数料（カード代替電磁的記録発行事務に関するものを除く。）の徴収の事務を次の各号に掲げる手数料の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める者に委託することができる。
fees concerning the processes pertaining to the issuance of Individual Number Cards under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraphs (1), (5) and (7) and Article 17, paragraph (3): the issuing mayor of the municipality (if the mayor of a municipality other than the issuing mayor of the municipality takes the measure set forth in Article 17, paragraph (1), item (ii) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (4) of that Article, that mayor of the municipality); and
fees concerning the processes pertaining to the measures provided for in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article: the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency (if the mayor of the municipality of domicile takes the measures provided for in paragraph (5) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article, that mayor of the municipality of domicile).