# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18. 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: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18) — address `suppl-4211-79/art-18` - 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-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条 suppl-4211-79/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に本邦に在留する中長期在留者であって、旧外国人登録法第三条第一項の規定による申請をしていないものは、附則第十六条第三項の規定により在留カードの交付を受けた日（当該日に住居地がない場合にあっては、その後に住居地を定めた日）から十四日以内に、法務省令で定める手続により、住居地の市町村の長に対し、在留カードを提出した上、当該住居地の市町村の長を経由して、法務大臣に対し、その住居地を届け出なければならない。 suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-1 · 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 A mid- to long-term resident who is residing in Japan at the time this Act comes into effect and who has not filed an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Former Alien Registration Act must, within 14 days from the date on which they were issued a residence card pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if they have no place of residence on that date, the date on which they subsequently settle on a place of residence), notify the Minister of Justice of their place of residence through the mayor of the municipality of the place of residence upon submitting their residence card to the mayor of the municipality of the place of residence, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新入管法第十九条の七第二項の規定は、前項の規定による在留カードの提出があった場合に準用する。 suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-2 The provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) of the New Immigration Control Act apply mutatis mutandis if a residence card has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項に規定する中長期在留者が、在留カードを提出して住民基本台帳法第三十条の四十六の規定による届出をしたときは、当該届出は同項の規定による届出とみなす。 suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3 If the mid- to long-term resident provided for in paragraph (1) has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-46 of the Residential Basic Book Act by submitting their residence card, the notification is deemed to be the notification pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-1: 附則第十六条第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十六条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16, paragraph (3)), 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 - suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-1 — 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 - suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18, paragraph (1)), suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-1 — 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 - suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3: 住民基本台帳法第三十条の四十六 → 住民基本台帳法 第三十条の四十六 (Article 30-46), art-30-46 — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/art-30-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/art-30-46 ## 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 附則第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-10/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-18/par-3 - 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 附則第二十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-23/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第三十五条第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-35/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二号（罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-37/par-1/item-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第三十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-38/par-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-20260913T134912-043, translated 2026-10-18 - 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