# 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 / Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十五条 (Article 15) - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 (Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 昭和五十六年法務省令第五十四号 - English title "Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（乗員上陸の許可） — address `art-15` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15 - 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. --- ### 第十五条（乗員上陸の許可） — (Landing Permission for Crew Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15 **第一項** 法第十六条第一項の規定による乗員上陸の許可の申請は、別記第二十号様式による申請書二通を入国審査官に提出して行わなければならない。 art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-1 The application for permission for landing for crew members pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Act must be filed by submitting to an immigration inspector two copies of written applications pursuant to the Appended Form No. 20 . Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法第十六条第一項の規定による許可に係る同条第四項に規定する乗員上陸許可書の様式は、別記第二十一号様式による。 art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-2 The format of the crew member's landing permit prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Act pertaining to the permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 21. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 法第十六条第五項の規定による上陸期間、行動の範囲その他の制限は、次の各号によるものとする。 art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3 Restrictions on the landing period, scope of activities, and other restrictions pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (5) of the Act are to be pursuant to the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 上陸期間は、次の区分により、入国審査官が定める。 art-15/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1 the landing period is established by the immigration inspector in accordance with the following categories: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 一の出入国港の近傍に上陸を許可する場合（ロに掲げる場合を除く。）　七日以内 art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-1 where landing in the vicinity of one port of entry or departure is permitted (excluding the cases listed in sub-item (b)): within 7 days; machine translation, not official **ロ** 一の出入国港の近傍に上陸を許可する場合であつて入国審査官が特別の事由があると認めるとき　十五日以内 art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-2 where landing in the vicinity of one port of entry or departure is permitted and the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons:within 15 days; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** 二以上の出入国港の近傍に上陸を許可する場合　十五日以内 art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-3 where landing in the vicinity of 2 or more ports of entry or departure is permitted:within 15 days; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ニ** 乗つている船舶等の寄港した出入国港にある他の船舶等への乗換えのため上陸を許可する場合　七日以内 art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-4 where landing is permitted for transferring to another vessel or aircraft located at the port of entry or departure at which the vessel or aircraft that the crew member boarded arrived:within 7 days; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ホ** 他の出入国港にある他の船舶等への乗換えのため上陸を許可する場合　十五日以内 art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1/sub-5 where landing is permitted for transferring to another vessel or aircraft located at another port of entry or departure:within 15 days; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 行動の範囲は、入国審査官が特別の事由があると認めて別に定めた場合を除き、その者が到着した出入国港の所在する市町村の区域内とする。ただし、他の出入国港にある他の船舶等への乗換えのため上陸を許可する場合の通過経路は、乗り換えようとする船舶等のある出入国港までの順路によつて定める。 art-15/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-2 the scope of activities is within the area of the municipality where the port of entry or departure at which the crew member arrived is located, except for cases where the immigration inspector finds that there are special reasons and has decided otherwise; provided, however, that the route to be followed while in transit where landing is permitted for transferring to another vessel or aircraft located at another port of entry or departure is established according to the route to the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft to which the foreign national intends to transfer is located; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前各号のほか、入国審査官が付するその他の制限は、報酬を受ける活動の禁止その他特に必要と認める事項とする。 art-15/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-3 beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a remuneration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particularly necessary. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "beyond what is provided for in the preceding items, an immigration inspector prohibits activities for which the foreign national receives a renumeration and imposes other restrictions the inspector finds particulary necessary." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4180/tb --- ## Cites - art-15/par-1: 法第十六条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-16/par-1 - art-15/par-1: 別記第二十号様式 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 別記第四十 (Appended Note 40), note-40 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/note-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/note-40 - art-15/par-2: 法第十六条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-16/par-1 - art-15/par-2: 同条第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-16/par-4 - art-15/par-2: 別記第二十一号様式 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 別記第四十一 (Appended Note 41), note-41 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/note-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/note-41 - art-15/par-3: 法第十六条第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-16/par-5 - art-15/par-3/item-3: 前各号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十五条第三項第一号 (Article 15, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-15/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-1 - art-15/par-3/item-3: 前各号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十五条第三項第二号 (Article 15, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-15/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第十五条第三項第三号（乗員上陸の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-15/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-15/par-3/item-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第四十四条第七項第一号（在留特別許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-44/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-44/par-7/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第六十四条第一項第五号（電子情報処理組織による申請等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-64/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-64/par-1/item-5 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-09-23 - 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施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356M50000010054/20261001_508M60000010047), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則), Article 15, paragraph (3), item (iii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4180/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4180/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - claude-opus-5-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation-20260922T203209-002, translated 2026-09-23 - This site's parser, version 211 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05