# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14. 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: 第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14) — address `suppl-4211-79/art-14` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14 - 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. --- ### 第十四条 suppl-4211-79/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14 **第一項** 法務大臣は、施行日前においても、前条第一項の規定による申請に関し、同条第六項の規定による在留カードの交付の準備のため必要があるときは、その職員に事実の調査をさせることができる。 suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 Even before the Effective Date, the Minister of Justice may, when necessary for preparing the issuance of residence cards pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article in relation to applications under paragraph (1) of that Article, have officials of the Ministry investigate the facts. machine translation, not official **第二項** 入国審査官又は入国警備官は、前項の調査のため必要があるときは、関係人に対し、出頭を求め、質問をし、又は文書の提示を求めることができる。 suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-2 An immigration inspector or immigration control officer may, when necessary for the investigation set forth in the preceding paragraph, request the persons concerned to appear, question them, or request them to present documents. machine translation, not official **第三項** 法務大臣、入国審査官又は入国警備官は、第一項の調査について、公務所又は公私の団体に照会して必要な事項の報告を求めることができる。 suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-3 The Minister of Justice, an immigration inspector or an immigration control officer may make inquiries to public offices or to public or private organizations and request reports on necessary matters with regard to the investigation set forth in paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1: 前条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-13/par-1 - suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1: 同条第六項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十三条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (6)), suppl-4211-79/art-13/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-13/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-13/par-6 - suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 - suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-1/par-1/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-14/par-3 --- ## 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-20260913T134912-042, translated 2026-09-13 - 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