# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の五十六 (Article 55-56) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56. 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: 第五十五条の五十六 (Article 55-56)（領事官等以外の者との面会の立会い等） — address `art-55-56` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の五十六（領事官等以外の者との面会の立会い等） — Attendance at Visits with Persons Other Than Consular Officers, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-55-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56 **第一項** 入国者収容所長等は、その指名する職員に、被収容者と次に掲げる者（以下この節において「領事官等」という。）以外の者との面会に立ち会わせ、又はその面会の状況を録音させ、若しくは録画させるものとする。ただし、入国者収容所等の規律及び秩序を維持し、又は衛生を保持するため必要がないと認める場合には、その立会い並びに録音及び録画（次項において「立会い等」という。）をさせないことができる。 art-55-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-1 The director of the immigration detention center, etc. is to have an official designated by the director attend visits between a detainee and a person other than the persons listed below (hereinafter referred to as "consular officers, etc." in this Section), or have the official make an audio recording or video recording of the visit; provided, however, that if the director finds that it is not necessary in order to maintain discipline and order or to preserve sanitation at the immigration detention center, etc., the director may decide not to have the attendance and the audio and video recording (referred to as "attendance, etc." in the following paragraph) carried out: machine translation, not official **一** 被収容者の国籍又は市民権の属する国の領事官 art-55-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-1/item-1 a consular officer of the state of which the detainee is a national or citizen; machine translation, not official **二** 被収容者の訴訟代理人又は弁護人である弁護士（依頼によりこれらの者になろうとする弁護士を含む。） art-55-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-1/item-2 an attorney who is the detainee's counsel in a lawsuit or defense counsel (including an attorney who intends to become such counsel upon request). machine translation, not official **第二項** 入国者収容所長等は、前項の規定にかかわらず、被収容者と次に掲げる者との面会については、入国者収容所等の規律及び秩序を害する結果を生ずるおそれがあると認めるべき特別の事情がある場合を除き、立会い等をさせてはならない。 art-55-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the director of the immigration detention center, etc. must not have attendance, etc. carried out for visits between a detainee and the persons listed below, except in the case where there are special circumstances that give grounds to find that the visit is likely to result in harm to discipline and order at the immigration detention center, etc.: machine translation, not official **一** 自己に対する入国者収容所長等の措置その他自己が受けた処遇に関し調査を行う国又は地方公共団体の機関の職員 art-55-56/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-2/item-1 an official of an organ of the national government or of a local government that conducts an investigation concerning measures taken by the director of the immigration detention center, etc. against the detainee or other treatment the detainee has received; machine translation, not official **二** 自己に対する入国者収容所長等の措置その他自己が受けた処遇に関し弁護士法（昭和二十四年法律第二百五号）第三条第一項に規定する職務を遂行する弁護士 art-55-56/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-2/item-2 an attorney performing the duties provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Attorney Act (Act No. 205 of 1949) concerning measures taken by the director of the immigration detention center, etc. against the detainee or other treatment the detainee has received. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-56/par-1: 次項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の五十六第二項 (Article 55-56, paragraph (2)), art-55-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-2 - art-55-56/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の五十六第一項 (Article 55-56, paragraph (1)), art-55-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-1 - art-55-56/par-2/item-2: 弁護士法（昭和二十四年法律第二百五号）第三条第一項 → e-Gov law 324AC1000000205, 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — not held in this collection ## 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 第五十五条の四十九第三項（身体の検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-49/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の五十六第一項（領事官等以外の者との面会の立会い等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の五十六第二項（領事官等以外の者との面会の立会い等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-55-56/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十条の三十五第一項（面会の日の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-50-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-50-35/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-20260913T134912-022, 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