# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78. 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（没収） — address `art-78` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（没収） — (Confiscation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78 **第一項** 第七十条第一項第一号、第七十四条、第七十四条の二又は第七十四条の四の犯罪行為の用に供した船舶等又は車両で、犯人の所有又は占有に係るものは、没収する。ただし、その船舶等又は車両が犯人以外の者の所有に係り、かつ、その者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合は、この限りでない。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78/par-1 A vessel, an aircraft or a vehicle used for committing a criminal act prescribed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 74, Article 74-2 or Article 74-4 which is owned or possessed by an offender is confiscated; provided however, that this does not apply if the vessel, aircraft or vehicle is owned by a person other than the offender that falls under either of the following sub-items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第七十条第一項第一号、第七十四条、第七十四条の二又は第七十四条の四の犯罪が行われることをあらかじめ知らないでその犯罪が行われた時から引き続きその船舶等又は車両を所有していると認められるとき。 art-78/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78/par-1/item-1 if it is found that the person has no prior knowledge that the crime set forth in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i), Article 74, Article 74-2 or Article 74-4 is to be committed, and continued to own the vessel, aircraft or vehicle from the time the crime was committed; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に規定する犯罪が行われた後、その情を知らないでその船舶等又は車両を取得したと認められるとき。 art-78/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78/par-1/item-2 if it is found that the person came to acquire the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle after the crime prescribed in the preceding item was committed, without the knowledge that it was used in the commission of a crime. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78/par-1: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 - art-78/par-1: 第七十四条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74 - art-78/par-1: 第七十四条の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条の二 (Article 74-2), art-74-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74-2 - art-78/par-1: 第七十四条の四 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条の四 (Article 74-4), art-74-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74-4 - art-78/par-1/item-1: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 - art-78/par-1/item-1: 第七十四条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74 - art-78/par-1/item-1: 第七十四条の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条の二 (Article 74-2), art-74-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74-2 - art-78/par-1/item-1: 第七十四条の四 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十四条の四 (Article 74-4), art-74-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-74-4 - art-78/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十八条第一項第一号 (Article 78, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-78/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十八条第一項第二号（没収） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-78/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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