# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第六十一条の八の二 (Article 61-8-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2. 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: 第六十一条の八の二 (Article 61-8-2)（送達） — address `art-61-8-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第六十一条の八の二（送達） — (Service) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2 **第一項** 第二十二条の四第三項又は第六項（これらの規定を第六十一条の二の十一第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による書類の送達は、郵便若しくは民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項に規定する一般信書便事業者若しくは同条第九項に規定する特定信書便事業者による同条第二項に規定する信書便（以下「信書便」という。）による送達又は交付送達により、その送達を受けるべき者の住居地に送達して行う。 art-61-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-1 The service of documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (3) or (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)) is effected by delivering the documents to the place of residence of the person to be served, by service by postal mail or by correspondence delivery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) provided by a general correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (6) of the same Article or a specified correspondence delivery business operator prescribed in paragraph (9) of the same Article (hereinafter referred to as "correspondence delivery"), or by personal delivery service. machine translation, not official **第二項** 通常の取扱いによる郵便又は信書便によつて前項に規定する書類を発送した場合には、その郵便物又は民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する信書便物は、通常到達すべきであつた時に送達があつたものと推定する。 art-61-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-2 Where the documents have been sent pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph by ordinary mail or by correspondence delivery, the postal item or the correspondence item prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Letter Service by Private Business Operators is presumed to have been served at the time at which they should have arrived under normal conditions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 法務大臣は、前項に規定する場合には、その書類の名称、その送達を受けるべき者の氏名、あて先及び発送の年月日を確認するに足りる記録を作成しなければならない。 art-61-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-3 The Minister of Justice must prepare a record sufficient to confirm the name of the documents, the name and address of the person who is to be served with the documents, and the date of service the documents, in the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 交付送達は、入国審査官又は入国警備官が、第一項の規定により送達すべき場所において、その送達を受けるべき者に書類を交付して行う。ただし、その者に異議がないときは、その他の場所において交付することができる。 art-61-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-4 The personal delivery service is to be made by an immigration inspector or an immigration control officer to deliver the documents to the person who is to be served at the place where the delivery is to be made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); provided however, that if the person who is to be served has no objection, the document may be delivered to other places. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 次の各号に掲げる場合には、交付送達は、前項の規定による交付に代え、当該各号に定める行為により行うことができる。 art-61-8-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5 In the cases set forth in the following items, the personal delivery service may be made through the act prescribed in the respective item, in lieu of the delivery pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 送達すべき場所において書類の送達を受けるべき者に出会わない場合　同居の者であつて送達を受けるべき者に受領した書類を交付することが期待できるものに書類を交付すること。 art-61-8-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-1 if the person to be served with the documents at the place where the delivery is to be made cannot be met:the documents are to be delivered to a person living together with the recipient, who can be expected to deliver the received documents to the person who is to be served; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 書類の送達を受けるべき者及び前号に規定する者が送達すべき場所にいない場合又はこれらの者が正当な理由がなく書類の受領を拒んだ場合　送達すべき場所に書類を差し置くこと。 art-61-8-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-2 if the person who is to be served with the documents or the person prescribed in the preceding item is not at the place where the delivery is to be made, or the person refuses to receive the documents without legitimate grounds:the documents are to be placed at the place where the delivery is to be made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前各項の規定により送達すべき書類について、その送達を受けるべき者の住居地が明らかでない場合には、法務大臣は、その送達に代えて公示送達をすることができる。ただし、第六十一条の二の十一第二項において準用する第二十二条の四第三項及び第六項の規定による書類の送達については、この限りでない。 art-61-8-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-6 If the place of residence of the person to be served with documents that are to be served pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraphs is unknown, the Minister of Justice may effect service by public notice in lieu of that service; provided, however, that this does not apply to the service of documents pursuant to the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraphs (3) and (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2). machine translation, not official **第七項** 公示送達は、送達すべき書類の名称、その送達を受けるべき者の氏名及び法務大臣がその書類をいつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付する旨（以下この項において「公示事項」という。）を法務省令で定める方法により不特定多数の者が閲覧することができる状態に置くとともに、公示事項が記載された書面を法務省の掲示場に掲示し、又は公示事項を法務省の事務所に設置した電子計算機の映像面に表示したものの閲覧をすることができる状態に置く措置をとることにより行う。 art-61-8-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-7 Service by public notice is effected by placing the title of the documents to be served, the name of the person to be served and a statement to the effect that the Minister of Justice will deliver the documents to the person to be served at any time (hereinafter referred to as the "particulars of the public notice" in this paragraph) in a state in which they can be viewed by an unspecified large number of persons by the method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, and by taking measures to post a document stating the particulars of the public notice on the bulletin board of the Ministry of Justice or to place the particulars of the public notice, as displayed on the screen of a computer installed at an office of the Ministry of Justice, in a state in which they can be viewed. machine translation, not official **第八項** 前項の場合において、同項の規定による措置を開始した日から起算して二週間を経過したときは、書類の送達があつたものとみなす。 art-61-8-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-8 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the documents are deemed to have been served when 2 weeks have elapsed from the day on which the measures pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph were commenced. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-61-8-2/par-1: 第二十二条の四第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第三項 (Article 22-4, paragraph (3)), art-22-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-3 - art-61-8-2/par-1: 第六項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第六項 (Article 22-4, paragraph (6)), art-22-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-6 - art-61-8-2/par-1: 第六十一条の二の十一第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十一第二項 (Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)), art-61-2-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-11/par-2 - art-61-8-2/par-1: 民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律（平成十四年法律第九十九号）第二条第六項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第六項 (Article 2, paragraph (6)), art-2/par-6 — not held in this collection - art-61-8-2/par-1: 同条第九項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection - art-61-8-2/par-1: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-61-8-2/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第一項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-8-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-1 - art-61-8-2/par-2: 民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律第二条第三項 → e-Gov law 414AC0000000099, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-61-8-2/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第二項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (2)), art-61-8-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-2 - art-61-8-2/par-4: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第一項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-8-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-1 - art-61-8-2/par-5: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第四項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (4)), art-61-8-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-4 - art-61-8-2/par-5/item-2: 前号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第五項第一号 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (5), item (i)), art-61-8-2/par-5/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-1 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第一項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-8-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-1 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第二項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (2)), art-61-8-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-2 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第三項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (3)), art-61-8-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-3 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第四項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (4)), art-61-8-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-4 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第五項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (5)), art-61-8-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 第六十一条の二の十一第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十一第二項 (Article 61-2-11, paragraph (2)), art-61-2-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-11/par-2 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 第二十二条の四第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第三項 (Article 22-4, paragraph (3)), art-22-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-3 - art-61-8-2/par-6: 第六項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第六項 (Article 22-4, paragraph (6)), art-22-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-6 - art-61-8-2/par-7: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第七項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (7)), art-61-8-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-7 - art-61-8-2/par-8: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第七項 (Article 61-8-2, paragraph (7)), art-61-8-2/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-7 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の三第二項第二号（入国審査官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-3/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-3/par-2/item-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の三の二第二項第六号（入国警備官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-3-2/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-3-2/par-2/item-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第二項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第三項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第四項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第五項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第五項第二号（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-5/item-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第六項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第七項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-7 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の八の二第八項（送達） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-61-8-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-8-2/par-8 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十九条の三第一項（公示送達の方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59-3/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-20260913T134912-031, translated 2026-09-13 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-032, translated 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