# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号 - English title "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Issued as a Cabinet Order and given the force of an Act, which is why its number says 政令: 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. - Provision: 第十八条 (Article 18)（遭難による上陸の許可） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十八条（遭難による上陸の許可） — (Landing Permission Due to Distress) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18 **第一項** 入国審査官は、遭難船舶等がある場合において、当該船舶等に乗つていた外国人の救護のためその他緊急の必要があると認めたときは、水難救護法（明治三十二年法律第九十五号）の規定による救護事務を行う市町村長、当該外国人を救護した船舶等の長、当該遭難船舶等の長又は当該遭難船舶等に係る運送業者の申請に基づき、当該外国人に対し遭難による上陸を許可することができる。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-1 If a vessel or aircraft is in distress and an immigration inspector finds it necessary for the rescue and protection of foreign national on board the vessel or aircraft or for any other urgent necessity, the inspector may grant the foreign national, landing permission due to distress based on an application by the mayor of the city, town or village who gives aid to the victims pursuant to the provisions of the Sea Casualties Rescue Act (Act No. 95 of 1899), on an application by the captain of a vessel or aircraft who gave aid to the foreign national, or the captain of the vessel or aircraft in distress or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 入国審査官は、警察官又は海上保安官から前項の外国人の引渡しを受けたときは、同項の規定にかかわらず、直ちにその者に対し遭難による上陸を許可するものとする。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-2 The immigration inspector is to immediately grant permission for landing due to distress, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the foreign national set forth in the preceding paragraph has been transferred by a police officer or a coast guard officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 入国審査官は、第一項の許可に係る審査のために必要があると認めるときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該外国人に対し、電磁的方式によつて個人識別情報を提供させることができる。前項の規定による引渡しを受ける場合において必要があると認めるときも、同様とする。 art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-3 If the immigration inspector finds it necessary for an examination pertaining to the permission set forth in paragraph (1) of this Article, the inspector may require the foreign national to provide their personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. The same applies if the inspector finds it necessary when the foreign national is handed over pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項の許可を与える場合には、入国審査官は、当該外国人に遭難による上陸許可書を交付しなければならない。 art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-4 In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1) or (2), the immigration inspector must issue a landing permit due to distress to the foreign national. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項又は第二項の許可を与える場合には、入国審査官は、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該外国人に対し、上陸期間、行動の範囲その他必要と認める制限を付することができる。 art-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-5 In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the immigration inspector may impose restrictions on the foreign national's period of landing, scope of activities and other conditions found necessary pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-2 - art-18/par-4: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-4: 第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-2 - art-18/par-5: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-5: 第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第二項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第三項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第四項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十八条第五項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-18/par-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条第四項（活動の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条第一項（再入国の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十七条第一項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-17/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十七条第二項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-17/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十七条第三項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-17/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十七条第四項（遭難による上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-17/par-4 - 消費税法 第八条第一項（輸出物品販売場における輸出物品の譲渡に係る免税） — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/363AC0000000108/art-8/par-1 - 租税特別措置法 第八十七条の六第一項（輸出酒類販売場から移出する酒類に係る酒税の免税） — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/art-87-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/332AC0000000026/art-87-6/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20261001_508AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb), retrieved 2026-09-13 - This site's parser, version 223 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05