# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の五十二 (Article 55-52)
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- 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: 第五十五条の五十二 (Article 55-52)（捕縄及び手錠の使用） — address `art-55-52`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52
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### 第五十五条の五十二（捕縄及び手錠の使用） — Use of Arresting Ropes and Handcuffs
caption: machine translation, not official
art-55-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52
**第一項** 入国警備官は、被収容者を護送する場合又は被収容者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する行為をするおそれがある場合には、法務省令で定めるところにより、捕縄又は手錠を使用することができる。
art-55-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52/par-1
An immigration control officer may use arresting ropes or handcuffs pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order when escorting a detainee or if there is a risk that a detainee will engage in an act falling under any of the following items:
machine translation, not official
**一** 逃走すること。
art-55-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52/par-1/item-1
escaping;
machine translation, not official
**二** 自身を傷つけ、又は他人に危害を加えること。
art-55-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52/par-1/item-2
injuring themselves or inflicting harm on another person;
machine translation, not official
**三** 入国者収容所等の設備、器具その他の物を損壊すること。
art-55-52/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52/par-1/item-3
damaging the facilities, equipment or other objects of the immigration detention center, etc.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 捕縄及び手錠の制式は、法務省令で定める。
art-55-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-55-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-52/par-2
The specifications of arresting ropes and handcuffs are specified by Ministry of Justice Order.
machine translation, not official
## 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施行規則 第五十条の二十七第一項（捕縄及び手錠の使用方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-27/par-1
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の二十八第一項（捕縄及び手錠の使用等の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-28/par-1
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の二十九第一項（捕縄及び手錠の制式） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-29/par-1
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## 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-20260913T134912-021, translated 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