# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五十五条の七十七 (Article 55-77) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77. 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: 第五十五条の七十七 (Article 55-77)（法務大臣に対する苦情の申出） — address `art-55-77` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77 - 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. 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. --- ### 第五十五条の七十七（法務大臣に対する苦情の申出） — Complaints to the Minister of Justice caption: machine translation, not official art-55-77 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77 **第一項** 被収容者は、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ついて、書面で、法務大臣に対し、苦情の申出をすることができる。 art-55-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-1 A detainee may file a complaint in writing with the Minister of Justice concerning measures taken against the detainee by the director of the immigration detention center, etc. or other treatment the detainee has received. machine translation, not official **第二項** 第五十五条の六十八第二項の規定は、前項の苦情の申出について準用する。 art-55-77/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-2 The provisions of Article 55-68, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the complaint set forth in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第三項** 法務大臣は、第一項の苦情の申出を受けたときは、これを誠実に処理し、処理の結果を当該苦情の申出をした者に通知しなければならない。ただし、その者が出所したときは、この限りでない。 art-55-77/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-3 Upon receiving a complaint set forth in paragraph (1), the Minister of Justice must process it in good faith and notify the person who filed the complaint of the result of the processing; provided, however, that this does not apply if that person has left the facility. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55-77/par-2: 第五十五条の六十八第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の六十八第二項 (Article 55-68, paragraph (2)), art-55-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-68/par-2 - art-55-77/par-2: 前項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十七第一項 (Article 55-77, paragraph (1)), art-55-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-1 - art-55-77/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十七第一項 (Article 55-77, paragraph (1)), art-55-77/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十七第二項（法務大臣に対する苦情の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十七第三項（法務大臣に対する苦情の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-77/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十八第四項（監査官に対する苦情の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-78/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の七十九第四項（入国者収容所長等に対する苦情の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-79/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の八十第一項（秘密申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-80/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十五条の八十第二項（秘密申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-55-80/par-2 --- ## 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-20260913T134912-025, translated 2026-09-13 - 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