# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第三十条 (Article 30) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30. 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: 第三十条 (Article 30)（証人の出頭要求） — address `art-30` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30 - 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. --- ### 第三十条（証人の出頭要求） — (Request for Appearance of Witnesses) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30 **第一項** 入国警備官は、違反調査をするため必要があるときは、証人の出頭を求め、当該証人を取り調べることができる。 art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-1 An immigration control officer may request the appearance of a witness and interview them, if it is necessary for an investigation into violation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、入国警備官は、証人の供述を調書に記載しなければならない。 art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the immigration control officer must enter the witness's statement in the written evidence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前条第三項及び第四項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。この場合において、前条第三項及び第四項中「容疑者」とあるのは「証人」と読み替えるものとする。 art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-3 The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, "suspect" in paragraphs (3) and (4) of the preceding Article is deemed to be replaced with "witness." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-1 - art-30/par-3: 前条第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十九条第三項 (Article 29, paragraph (3)), art-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-29/par-3 - art-30/par-3: 第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十九条第四項 (Article 29, paragraph (4)), art-29/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-29/par-4 - art-30/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十条第二項（証人の出頭要求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十条第三項（証人の出頭要求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-30/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第二十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-22/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