# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61. 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61)（日本人の帰国） — address `art-61` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条（日本人の帰国） — (Return to Japan of Japanese Nationals) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61 **第一項** 本邦外の地域から本邦に帰国する日本人（乗員を除く。）は、有効な旅券（有効な旅券を所持することができないときは、日本の国籍を有することを証する文書）を所持し、その者が上陸する出入国港において、法務省令で定める手続により、入国審査官から帰国の確認を受けなければならない。 art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61/par-1 A Japanese national (except for crew members) who returns to Japan from an area outside of Japan is to possess a valid passport (a document that certifies Japanese nationality if they are unable to possess a valid passport) and must receive confirmation of their return to Japan from an immigration inspector in accordance with the procedures provided by Ministry of Justice Order, at the port of entry or departure at which the person lands. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十四条第一項（日本人の帰国） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-54/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 - 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