# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第七十三条の三 (Article 73-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3. 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: 第七十三条の三 (Article 73-3) — address `art-73-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十三条の三 art-73-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3 **第一項** 行使の目的で、在留カード又は在留カードとして表示されて行使されることとなる在留カード電磁的記録（次項及び第三項において「在留カード等」という。）を偽造し、又は変造した者は、一年以上十年以下の拘禁刑に処する。 art-73-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 A person who forges or alters a residence card, or a residence card electronic or magnetic record that is to be displayed and used as a residence card (referred to as a "residence card, etc." in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)), for the purpose of uttering is punished with imprisonment for not less than 1 year but not more than 10 years. machine translation, not official **第二項** 偽造され、又は変造された在留カード等を行使した者も、前項と同様とする。 art-73-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-2 The preceding paragraph also applies to a person who uses a forged or altered residence card, etc. machine translation, not official **第三項** 行使の目的で、偽造され、又は変造された在留カード等を提供し、又は収受した者も、第一項と同様とする。 art-73-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-3 Paragraph (1) also applies to a person who provides or receives a forged or altered residence card, etc. for the purpose of uttering. machine translation, not official **第四項** 人の事務処理を誤らせる目的で、在留カード電磁的記録を不正に作つた者も、第一項と同様とする。 art-73-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-4 Paragraph (1) also applies to a person who unlawfully creates a residence card electronic or magnetic record for the purpose of causing another person to err in the processing of their affairs. machine translation, not official **第五項** 不正に作られた在留カード電磁的記録を、前項の目的で、人の事務処理の用に供した者も、第一項と同様とする。 art-73-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-5 Paragraph (1) also applies to a person who, for the purpose set forth in the preceding paragraph, puts an unlawfully created residence card electronic or magnetic record to use in the processing of another person's affairs. machine translation, not official **第六項** 不正に作られた在留カード電磁的記録が記録された在留カードを、第四項の目的で、提供し、又は収受した者も、第一項と同様とする。 art-73-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-6 Paragraph (1) also applies to a person who, for the purpose set forth in paragraph (4), provides or receives a residence card on which an unlawfully created residence card electronic or magnetic record is recorded. machine translation, not official **第七項** 前各項の罪の未遂は、罰する。 art-73-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-7 An attempt to commit the crimes referred to in the preceding paragraphs is punishable. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-73-3/par-1: 次項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第二項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (2)), art-73-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-2 - art-73-3/par-1: 第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第三項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (3)), art-73-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-3 - art-73-3/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (1)), art-73-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - art-73-3/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (1)), art-73-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - art-73-3/par-4: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (1)), art-73-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - art-73-3/par-5: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第四項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (4)), art-73-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-4 - art-73-3/par-5: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (1)), art-73-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - art-73-3/par-6: 第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第四項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (4)), art-73-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-4 - art-73-3/par-6: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (1)), art-73-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - art-73-3/par-7: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (1)), art-73-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - art-73-3/par-7: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第二項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (2)), art-73-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-2 - art-73-3/par-7: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第三項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (3)), art-73-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-3 - art-73-3/par-7: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第四項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (4)), art-73-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-4 - art-73-3/par-7: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第五項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (5)), art-73-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-5 - art-73-3/par-7: 前各項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第六項 (Article 73-3, paragraph (6)), art-73-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-6 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の三第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-3/par-7 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-4/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の五第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条の七第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74-7/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-20260913T134912-034, translated 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