# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第三十七条の五 (Article 37-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5. 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: 第三十七条の五 (Article 37-5)（鑑定等の嘱託） — address `art-37-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十七条の五（鑑定等の嘱託） — Commissioning of Expert Examinations caption: machine translation, not official art-37-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5 **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、学識経験を有する者に領置物件、差押物件若しくは記録命令付差押物件についての鑑定を嘱託し、又は通訳若しくは翻訳を嘱託することができる。 art-37-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-1 If it is necessary for conducting an investigation into violations, an immigration control officer may commission a person with relevant knowledge and experience to conduct an expert examination of retained articles, seized articles or articles seized with a recording order, or may commission interpretation or translation. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による鑑定の嘱託を受けた者（第四項及び第五項において「鑑定人」という。）は、前項の入国警備官の所属官署の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所の裁判官の許可を受けて、当該鑑定に係る物件を破壊することができる。 art-37-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-2 A person who has been commissioned to conduct an expert examination pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as an "expert" in paragraphs (4) and (5)) may destroy an object pertaining to the expert examination with permission from a judge of the district court or summary court with jurisdiction over the location of the office to which the immigration control officer set forth in the preceding paragraph belongs. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の許可の請求は、入国警備官からしなければならない。 art-37-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-3 The request for the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph must be made by an immigration control officer. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前項の請求があつた場合において、裁判官は、当該請求を相当と認めるときは、容疑者の氏名、破壊すべき物件及び鑑定人の氏名並びに請求者の官職氏名、有効期間、有効期間経過後は執行に着手することができずこれを返還しなければならない旨、交付の年月日及び裁判所名を記載し、自己の記名押印した許可状を入国警備官に交付しなければならない。 art-37-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-4 If a request as set forth in the preceding paragraph is made and the judge finds the request to be reasonable, the judge must issue a permit stating the name of the suspect, the object to be destroyed, the name of the expert, the title and name of the person making the request, the validity period, a statement that the permit may not be executed after the expiration of the validity period and must be returned, the date of issuance and the name of the court, with the name and seal of the judge, and deliver it to the immigration control officer. machine translation, not official **第五項** 鑑定人は、第二項の処分を受ける者に前項の許可状を示さなければならない。 art-37-5/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-5 The expert must show the permit set forth in the preceding paragraph to the person subject to the disposition set forth in paragraph (2). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-37-5/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第一項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (1)), art-37-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-1 - art-37-5/par-2: 第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第四項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (4)), art-37-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-4 - art-37-5/par-2: 第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第五項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (5)), art-37-5/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-5 - art-37-5/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第二項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (2)), art-37-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-2 - art-37-5/par-4: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第三項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (3)), art-37-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-3 - art-37-5/par-5: 第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第二項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (2)), art-37-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-2 - art-37-5/par-5: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第四項 (Article 37-5, paragraph (4)), art-37-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十一条第四項（臨検、捜索又は差押え等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-31/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第二項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第三項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第四項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第三十七条の五第五項（鑑定等の嘱託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-37-5/par-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第三十三条の二第一項（鑑定処分の許可状請求書） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-33-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 356M50000010054) --- ## 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-20260913T134912-007, translated 2026-09-13 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20261006T045241-001, translated 2026-10-06 - 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