# 国籍法施行規則 / Enforcement Regulation of the Nationality Act — 第四条 (Article 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-4. 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: 第四条 (Article 4)（法定代理人がする届出等） — address `art-4` - Text in force since: 2016-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（法定代理人がする届出等） — (Notification by Statutory Agent) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-4 **第一項** 法第十八条の規定により法定代理人が国籍取得若しくは国籍離脱の届出又は帰化の許可の申請をするときは、届書又は申請書に法定代理人の氏名、住所及び資格を記載し、その資格を証する書面を添付しなければならない。 art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act-enforcement-regulation/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/359M50000010039/art-4/par-1 When a statutory agent makes a notification of acquisition of nationality or renouncement of nationality or an application for permission of naturalization pursuant to the provisions of Article 18 of the Act, the name, address, and qualification of the statutory agent must be stated in a written notification or written application, and a document certifying the agent's qualification must be attached thereto. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-4/par-1: 法第十八条 → 国籍法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/nationality-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000147/art-18 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 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 — 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