# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第二十六条の三 (Article 26-3) - 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: 第二十六条の三 (Article 26-3)（短期滞在に係るみなし再入国許可） — address `art-26-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十六条の三（短期滞在に係るみなし再入国許可） — (Special Re-entry Permission Pertaining to Temporary Visitors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-26-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-3 **第一項** 本邦に短期滞在の在留資格をもつて在留する外国人で有効な旅券を所持するものが、法務省令で定めるところにより、入国審査官に対し、指定旅客船で再び入国する意図を表明して当該指定旅客船で出国するときは、第二十六条第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項の再入国の許可を受けたものとみなす。ただし、出入国の公正な管理のため再入国の許可を要する者として法務省令で定めるものに該当する者については、この限りでない。 art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-3/par-1 A foreign national with the status of residence of "Temporary Visitor" in Japan who possesses a valid passport is deemed to have been granted the re-entry permission set forth in Article 26, paragraph (1), if they depart from Japan on a designated passenger ship by expressing the intention of re-entering Japan on the designated passenger ship to an immigration inspector pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), Article 26; provided, however, that this does not apply to those persons who fall under the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order as persons required to acquire re-entry permission for the purpose of impartial control over immigration. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の規定により外国人が受けたものとみなされる再入国の許可について準用する。この場合において、同条第二項中「一年」とあるのは、「十五日」と読み替えるものとする。 art-26-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-3/par-2 The provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the re-entry permission deemed to have been granted to the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "one year" in paragraph (2) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "15 days." Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-26-3/par-1: 第二十六条第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26/par-1 - art-26-3/par-2: 前条第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二第二項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (2)), art-26-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2/par-2 - art-26-3/par-2: 第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二第三項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (3)), art-26-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2/par-3 - art-26-3/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の三第一項 (Article 26-3, paragraph (1)), art-26-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-3/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六条第一項（上陸の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-6/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十四条第一項第四号ロ（退去強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-24/par-1/item-4/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-24/par-1/item-4/sub-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の三第二項（短期滞在に係るみなし再入国許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-3/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五条第一項（上陸の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-5/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五条第七項（上陸の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-5/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-5/par-7 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第二十七条第六項第二号イ（出国の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-27/par-6/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-27/par-6/item-2/sub-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第二十九条の三第一項（短期滞在に係るみなし再入国許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-29-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-29-3/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第二十九条の四第一項（再入国の許可を要する者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-29-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-29-4/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