# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第七十三条の五 (Article 73-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5. 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: 第七十三条の五 (Article 73-5) — address `art-73-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5 - 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. --- ### 第七十三条の五 art-73-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5 **第一項** 第七十三条の三第一項又は第四項の犯罪行為の用に供する目的で、器械又は原料を準備した者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-73-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-1 A person who prepares instruments or materials for the purpose of use in committing the criminal act set forth in Article 73-3, paragraph (1) or (4) is punished with imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 500,000 yen. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第七十三条の三第四項の犯罪行為の用に供する目的で、在留カード電磁的記録の情報を取得し、又は提供した者も、前項と同様とする。 art-73-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-2 The preceding paragraph also applies to a person who acquires or provides the information of a residence card electronic or magnetic record for the purpose of use in committing the criminal act set forth in Article 73-3, paragraph (4). machine translation, not official **第三項** 不正に取得された在留カード電磁的記録の情報を、第七十三条の三第四項の犯罪行為の用に供する目的で保管した者も、第一項と同様とする。 art-73-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-3 Paragraph (1) also applies to a person who keeps unlawfully acquired information of a residence card electronic or magnetic record for the purpose of use in committing the criminal act set forth in Article 73-3, paragraph (4). machine translation, not official **第四項** 第二項の罪の未遂は、罰する。 art-73-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-4 An attempt to commit the crime referred to in paragraph (2) is punishable. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-73-5/par-1: 第七十三条の三第一項 → 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-73-5/par-1: 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-73-5/par-2: 第七十三条の三第四項 → 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-73-5/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の五第一項 (Article 73-5, paragraph (1)), art-73-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-1 - art-73-5/par-3: 第七十三条の三第四項 → 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-73-5/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の五第一項 (Article 73-5, paragraph (1)), art-73-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-1 - art-73-5/par-4: 第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十三条の五第二項 (Article 73-5, paragraph (2)), art-73-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-2 ## 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 第七十三条の五第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-73-5/par-4 - 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-20260913T134912-035, 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