# 国籍法施行規則 / Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act — 第一条 (Article 1) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-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. - Law: 国籍法施行規則 (Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act), 昭和五十九年法務省令第三十九号 - English title "Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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. - Provision: 第一条 (Article 1)（国籍取得の届出） — address `art-1` - Text in force since: 2016-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（国籍取得の届出） — (Notification of Acquisition of Nationality) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1 **第一項** 国籍法（昭和二十五年法律第百四十七号。以下「法」という。）第三条第一項又は第十七条第二項の規定による国籍取得の届出は、国籍の取得をしようとする者が日本に住所を有するときはその住所地を管轄する法務局又は地方法務局の長を経由して、その者が外国に住所を有するときはその国に駐在する領事官（領事官の職務を行う大使館若しくは公使館の長又はその事務を代理する者を含む。以下同じ。）を経由してしなければならない。ただし、その者が外国に住所を有する場合であつても日本に居所を有するときは、その居所地を管轄する法務局又は地方法務局の長を経由してすることができる。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-1 With regard to a notification of acquisition of nationality under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Nationality Act (Act No. 147 of 1950; hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), if a person who intends to acquire nationality has domicile in Japan, it must be made through the Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau having jurisdiction over the domicile of said person, or if said person has domicile in a foreign country, it must be made through a consular officer (including the head of an embassy or legation who performs the duties of a consular officer or a person who administers affairs on behalf of such head; the same applies hereinafter) who is stationed in the foreign country; provided, however, that if said person has domicile in a foreign country but has residence in Japan, the person may make this notification through the Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau having jurisdiction over the place of residence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法第十七条第一項の規定による国籍取得の届出は、国籍の取得をしようとする者の住所地を管轄する法務局又は地方法務局の長を経由してしなければならない。 art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-2 A notification of acquisition of nationality under the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Act must be made through the Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau having jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the person who intends to acquire nationality. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A notification of acquisition of nationality under the provisions of Article 17 of the Act, paragraph (1) must be made through the Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau or District Legal Affairs Bureau having jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the person who intends to acquire nationality." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3926/tb **第三項** 前二項の届出は、届出をしようとする者が自ら法務局、地方法務局又は在外公館に出頭して、書面によつてしなければならない。 art-1/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-3 The notification set forth in the preceding two paragraphs must be made in writing by way of the person who intends to make the notification appearing in person at the Legal Affairs Bureau, District Legal Affairs Bureau, or overseas diplomatic establishment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 届書には、次の事項を記載して届出をする者が署名しなければならない。 art-1/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4 A written notification must state the following matters and be signed by the person who makes the notification: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 国籍の取得をしようとする者の氏名、現に有する国籍、出生の年月日及び場所、住所並びに男女の別 art-1/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4/item-1 the name, current nationality, date and place of birth, domicile, and sex of the person who intends to acquire nationality; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 父母の氏名及び本籍、父又は母が外国人であるときは、その氏名及び国籍 art-1/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4/item-2 the names and the registered domicile of the parents of the person who intends to acquire nationality, and if the mother or father is a foreign national, their name and nationality; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 国籍を取得すべき事由 art-1/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4/item-3 the grounds for acquiring nationality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 法第三条第一項の規定による国籍取得の届出をする場合においては、前項の届書に次に掲げる書類を添付しなければならない。ただし、やむを得ない理由により、第三号又は第四号の書類を添付することができないときは、その理由を記載した書類を提出するものとし、認知の裁判が確定しているときは、第三号から第五号までの書類の添付を要しないものとする。 art-1/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5 In the case of making a notification of acquisition of nationality pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act, the following documents must be attached to the written notification set forth in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that if it is not possible to attach the document set forth in item (iii) or item (iv) for unavoidable reasons, a document stating such reasons is to be submitted, and if a judicial decision on acknowledgment of parentage has become final and binding, the documents listed in items (iii) through (v) are not required to be attached: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 認知した父又は母の出生時からの戸籍及び除かれた戸籍の謄本又は全部事項証明書 art-1/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-1 certified copies or certificates of all matters of all of the family registers and removed family registers since the birth of the mother or father who has acknowledged parentage; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 国籍の取得をしようとする者の出生を証する書面 art-1/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-2 a document certifying the birth of the person who intends to acquire nationality; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 認知に至つた経緯等を記載した父母の申述書 art-1/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-3 a written statement made by the mother and father explaining matters such as the background to the acknowledgment of parentage; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 母が国籍の取得をしようとする者を懐胎した時期に係る父母の渡航履歴を証する書面 art-1/par-5/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-4 documents certifying the records of overseas travels of the mother and father regarding the time when the mother conceived the person who intends to acquire nationality; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他実親子関係を認めるに足りる資料 art-1/par-5/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-5 other materials sufficiently showing the existence of a natural parent-child relationship. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 法第十七条の規定による国籍取得の届出をする場合においては、第四項の届書に国籍取得の条件を備えていることを証するに足りる書類を添付しなければならない。 art-1/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-6 In the case of making a notification of acquisition of nationality pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 of the Act, a document sufficiently proving that the person who intends to acquire nationality meets the conditions for acquisition of nationality must be attached to the written notification set forth in paragraph (4). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-1/par-1: 国籍法（昭和二十五年法律第百四十七号。以下「法」という。）第三条第一項 → 国籍法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000147/art-3/par-1 - art-1/par-1: 第十七条第二項 → 国籍法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000147/art-17/par-2 - art-1/par-2: 法第十七条第一項 → 国籍法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000147/art-17/par-1 - art-1/par-3: 前二項 → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第一項 (Article 1, paragraph (1)), art-1/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-1 - art-1/par-3: 前二項 → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第二項 (Article 1, paragraph (2)), art-1/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-2 - art-1/par-5: 法第三条第一項 → 国籍法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000147/art-3/par-1 - art-1/par-5: 前項 → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第四項 (Article 1, paragraph (4)), art-1/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4 - art-1/par-5: 第三号 → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第四項第三号 (Article 1, paragraph (4), item (iii)), art-1/par-4/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4/item-3 - art-1/par-5: 第三号から第五号まで → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第五項第三号 (Article 1, paragraph (5), item (iii)), art-1/par-5/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-3 - art-1/par-5: 第三号から第五号まで → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第五項第四号 (Article 1, paragraph (5), item (iv)), art-1/par-5/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-4 - art-1/par-5: 第三号から第五号まで → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第五項第五号 (Article 1, paragraph (5), item (v)), art-1/par-5/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5/item-5 - art-1/par-6: 法第十七条 → 国籍法 第十七条 (Article 17), art-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000147/art-17 - art-1/par-6: 第四項 → 国籍法施行規則 第一条第四項 (Article 1, paragraph (4)), art-1/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国籍法施行規則 第一条第三項（国籍取得の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-3 - 国籍法施行規則 第一条第五項（国籍取得の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-5 - 国籍法施行規則 第一条第六項（国籍取得の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-1/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-1/par-6 - 国籍法施行規則 第三条第一項（国籍離脱の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-3/par-1 - 国籍法施行規則 附則第二項（特例による国籍取得の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/suppl-3599-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/suppl-3599-39/par-2 - 国籍法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置及び特例による国籍取得の届出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/suppl-4209-73/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/suppl-4209-73/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act, written 2026-11-03 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国籍法施行規則 — the text in force from 2016-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/359M50000010039/20160401_428M60000010009), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act (国籍法施行規則), Article 1, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3926/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3926/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 222 — 国籍法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02