# Order with the force of an Act (法律としての効力を有する命令, ほうりつとしてのこうりょくをゆうするめいれい)

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- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/order-with-force-of-act
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/order-with-force-of-act
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-14

Some rules made during the Allied occupation were issued as Cabinet Orders, as orders implementing Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and an Act passed in 1952 gave them the force of an Act. They keep the Cabinet Order number they were issued under, which is why e-Gov lists the law as an Act while its number says 政令 (Cabinet Order). The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) is one: it was promulgated in 1951 as the Immigration Control Order (出入国管理令), Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951, has had the force of an Act under Article 4 of Act No. 126 of 1952, took its present title on 1 January 1982, and every amendment on e-Gov's record of it was made by an Act.

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## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Act No. 126 of 1952, Art. 4](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/327AC0000000126)
- [e-Gov: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 and its revision history](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act
- [Wikipedia (Japanese): 出入国管理及び難民認定法](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%87%BA%E5%85%A5%E5%9B%BD%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E5%8F%8A%E3%81%B3%E9%9B%A3%E6%B0%91%E8%AA%8D%E5%AE%9A%E6%B3%95)

## Related

- [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act)
- [Cabinet Order (政令, せいれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet-order)
- [Law number (法令番号, ほうれいばんごう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/law-number)
- [Promulgation (公布, こうふ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/promulgation)
- [Amendment (改正, かいせい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/amendment)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-14)