# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-2. 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: 第三十七条の二 (Article 37-2)（領置物件等の処置） — address `art-37-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-2 - 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. --- ### 第三十七条の二（領置物件等の処置） — Handling of Retained Articles, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-37-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-2 **第一項** 運搬又は保管に不便な領置物件、差押物件又は記録命令付差押物件は、その所有者又は所持者その他入国警備官が適当と認める者に、その承諾を得て、保管証を徴して保管させることができる。 art-37-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-2/par-1 Retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order that are inconvenient to transport or keep may, with the consent of their owner, holder or any other person whom the immigration control officer finds appropriate, be placed in the custody of that person upon obtaining a custody receipt. machine translation, not official **第二項** 地方出入国在留管理局長は、領置物件又は差押物件が腐敗し、若しくは変質したとき、又は腐敗若しくは変質のおそれがあるときは、政令で定めるところにより、公告した後これを公売に付し、その代金を供託することができる。 art-37-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-2/par-2 If retained articles or seized articles have rotted or deteriorated, or are likely to rot or deteriorate, the director of the regional immigration services bureau may, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, sell them at public auction after giving public notice and deposit the proceeds. machine translation, not official ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第六条第一項（公売公告の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-6/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 410CO0000000178) - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第六条第二項（公売公告の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-6/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 410CO0000000178) - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第六条第二項第一号（公売公告の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-6/par-2/item-1 (e-Gov law ID 410CO0000000178) - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第六条第四項（公売公告の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-6/par-4 (e-Gov law ID 410CO0000000178) --- ## 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-20260913T134912-006, 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