# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第六十一条の八 (Article 61-8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8. 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: 第六十一条の八 (Article 61-8)（情報提供） — address `art-61-8` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条の八（情報提供） — (Provision of Information) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8 **第一項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、出入国管理及び難民認定法に規定する出入国及び在留の管理並びに難民の認定及び補完的保護対象者の認定の職務に相当する職務を行う外国の当局（以下この条において「外国出入国在留管理当局」という。）に対し、その職務（出入国管理及び難民認定法に規定する出入国及び在留の管理並びに難民の認定及び補完的保護対象者の認定の職務に相当するものに限る。次項において同じ。）の遂行に資すると認める情報を提供することができる。 art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-1 The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may provide foreign authorities that perform duties corresponding to the duties of immigration and residency management, and recognition of refugee status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection provided by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as "foreign immigration and residency administration authorities" in this Article) with information found helpful for the execution of their duties (limited to those corresponding to immigration, residency management, and recognition of refugee status and recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection provided by the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act; hereinafter the same applies in the next paragraph). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による情報の提供については、当該情報が当該外国出入国在留管理当局の職務の遂行に資する目的以外の目的で使用されないよう適切な措置がとられなければならない。 art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-2 Regarding the provision of information pursuant to the preceding paragraph, appropriate measures are to be taken to ensure that the information is not used for purposes other than helping the foreign immigration and residency administration authorities execute their duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、外国出入国在留管理当局からの要請があつたときは、前項の規定にかかわらず、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合を除き、第一項の規定により提供した情報を当該要請に係る外国の刑事事件の捜査又は審判（以下この項において「捜査等」という。）に使用することについて同意をすることができる。 art-61-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3 Upon receiving a request from foreign immigration and residency administration authorities, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may agree to the information provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) to be used for investigation or adjudication of foreign criminal cases pertaining to the request (hereinafter referred to as "investigation, etc." in this paragraph), except in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当該要請に係る刑事事件の捜査等の対象とされている犯罪が政治犯罪であるとき、又は当該要請が政治犯罪について捜査等を行う目的で行われたものと認められるとき。 art-61-8/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3/item-1 the crime subject to the investigation, etc. of the criminal case pertaining to the request is a political crime or the request is found to have been made for the purpose of conducting the investigation, etc. of a political crime; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該要請に係る刑事事件の捜査等の対象とされている犯罪に係る行為が日本国内において行われたとした場合において、その行為が日本国の法令によれば罪に当たるものでないとき。 art-61-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3/item-2 the act pertaining to the crime subject to the investigation, etc. of the criminal case pertaining to the request would not constitute a crime under Japanese laws or regulations if it were committed in Japan; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 日本国が行う同種の要請に応ずる旨の要請国の保証がないとき。 art-61-8/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3/item-3 the foreign country that has made the request has not ensured that it will accept a similar request from Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、前項の同意をする場合においては、あらかじめ、同項第一号及び第二号に該当しないことについて法務大臣の確認を、同項第三号に該当しないことについて外務大臣の確認を、それぞれ受けなければならない。 art-61-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-4 The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency must, when giving the consent set forth in the preceding paragraph, receive confirmation from the Minister of Justice that the request does not fall under item (i) or item (ii) of the same paragraph and confirmation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs that the request does not fall under item (iii) of the same paragraph, in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61-8/par-1: この条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八 (Article 61-8), art-61-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8 - art-61-8/par-1: 次項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第二項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (2)), art-61-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-2 - art-61-8/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第一項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (1)), art-61-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-1 - art-61-8/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第二項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (2)), art-61-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-2 - art-61-8/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第一項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (1)), art-61-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-1 - art-61-8/par-3: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第三項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (3)), art-61-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3 - art-61-8/par-4: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第三項 (Article 61-8, paragraph (3)), art-61-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3 - art-61-8/par-4: 同項第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第三項第一号 (Article 61-8, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-61-8/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3/item-1 - art-61-8/par-4: 第二号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第三項第二号 (Article 61-8, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-61-8/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3/item-2 - art-61-8/par-4: 同項第三号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第三項第三号 (Article 61-8, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-61-8/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3/item-3 ## 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 第六十一条の八第一項（情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第二項（情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第三項（情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八第四項（情報提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8/par-4 --- ## 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-20260918T121515-003, 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