# Article 14-2, paragraph (1), its wordings — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/history/art-14-2/par-1. 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. How the wording of Article 14-2, paragraph (1) (第十四条の二第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change. - Law: Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act - Provision: Article 14-2, paragraph (1) (第十四条の二第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-14-2/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/immigration-control-act/art-14-2/par-1) - The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/amendments - 2 wordings, oldest first. ## 1. Before Act No. 32 of 2026 - State: In force Japanese: > 入国審査官は、指定旅客船（本邦と本邦外の地域との間の航路に就航する旅客船であつて、乗客の本人確認の措置が的確に行われていることその他の事情を勘案して出入国在留管理庁長官が指定するものをいう。以下同じ。）に乗つている外国人（乗員を除く。）が、当該指定旅客船が本邦にある間、観光のため、当該指定旅客船が寄港する本邦の出入国港において下船する都度当該出入国港から当該指定旅客船が出港するまでの間に帰船することを条件として、出国するまでの間三十日（本邦内の寄港地の数が一である航路に就航する指定旅客船に乗つている外国人にあつては、七日）を超えない範囲内で上陸することを希望する場合において、法務省令で定める手続により、その者につき、当該指定旅客船の船長又は当該指定旅客船を運航する運送業者の申請があつたときは、当該外国人に対し船舶観光上陸を許可することができる。 English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice): > An immigration inspector may grant a foreign national (except for crew members) aboard a designated passenger ship (a passenger ship in service on a route between Japan and an area outside of Japan which is designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency taking into account the fact that measures of verifying the identity of the passengers are appropriately taken and other circumstances; the same applies hereinafter) landing permission for cruise ship tourists upon an application by the captain of the designated passenger ship or the carrier who operates the designated passenger ship, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, if the foreign national wishes to land and stay for no more than 30 days (7 days for foreign nationals aboard a designated passenger ship in service on a route in which the number of ports of call within Japan is one) until the time of departure from Japan, for the purpose of sightseeing while the designated passenger ship is in Japan, on the condition that the foreign national returns to the ship by the time the designated passenger ship is to depart from the port of entry or departure for each occasion they disembark from the ship at a Japanese port of entry or departure at which the designated passenger ship makes a port of call. ## 2. By 31 March 2029 — Act No. 32 of 2026 - State: Not yet in force - Takes effect: By 31 March 2029 - The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 32 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032 Japanese: > 入国審査官は、指定旅客船（本邦と本邦外の地域との間の航路に就航する旅客船であつて、乗客の本人確認の措置が的確に行われていることその他の事情を勘案して出入国在留管理庁長官が指定するものをいう。以下同じ。）に乗つている外国人（乗員を除き、第十五条の二の認証を受けた者に限る。）が、当該指定旅客船が本邦にある間、観光のため、当該指定旅客船が寄港する本邦の出入国港において下船する都度当該出入国港から当該指定旅客船が出港するまでの間に帰船することを条件として、出国するまでの間三十日（本邦内の寄港地の数が一である航路に就航する指定旅客船に乗つている外国人にあつては、七日）を超えない範囲内で上陸することを希望する場合において、法務省令で定める手続により、その者につき、当該指定旅客船の船長又は当該指定旅客船を運航する運送業者の申請があつたときは、当該外国人に対し船舶観光上陸の許可をすることができる。 English (Machine translation, not official): > An immigration inspector may grant a foreign national (except for crew members, and limited to those who have received the certification under Article 15-2) aboard a designated passenger ship (a passenger ship in service on a route between Japan and an area outside of Japan which is designated by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency taking into account the fact that measures of verifying the identity of the passengers are appropriately taken and other circumstances; the same applies hereinafter) landing permission for cruise ship tourists upon an application by the captain of the designated passenger ship or the carrier who operates the designated passenger ship, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, if the foreign national wishes to land and stay for no more than 30 days (7 days for foreign nationals aboard a designated passenger ship in service on a route in which the number of ports of call within Japan is one) until the time of departure from Japan, for the purpose of sightseeing while the designated passenger ship is in Japan, on the condition that the foreign national returns to the ship by the time the designated passenger ship is to depart from the port of entry or departure for each occasion they disembark from the ship at a Japanese port of entry or departure at which the designated passenger ship makes a port of call. --- ## Sources - The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319) - English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb) - English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI - The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20281031_508AC0000000032) - The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20290331_508AC0000000032)