# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十九条の十五 (Article 19-15) - 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: 第十九条の十五 (Article 19-15)（在留カードの返納） — address `art-19-15` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15 - 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. --- ### 第十九条の十五（在留カードの返納） — (Returning of the Residence Card) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15 **第一項** 在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、その所持する在留カードが前条第一号、第二号又は第四号に該当して効力を失つたときは、その事由が生じた日から十四日以内に、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。 art-19-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15/par-1 If a residence card in the possession of a mid- to long-term resident who was issued with the residence card has ceased to be effective due to falling under item (i), item (ii) or item (iv) of the preceding Article, the mid- to long-term resident must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days from the day when the grounds arose. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、その所持する在留カードが前条第三号又は第五号に該当して効力を失つたときは、直ちに、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。 art-19-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15/par-2 The mid- to long-term resident who was issued a residence card must immediately return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, if the residence card in their possession has ceased to be effective due to falling under item (iii) or item (v) of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 在留カードの交付を受けた中長期在留者は、在留カードの所持を失つた場合において、前条（第六号を除く。）の規定により当該在留カードが効力を失つた後、当該在留カードを発見するに至つたときは、その発見の日から十四日以内に、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。 art-19-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15/par-3 If the mid- to long-term resident who was issued with a residence card comes to find their residence card after the residence card has ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article (excluding item (vi)), they must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days of the date of finding it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 在留カードが前条第六号の規定により効力を失つたときは、死亡した中長期在留者の親族又は同居者は、その死亡の日（死亡後に在留カードを発見するに至つたときは、その発見の日）から十四日以内に、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該在留カードを返納しなければならない。 art-19-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15/par-4 If the residence card has ceased to be effective pursuant to the provisions of item (vi) of the preceding Article, a relative or person living with the deceased mid- to long-term resident must return the residence card to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency within 14 days of the date the mid- to long-term resident died (if the relevant person came to find the residence card after the death of the foreign national, the date of finding it). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-15/par-1: 前条第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第一号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-19-14/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-1 - art-19-15/par-1: 第二号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第二号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19-14/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-2 - art-19-15/par-1: 第四号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第四号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-19-14/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-4 - art-19-15/par-2: 前条第三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第三号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-19-14/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-3 - art-19-15/par-2: 第五号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第五号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-19-14/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-5 - art-19-15/par-3: 前条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四 (Article 19-14), art-19-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14 - art-19-15/par-3: 第六号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第六号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-19-14/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-6 - art-19-15/par-4: 前条第六号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十四第一項第六号 (Article 19-14, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-19-14/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-14/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-14/par-1/item-6 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十五の二第九項（特定在留カードの交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15-2/par-9 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十五の二第十一項（特定在留カードの交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-15-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-15-2/par-11 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十一条の五第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-71-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-71-5/par-1/item-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十九条の十四の四第一項（在留カードの返納の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-19-14-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-19-14-4/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第六十三条第二項第十号（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-63/par-2/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-63/par-2/item-10 - 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 第十八条の五第七項（特定在留カード等の交付に伴う措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act/art-18-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000027/art-18-5/par-7 --- ## 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 211 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05