# 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 — 第五十九条 (Article 59) - 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: 第五十九条 (Article 59)（難民旅行証明書） — address `art-59` - 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-59 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59 - 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. --- ### 第五十九条（難民旅行証明書） — (Refugee Travel Document) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59 **第一項** 法第六十一条の二の十五第一項の規定により難民旅行証明書の交付を申請しようとする外国人は、別記第八十号様式による申請書一通及び写真二葉を地方出入国在留管理局に出頭して提出しなければならない。 art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-1 A foreign national who seeks to apply for the issuance of a refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Act must appear at a regional immigration services bureau and submit a copy of the written application pursuant to the Appended Form No. 80 and two photographs. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の申請に当たつては、第五十五条第三項に掲げる書類及び難民認定証明書を提示しなければならない。この場合においては、第五十五条第三項後段の規定を準用する。 art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-2 When filing the application set forth in the preceding paragraph, the foreign national must present the documents listed in Article 55, paragraph (3) and a certificate of refugee status. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 55, paragraph (3) are applied mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第三項** 法第六十一条の二の十五第一項に規定する難民旅行証明書の様式は、別記第八十一号様式による。 art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-3 The format of the refugee travel document prescribed in Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 81. machine translation, not official **第四項** 法第六十一条の二の十五第六項の規定による難民旅行証明書の有効期間延長許可の申請書の様式は、別記第八十二号様式による。 art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-4 The format of the written application for permission for extension of the validity period of a refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (6) of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 82. machine translation, not official **第五項** 法第六十一条の二の十五第八項の規定による難民旅行証明書の返納の命令は、別記第八十三号様式による難民旅行証明書返納命令書によつて行うものとする。 art-59/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-5 The order to return the refugee travel document pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-15, paragraph (8) of the Act is to be made by a written order to return the refugee travel document pursuant to the Appended Form No. 83. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第五十五条第五項の規定は、第一項の申請について準用する。 art-59/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-6 The provisions of Article 55, paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to the application set forth in paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-59/par-1: 法第六十一条の二の十五第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十五第一項 (Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1)), art-61-2-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-15/par-1 - art-59/par-1: 別記第八十号様式 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 別記第百九十六 (Appended Note 196), note-196 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/note-196 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/note-196 - art-59/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-1 - art-59/par-2: 第五十五条第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-3 - art-59/par-3: 法第六十一条の二の十五第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十五第一項 (Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1)), art-61-2-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-15/par-1 - art-59/par-3: 別記第八十一号様式 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 別記第百九十七 (Appended Note 197), note-197 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/note-197 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/note-197 - art-59/par-4: 法第六十一条の二の十五第六項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十五第六項 (Article 61-2-15, paragraph (6)), art-61-2-15/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-15/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-15/par-6 - art-59/par-4: 別記第八十二号様式 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 別記第百九十八 (Appended Note 198), note-198 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/note-198 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/note-198 - art-59/par-5: 法第六十一条の二の十五第八項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十五第八項 (Article 61-2-15, paragraph (8)), art-61-2-15/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-15/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-15/par-8 - art-59/par-5: 別記第八十三号様式 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 別記第百九十九 (Appended Note 199), note-199 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/note-199 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/note-199 - art-59/par-6: 第五十五条第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第五項 (Article 55, paragraph (5)), art-55/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-5 - art-59/par-6: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-1 ## Cited by 4 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 第五十九条第二項（難民旅行証明書） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十九条第六項（難民旅行証明書） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-59/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-59/par-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/suppl-4239-43/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/suppl-4239-43/art-5/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 附則第五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/suppl-4239-43/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/suppl-4239-43/art-5/par-3 --- ## 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 — 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-20260922T203209-019, 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