# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十九条の三十七 (Article 19-37) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37. 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: 第十九条の三十七 (Article 19-37)（事実の調査） — address `art-19-37` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37 - e-Gov law ID: 326CO0000000319 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第十九条の三十七（事実の調査） — (Inquiry into Facts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37 **第一項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、中長期在留者に関する情報の継続的な把握のため必要があるときは、この款の規定により届け出ることとされている事項について、その職員に事実の調査をさせることができる。 art-19-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/par-1 If it is necessary for continuously keeping track of information on mid- to long-term residents, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may have an officer inquire into facts with regard to the information which is to be notified pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 入国審査官又は入国警備官は、前項の調査のため必要があるときは、関係人に対し、出頭を求め、質問をし、又は文書若しくは電磁的記録の提示を求めることができる。 art-19-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/par-2 The immigration inspector or immigration control officer may require persons concerned to appear, ask them questions, or request them to present documents or electronic or magnetic records, if it is necessary for the inquiry set forth in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第三項** 出入国在留管理庁長官、入国審査官又は入国警備官は、第一項の調査について、公務所又は公私の団体に照会して必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。 art-19-37/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/par-3 The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, immigration inspector or immigration control officer may make inquiries to public offices or public or private organizations and require submission of reports on necessary information in relation to the inquiry set forth in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-37/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三十七第一項 (Article 19-37, paragraph (1)), art-19-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/par-1 - art-19-37/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三十七第一項 (Article 19-37, paragraph (1)), art-19-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/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 第十九条の三十六第一項（中長期在留者に関する情報の継続的な把握） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-36/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三十七第二項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の三十七第三項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-37/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三号（入国審査官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-3/par-2/item-3 - 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四号（入国警備官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-3-2/par-2/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十九条の二十五第一項（調書の作成） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-19-25/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 356M50000010054) - 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十四号（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-63/par-2/item-14 (e-Gov law ID 356M50000010054) - 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 (e-Gov law ID 431M60000010027) --- ## 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 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-003, translated 2026-09-13 - This site's parser, version 225 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05