# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の十二 (Article 55-12) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12. 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: 第五十五条の十二 (Article 55-12)（委員会に対する情報の提供及び委員の視察等） — address `art-55-12` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の十二（委員会に対する情報の提供及び委員の視察等） — (Provision of Information to the Committee and Inspection by the Committee Members) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12 **第一項** 入国者収容所長等は、入国者収容所等の運営の状況について、法務省令で定めるところにより、定期的に、又は必要に応じて、委員会に対し、情報を提供するものとする。 art-55-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12/par-1 The director of immigration detention facilities is to provide the committee with information on the immigration detention facilities regarding its state of administration periodically or as needed, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 委員会は、入国者収容所等の運営の状況を把握するため、委員による入国者収容所等の視察をすることができる。この場合において、委員会は、必要があると認めるときは、入国者収容所長等に対し、委員による被収容者との面接の実施について協力を求めることができる。 art-55-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12/par-2 The committee may inspect the immigration detention facilities through visits by its committee members in order to gain an understanding of the situation of the administration of the immigration detention facilities. In this case, if the committee finds it necessary, it may seek cooperation from the director of the immigration detention facilities for conducting interviews of detainees by committee members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 入国者収容所長等は、前項の視察及び面接について、必要な協力をしなければならない。 art-55-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12/par-3 Directors of immigration detention facilities must provide cooperation necessary for inspections and interviews as set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第五十五条の六十第一項、第五十五条の六十一及び第五十五条の六十二の規定にかかわらず、被収容者が委員会に対して提出する書面については、検査し、又はその提出を差し止め、若しくは制限してはならない。 art-55-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 55-60, paragraph (1), Article 55-61 and Article 55-62, documents that a detainee submits to the Committee must not be inspected, and their submission must not be stopped or restricted. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-12/par-3: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の十二第二項 (Article 55-12, paragraph (2)), art-55-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12/par-2 - art-55-12/par-4: 第五十五条の六十第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の六十第一項 (Article 55-60, paragraph (1)), art-55-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-60/par-1 - art-55-12/par-4: 第五十五条の六十一 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の六十一 (Article 55-61), art-55-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-61 - art-55-12/par-4: 第五十五条の六十二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の六十二 (Article 55-62), art-55-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-62 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の十二第三項（委員会に対する情報の提供及び委員の視察等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-12/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の十四第二項（出国待機施設の視察等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-14/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の六第一項（委員会に対する情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-6/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の六第二項（委員会に対する情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-6/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の六第三項（委員会に対する情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-6/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 — 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 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-015, translated 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