# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の二十九 (Article 55-29) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29. 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: 第五十五条の二十九 (Article 55-29)（保管私物等） — address `art-55-29` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条の二十九（保管私物等） — Personal Belongings in Possession, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-55-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29 **第一項** 入国者収容所長等は、法務省令で定めるところにより、保管私物（被収容者が前条第一項の規定により引渡しを受けて保管する物品（第五項の規定により引渡しを受けて保管する物品を含む。）及び被収容者が受けた信書でその保管するものをいう。以下この節及び第五十五条の六十八第一項第四号において同じ。）の保管方法について、入国者収容所等の管理運営上必要な制限をすることができる。 art-55-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-1 The director of an immigration detention center, etc. may, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order, impose restrictions necessary for the administration and operation of the immigration detention center, etc. on the method of storing personal effects kept by the detainee (meaning goods that a detainee has received and keeps pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (including goods that the detainee has received and keeps pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5)) and letters received by the detainee that the detainee keeps; the same applies hereinafter in this Section and in Article 55-68, paragraph (1), item (iv)). machine translation, not official **第二項** 入国者収容所長等は、被収容者の保管私物（法務省令で定めるものを除く。）の総量（第五項及び次条において「保管総量」という。）が保管限度量（被収容者一人当たりについて保管することができる物品の量として入国者収容所長等が定める量をいう。同項及び同条において同じ。）を超えるとき、又は被収容者について領置している物品（法務省令で定めるものを除く。）の総量（第四項及び同条において「領置総量」という。）が領置限度量（被収容者一人当たりについて領置することができる物品の量として入国者収容所長等が定める量をいう。同項及び同条において同じ。）を超えるときは、当該被収容者に対し、その超過量に相当する量の物品について、親族その他相当と認める者への交付その他相当の処分を求めることができる。腐敗し、又は滅失するおそれが生じた物品についても、同様とする。 art-55-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-2 If the total quantity of the personal effects kept by the detainee (excluding those specified by Ministry of Justice Order) (referred to as the "total quantity in possession" in paragraph (5) and the following Article) exceeds the possession limit (meaning the quantity of goods that may be kept per detainee, as determined by the director of an immigration detention center, etc.; the same applies in that paragraph and that Article), or if the total quantity of goods held in custody for a detainee (excluding those specified by Ministry of Justice Order) (referred to as the "total quantity in custody" in paragraph (4) and that Article) exceeds the custody limit (meaning the quantity of goods that may be held in custody per detainee, as determined by the director of an immigration detention center, etc.; the same applies in that paragraph and that Article), the director of an immigration detention center, etc. may request the detainee to deliver goods in a quantity equivalent to the excess to a relative or any other person the director finds appropriate, or to otherwise dispose of them appropriately. The same applies to goods that have become likely to decay or be lost. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第五十五条の二十六第二項の規定は、前項の規定により処分を求めた場合について準用する。 art-55-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-3 The provisions of Article 55-26, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if disposal has been requested pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第四項** 入国者収容所長等は、被収容者が保管私物について領置することを求めた場合において、相当と認めるときは、これを領置することができる。ただし、領置総量が領置限度量を超えることとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-55-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-4 If a detainee has requested that personal effects kept by the detainee be held in custody, the director of an immigration detention center, etc. may hold them in custody if the director finds it appropriate; provided, however, that this does not apply if the total quantity in custody would exceed the custody limit. machine translation, not official **第五項** 入国者収容所長等は、前項の規定により領置している物品について、被収容者がその引渡しを求めた場合には、これを引き渡すものとする。ただし、保管総量が保管限度量を超えることとなる場合は、この限りでない。 art-55-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-5 If a detainee has requested the handover of goods held in custody pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to hand them over; provided, however, that this does not apply if the total quantity in possession would exceed the possession limit. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-29/par-1: 前条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十八第一項 (Article 55-28, paragraph (1)), art-55-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-28/par-1 - art-55-29/par-1: 第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第五項 (Article 55-29, paragraph (5)), art-55-29/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-5 - art-55-29/par-1: 第五十五条の六十八第一項第四号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の六十八第一項第四号 (Article 55-68, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-55-68/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-68/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-68/par-1/item-4 - art-55-29/par-2: 第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第五項 (Article 55-29, paragraph (5)), art-55-29/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-5 - art-55-29/par-2: 次条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の三十 (Article 55-30), art-55-30 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-30 - art-55-29/par-2: 第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第四項 (Article 55-29, paragraph (4)), art-55-29/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-4 - art-55-29/par-3: 第五十五条の二十六第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十六第二項 (Article 55-26, paragraph (2)), art-55-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-26/par-2 - art-55-29/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第二項 (Article 55-29, paragraph (2)), art-55-29/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-2 - art-55-29/par-5: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第四項 (Article 55-29, paragraph (4)), art-55-29/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-4 ## 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 第五十五条の十八第一項第二号（収容開始時の告知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第一項（保管私物等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第二項（保管私物等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第三項（保管私物等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第五項（保管私物等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の十五第一項（保管私物等の保管方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-15/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の十六（法第五十五条の二十九第二項に規定する法務省令で定めるもの） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-16 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の十六第一項（法第五十五条の二十九第二項に規定する法務省令で定めるもの） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-16/par-1 --- ## 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-20260913T134912-018, translated 2026-09-13 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260918T121515-002, translated 2026-09-18 - 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