# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十九条の二十一 (Article 19-21) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21. 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: 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: 第十九条の二十一 (Article 19-21)（改善命令等） — address `art-19-21` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-21 - 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. --- ### 第十九条の二十一（改善命令等） — (Improvement Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-21 **第一項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、第十九条の十九各号に掲げる事項が確保されていないと認めるときは、特定技能所属機関に対し、期限を定めて、その改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-19-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-21/par-1 If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds that the particulars set forth in the items of Article 19-19 have not been secured, the Commissioner may order the organization of affiliation of the specified skilled worker to take measures necessary to improve the situation by a set deadline. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 出入国在留管理庁長官は、前項の規定による命令をした場合には、その旨を公示しなければならない。 art-19-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-21/par-2 If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has issued an order pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner must issue public notice to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19-21/par-1: 第十九条の十九 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十九 (Article 19-19), art-19-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-19 - art-19-21/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十一第一項 (Article 19-21, paragraph (1)), art-19-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-21/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 第十九条の二十一第二項（改善命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-19-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-21/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第七十一条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-71-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-71-3/par-1 - 地方出入国在留管理局組織規則 第七条第二項（首席審査官の職務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/regional-immigration-services-bureau-organization-rules/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/431M60000010027/art-7/par-2 - 地方出入国在留管理局組織規則 第十六条第二項（支局の首席審査官の職務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/regional-immigration-services-bureau-organization-rules/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/431M60000010027/art-16/par-2 --- ## 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 223 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05