# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の四十二 (Article 55-42) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42. 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: 第五十五条の四十二 (Article 55-42)（診療等） — address `art-55-42` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42 - e-Gov law ID: 326CO0000000319 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条の四十二（診療等） — Medical Treatment, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-55-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42 **第一項** 入国者収容所長等は、被収容者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、速やかに、医師等職員又は入国者収容所長等が委嘱する医師等（医師又は歯科医師をいう。次条及び第五十五条の五十三第五項において同じ。）による診療（栄養補給の処置を含む。以下この節及び第五十五条の六十八第一項第五号において同じ。）を行い、その他必要な医療上の措置をとるものとする。ただし、第一号に該当する場合において、その者の心身に著しい障害が生ずるおそれ又は他人にその疾病を感染させるおそれがないときは、その者の意思に反しない場合に限る。 art-55-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-1 If a detainee falls under any of the following items, the director of an immigration detention center, etc. is to promptly provide medical treatment (including nutritional support measures; the same applies hereinafter in this Section and in Article 55-68, paragraph (1), item (v)) by a physician or dentist on staff or by a physician, etc. (meaning a physician or dentist; the same applies in the following Article and in Article 55-53, paragraph (5)) commissioned by the director of an immigration detention center, etc., and take other necessary medical measures; provided, however, that in the case where the detainee falls under item (i), if there is no risk of serious harm to the detainee's mind or body or of the detainee infecting others with the disease, this applies only if it is not against the detainee's will: machine translation, not official **一** 負傷し、若しくは疾病にかかつているとき、又はこれらの疑いがあるとき。 art-55-42/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-1/item-1 if the detainee is injured or ill, or is suspected of being so; machine translation, not official **二** 飲食物を摂取しない場合において、その心身に著しい障害が生ずるおそれがあるとき。 art-55-42/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-1/item-2 if, in the case where the detainee does not take food or drink, there is a risk of serious harm to the detainee's mind or body. machine translation, not official **第二項** 入国者収容所長等は、前項の規定により診療を行う場合において、必要に応じ被収容者を入国者収容所等の外の病院又は診療所に通院させ、やむを得ないときは被収容者を入国者収容所等の外の病院又は診療所に入院させることができる。 art-55-42/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-2 In the case where the director of the immigration detention center, etc. provides medical treatment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the director may, as necessary, have the detainee visit a hospital or clinic outside the immigration detention center, etc. as an outpatient, and, if unavoidable, have the detainee admitted to a hospital or clinic outside the immigration detention center, etc. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-42/par-1: 次条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十三 (Article 55-43), art-55-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-43 - art-55-42/par-1: 第五十五条の五十三第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の五十三第五項 (Article 55-53, paragraph (5)), art-55-53/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-53/par-5 - art-55-42/par-1: 第五十五条の六十八第一項第五号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の六十八第一項第五号 (Article 55-68, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-55-68/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-68/par-1/item-5 - art-55-42/par-1: 第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十二第一項第一号 (Article 55-42, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-55-42/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-1/item-1 - art-55-42/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十二第一項 (Article 55-42, paragraph (1)), art-55-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/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 第五十五条の四十二第一項（診療等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十二第二項（診療等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-42/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十五第一項（感染症予防上の措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-45/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の四十六第一項（養護のための措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-46/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 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-019, translated 2026-09-13 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260918T121515-002, translated 2026-09-18 - This site's parser, version 225 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05