# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十九条の二十 (Article 19-20) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20. 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: 第十九条の二十 (Article 19-20)（報告徴収等） — address `art-19-20` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20 - 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. --- ### 第十九条の二十（報告徴収等） — (Collection of Reports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20 **第一項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、前条各号に掲げる事項を確保するために必要な限度において、特定技能所属機関若しくは特定技能所属機関の役員若しくは職員（以下この項において「役職員」という。）に対し、報告若しくは帳簿書類の提出若しくは提示を命じ、若しくは特定技能所属機関若しくは役職員に対し出頭を求め、又は入国審査官若しくは入国警備官に関係人に対して質問させ、若しくは特定技能所属機関に係る事業所その他特定技能外国人の受入れに関係のある場所に立ち入り、その設備若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。 art-19-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-1 The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may order the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker or an officer or employee of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker (hereinafter referred to as "officer or employee" in this paragraph) to submit or present books and records, request the appearance of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker or its officer or employee, or have immigration officers or immigration control officers ask questions to the persons concerned, or enter the premises of the places of business of the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker or other places related to the acceptance of specified skilled workers to inspect their facilities, books, records, or other objects to the extent necessary to secure the particulars set forth in the items of the preceding Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による質問又は立入検査を行う場合においては、入国審査官又は入国警備官は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-19-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-2 In the cases of conducting questioning or on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the immigration inspector or immigration control officer must carry an identification card showing their official status and present it to the person concerned upon request. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-19-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-3 The authority pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as authorization for the purpose of a criminal investigation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-20/par-1: 前条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十九 (Article 19-19), art-19-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-19 - art-19-20/par-1: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十第一項 (Article 19-20, paragraph (1)), art-19-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-1 - art-19-20/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十第一項 (Article 19-20, paragraph (1)), art-19-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-1 - art-19-20/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十第一項 (Article 19-20, paragraph (1)), art-19-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十第一項（報告徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十第二項（報告徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十第三項（報告徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-20/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の三第二項第四号（入国審査官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-3/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-3/par-2/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の三の二第二項第五号（入国警備官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-3-2/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-3-2/par-2/item-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十一条の四第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-71-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-71-4/par-1/item-2 - 地方出入国在留管理局組織規則 第七条第二項（首席審査官の職務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/regional-immigration-services-bureau-organization-rules/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/431M60000010027/art-7/par-2 - 地方出入国在留管理局組織規則 第十六条第二項（支局の首席審査官の職務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/regional-immigration-services-bureau-organization-rules/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/431M60000010027/art-16/par-2 --- ## 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