# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十二条 (Article 12) - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号 - English title "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — 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. - Issued as a Cabinet Order and given the force of an Act, which is why its number says 政令: Some rules made during the Allied occupation were issued as Cabinet Orders, as orders implementing Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and an Act passed in 1952 gave them the force of an Act. They keep the Cabinet Order number they were issued under, which is why e-Gov lists the law as an Act while its number says 政令 (Cabinet Order). The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) is one: it was promulgated in 1951 as the Immigration Control Order (出入国管理令), Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951, has had the force of an Act under Article 4 of Act No. 126 of 1952, took its present title on 1 January 1982, and every amendment on e-Gov's record of it was made by an Act. - Provision: 第十二条 (Article 12)（法務大臣の裁決の特例） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12 - 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. --- ### 第十二条（法務大臣の裁決の特例） — (Special Cases of Decisions by the Minister of Justice) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12 **第一項** 法務大臣は、前条第三項の裁決に当たつて、異議の申出が理由がないと認める場合でも、当該外国人が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、その者の上陸を特別に許可することができる。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-1 In making a decision as set forth in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Justice may grant special permission for landing to the foreign national if they fall under any of the following items, even if the Minister finds that the objection filed is unreasonable: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 再入国の許可を受けているとき。 art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-1/item-1 the foreign national has been granted re-entry permission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 人身取引等により他人の支配下に置かれて本邦に入つたものであるとき。 art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-1/item-2 the foreign national has entered Japan under the control of another person due to human trafficking; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他法務大臣が特別に上陸を許可すべき事情があると認めるとき。 art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-1/item-3 the Minister of Justice finds that circumstances exist that warrant the granting of special permission for landing. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の許可は、前条第四項の適用については、異議の申出が理由がある旨の裁決とみなす。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-2 Regarding the application of paragraph (4) of the preceding article, the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph is deemed as a decision to the effect that the filed objection was within reason. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12/par-1: 前条第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-11/par-3 - art-12/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-2: 前条第四項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十一条第四項 (Article 11, paragraph (4)), art-11/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-11/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十二条第二項（法務大臣の裁決の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-12/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十九条の二第一項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-59-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-59-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令 第二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426M60000010037/art-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第二十六条第一項第五号（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-26/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-26/par-1/item-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第四条の二第一項第一号イ（上陸の拒否の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-4-2/par-1/item-1/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-4-2/par-1/item-1/sub-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第六十三条第一項第四号（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-63/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-63/par-1/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（第一条の規定による出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/suppl-4239-43/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/suppl-4239-43/art-2/par-1 --- ## 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 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20261001_508AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb), retrieved 2026-09-13 - This site's parser, version 211 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05