# 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律 / Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — as amended, not yet in force - 平成十七年法律第九十六号 · Act - English title "Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2029-03-31 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 31 March 2029. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20290331_508AC0000000032) - URL (this text's page): https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text - The text in force: https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act - English: 6 of 6 paragraphs, each marked below as the Ministry of Justice's, as the Ministry's with a slip corrected by this site, or as machine translation. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. Every provision carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. One provision of this text as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text/suppl-4171-96. --- **第一項** 出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号。以下「入管法」という。）第二条第五号ロに該当する旅券を所持する外国人（同条第一号に規定する外国人をいい、同条第二号に規定する乗員を除く。以下同じ。）であって、観光その他の目的で本邦に短期間滞在しようとする者のうち政令で定めるものが本邦に上陸しようとする場合においては、入管法第六条第一項本文の規定にかかわらず、その旅券には、入管法第三条第一項第四号イに規定する査証（以下「査証」という。）を要しない。 par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text#par-1 Among the foreign nationals (referring to "foreign national" as defined in Article 2, item (i) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act"), excluding "crew members" as defined in item (ii) of the same Article; the same applies hereinafter) who are in possession of a passport specified in Article 2, item (v), (b) of the same Act and who wish to stay in Japan for a short period for the purpose of sightseeing and other purposes, if anyone who is designated in a Cabinet Order seeks to disembark in Japan, then notwithstanding the provisions of the main text of Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, that foreign national's passport does not require the visa specified in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a) of the Immigration Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "visa"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定により査証を要しないとされる外国人は、入管法第七条第一項（第五号に係る部分に限る。）及び第七条の二の規定の適用については、入管法第六条第一項に規定する査証免除対象者とみなす。 par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text#par-2 A foreign national who is exempted from the requirement of a visa under the preceding paragraph is deemed to be a visa-exempt person prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act for the purpose of the application of Article 7, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion pertaining to item (v)) and Article 7-2 of the Immigration Control Act. machine translation, not official --- # 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms) ## 附　則 suppl-4171-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text **第一項** この法律は、二千五年日本国際博覧会の終了の日の翌日から施行する。 suppl-4171-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text This Act comes into effect as of the day following the last day of the 2005 Japan International Exposition. machine translation, not official ## 附　則 令和五年六月一六日法律第五六号 suppl-5051-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5051-56/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5051-56/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 略 suppl-5051-56/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text Omitted machine translation, not official **二** 第一条（入管法第十九条の五及び第十九条の十一の改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第三条、第二十六条及び第二十九条の規定、附則第三十一条中自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第八十六号）附則第十六条の改正規定並びに附則第三十二条から第三十四条まで及び第三十七条の規定　公布の日から起算して九月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-5051-56/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the provisions amending Articles 19-5 and 19-11 of the Immigration Control Act) and Articles 3, 26 and 29 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provision in Article 31 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Punishment of Acts Inflicting Death or Injury on Others by Driving a Motor Vehicle, etc. (Act No. 86 of 2013), and the provisions of Articles 32 through 34 and Article 37 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 9 months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ## 附　則 令和八年六月五日法律第三二号 suppl-5081-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-32/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text **第一項** この法律は、令和十一年三月三十一日までの間において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-5081-32/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period ending on March 31, 2029; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items. machine translation, not official **一** 附則第七条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5081-32/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第七条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-32/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text **第一項** 附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5081-32/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-application-special-measures-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032/text Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## 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第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律 — the text as 令和八年法律第三十二号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/417AC1000000096/20290331_508AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-10-20 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Special Measures concerning the Application for Landing by Foreign National in Possession of Passport specified in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3752/tb), retrieved 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch landing-application-special-measures-act-20261020T081725-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch landing-application-special-measures-act-20261020T081725-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording, batch landing-application-special-measures-act-amendments-20261020T081725-001, translated 2026-10-20 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording, batch landing-application-special-measures-act-amendments-20261020T091605-001, translated 2026-10-20 - This site's parser, version 210 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法第二条第五号ロの旅券を所持する外国人の上陸申請の特例に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-20