# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の十八 (Article 55-18)

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- 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: 第五十五条の十八 (Article 55-18)（収容開始時の告知） — address `art-55-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五十五条の十八（収容開始時の告知） — Notification upon Commencement of Detention
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-55-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18</sup>

  **第一項**  入国者収容所長等は、被収容者に対し、その入国者収容所等における収容の開始に際し、次に掲げる事項を告知しなければならない。
  <sup>art-55-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1</sup>
  Upon commencing the detention of a detainee in the immigration detention center, etc., the director of the immigration detention center, etc. must notify the detainee of the following matters:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  物品の貸与及び支給並びに自弁に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-1</sup>
    matters concerning the lending and provision of goods and the use of goods obtained at one's own expense;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  第五十五条の二十九第一項に規定する保管私物その他の金品の取扱いに関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-2</sup>
    matters concerning the handling of personal effects kept by the detainee prescribed in Article 55-29, paragraph (1) and other money and goods;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **三**  保健衛生及び医療に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-3</sup>
    matters concerning health, hygiene and medical care;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **四**  宗教上の行為に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-4</sup>
    matters concerning religious acts;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **五**  書籍等の閲覧に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-5</sup>
    matters concerning the reading of books, etc.;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **六**  第五十五条の四十八第一項に規定する遵守事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-6</sup>
    the rules to be observed prescribed in Article 55-48, paragraph (1);
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **七**  面会及び通信の発受に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-7</sup>
    matters concerning visits and the sending and receiving of correspondence;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **八**  審査の申請を行うことができる措置、審査の申請をすべき行政庁及び審査の申請期間その他の審査の申請に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-8</sup>
    the measures against which a request for examination may be filed, the administrative agency with which the request for examination is to be filed, the period for filing the request for examination, and other matters concerning applications for review;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **九**  第五十五条の七十四第一項の規定による申告を行うことができる行為、申告先及び申告期間その他の同項の規定による申告に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-9</sup>
    the acts concerning which a report may be filed under the provisions of Article 55-74, paragraph (1), the authority to which the report is to be filed, the period for filing the report, and other matters concerning reports under the provisions of that paragraph; and
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **十**  苦情の申出に関する事項
    <sup>art-55-18/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1/item-10</sup>
    matters concerning the filing of complaints.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の規定による告知は、法務省令で定めるところにより、書面で行うものとする。
  <sup>art-55-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-2</sup>
  The notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be given in writing, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-55-18/par-1/item-2: 第五十五条の二十九第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の二十九第一項 (Article 55-29, paragraph (1)), art-55-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-29/par-1
- art-55-18/par-1/item-6: 第五十五条の四十八第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十八第一項 (Article 55-48, paragraph (1)), art-55-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-48/par-1
- art-55-18/par-1/item-9: 第五十五条の七十四第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十四第一項 (Article 55-74, paragraph (1)), art-55-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-74/par-1
- art-55-18/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の十八第一項 (Article 55-18, paragraph (1)), art-55-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の十八第二項（収容開始時の告知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-18/par-2
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の八第一項（収容開始時の告知の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-8/par-1
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の八第二項（収容開始時の告知の方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-8/par-2

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## 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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-016, translated 2026-09-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20261012T191010-001, translated 2026-10-13
- 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