# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第六十一条の四 (Article 61-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4. 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: 第六十一条の四 (Article 61-4)（武器の携帯及び使用） — address `art-61-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の四（武器の携帯及び使用） — (Carrying and Use of Weapons) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4 **第一項** 入国審査官及び入国警備官は、その職務を行うに当り、武器を携帯することができる。 art-61-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4/par-1 Immigration inspectors and immigration control officers may carry weapons in executing their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 入国審査官及び入国警備官は、その職務の執行に関し、その事態に応じ、合理的に必要と判断される限度において、武器を使用することができる。但し、左の各号の一に該当する場合を除く外、人に危害を加えてはならない。 art-61-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4/par-2 Immigration inspectors and immigration control officers may use their weapons regarding the execution of their duties to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary depending on the situation; provided however, that they must not injure a person except in any of the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 刑法第三十六条又は第三十七条に該当するとき。 art-61-4/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4/par-2/item-1 the case falls under Article 36 or 37 of the Penal Code; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 収容令書又は退去強制令書の執行を受ける者がその者に対する入国審査官若しくは入国警備官の職務の執行に対して抵抗しようとする場合又は第三者がその者を逃がそうとして入国審査官若しくは入国警備官に抵抗する場合において、これを防止するために他の手段がないと入国審査官又は入国警備官において信ずるに足りる相当の理由があるとき。 art-61-4/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-4/par-2/item-2 the person subject to enforcement of the written detention order or deportation order attempts to resist the immigration inspector or immigration control officer executing their duties regarding the person, or a third party who puts up resistance to the immigration inspector or immigration control officer in an attempt to allow that person to escape, and the immigration inspector or the immigration control officer has reasonable grounds to believe that there are no alternative means of preventing escape or resistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-4/par-2/item-1: 刑法第三十六条 → 刑法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-36 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) - art-61-4/par-2/item-1: 第三十七条 → 刑法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/art-37 (e-Gov law ID 140AC0000000045) --- ## 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 225 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05