# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16. 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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) — address `suppl-4211-79/art-16` - 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-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条 suppl-4211-79/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に登録証明書を所持しない中長期在留者は、附則第十三条第一項の規定による在留カードの交付の申請をした場合を除き、施行日（施行日において本邦から出国している場合にあっては、施行日以後最初に入国した日）から十四日以内に、法務省令で定める手続により、法務大臣に対し、在留カードの交付を申請しなければならない。 suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 A mid- to long-term resident who does not possess a registration certificate at the time this Act comes into effect must, except where the mid- to long-term resident has applied for the issuance of a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, apply to the Minister of Justice for the issuance of a residence card, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, within 14 days from the Effective Date (if the mid- to long-term resident has departed from Japan as of the Effective Date, the date on which the mid- to long-term resident first enters Japan on or after the Effective Date). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、同項に規定する中長期在留者が、施行日の一月前から施行日の前日までの間に、旧外国人登録法第三条第一項又は第七条第一項の規定による申請をし、この法律の施行の際現に当該申請に係る登録証明書の交付を受けていないときは、施行日において、前項の規定による申請をしたものとみなす。 suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a mid- to long-term resident prescribed in that paragraph has filed an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Alien Registration Act during the period from one month before the Effective Date to the day before the Effective Date and has not been issued the registration certificate pertaining to that application at the time this Act comes into effect, the mid- to long-term resident is deemed to have filed the application under the preceding paragraph on the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第三項** 法務大臣は、第一項の規定による申請があった場合には、入国審査官に、当該中長期在留者に対し、在留カードを交付させるものとする。 suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-3 If an application under paragraph (1) has been filed, the Minister of Justice is to have an immigration inspector issue a residence card to that mid- to long-term resident. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1: 附則第十三条第一項 → 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-16/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 - suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-1 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-11/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-16/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十七条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-17/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-17/par-1/item-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十七条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-17/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-17/par-1/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-19/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第三十七条第一項第一号（罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-37/par-1/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-40/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-20260913T134912-042, 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