# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2) - 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: 第六十一条の二 (Article 61-2)（難民の認定等） — address `art-61-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十一条の二（難民の認定等） — Recognition of Refugee Status, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2 **第一項** 法務大臣は、本邦にある外国人から法務省令で定める手続により難民である旨の認定の申請があつたときは、その提出した資料に基づき、その者が難民である旨の認定（以下「難民の認定」という。）を行うことができる。 art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-1 If a foreign national in Japan files an application for recognition of refugee status in accordance with the procedures provided by Ministry of Justice Order, the Minister of Justice may recognize that person as a refugee (hereinafter referred to as "recognition of refugee status") based on the materials submitted. machine translation, not official **第二項** 法務大臣は、本邦にある外国人から法務省令で定める手続により補完的保護対象者である旨の認定の申請があつたときは、その提出した資料に基づき、その者が補完的保護対象者である旨の認定（以下「補完的保護対象者の認定」という。）を行うことができる。 art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-2 If a foreign national in Japan files an application for recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection in accordance with the procedures provided by Ministry of Justice Order, the Minister of Justice may recognize that person as a person eligible for complementary protection (hereinafter referred to as "recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection") based on the materials submitted. machine translation, not official **第三項** 法務大臣は、第一項の申請をした外国人について難民の認定をしない処分をする場合において、当該外国人が補完的保護対象者に該当すると認めるときは、補完的保護対象者の認定を行うことができる。 art-61-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-3 In the case where the Minister of Justice makes a disposition not to grant recognition of refugee status to a foreign national who has filed the application set forth in paragraph (1), if the Minister finds that the foreign national falls under the category of a person eligible for complementary protection, the Minister may grant recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection. machine translation, not official **第四項** 法務大臣は、第一項の申請をした外国人について、難民の認定をしたときは、法務省令で定める手続により、当該外国人に対し、難民認定証明書を交付し、その認定をしない処分をしたときは、当該外国人に対し、理由を付した書面をもつて、その旨を通知する。 art-61-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-4 If the recognition of refugee status has been made for a foreign national who has filed the application set forth in paragraph (1), the Minister of Justice is to issue a certificate of refugee status to the foreign national in accordance with the procedures provided by Ministry of Justice Order, and if a disposition denying recognition of refugee status has been made, the foreign national is to be notified to that effect in writing with the reason attached. machine translation, not official **第五項** 法務大臣は、第一項又は第二項の申請をした外国人について、補完的保護対象者の認定をしたときは、法務省令で定める手続により、当該外国人に対し、補完的保護対象者認定証明書を交付し、同項の申請があつた場合においてその認定をしない処分をしたときは、当該外国人に対し、理由を付した書面をもつて、その旨を通知する。 art-61-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-5 If recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection has been made for a foreign national who has filed the application set forth in paragraph (1) or (2), the Minister of Justice is to issue a certificate of recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection to the foreign national in accordance with the procedures provided by Ministry of Justice Order, and if, in the case where the application set forth in paragraph (2) has been filed, a disposition denying that recognition has been made, the foreign national is to be notified to that effect in writing with the reason attached. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-61-2/par-3: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第一項 (Article 61-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-1 - art-61-2/par-4: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第一項 (Article 61-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-1 - art-61-2/par-5: 第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第一項 (Article 61-2, paragraph (1)), art-61-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-1 - art-61-2/par-5: 第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第二項 (Article 61-2, paragraph (2)), art-61-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-2 ## Cited by 41 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第一項（在留資格の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十四条第一項第十号（退去強制） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-24/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-24/par-1/item-10 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第五十条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-50/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-50/par-1/item-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第三項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第四項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二第五項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2/par-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の二第一項（在留資格に係る許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-2/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の四第一項（仮滞在の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-4/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の四第一項第六号（仮滞在の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-4/par-1/item-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の四第五項第五号（仮滞在の許可） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-4/par-5/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-4/par-5/item-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の九第二項（退去強制手続との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-9/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の九第三項（退去強制手続との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-9/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の九第四項第一号（退去強制手続との関係） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-9/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-9/par-4/item-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十二第一項第二号（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-12/par-1/item-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十二第一項第五号（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-12/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-12/par-1/item-5 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十二第二項（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-12/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第六十一条の二の十七第四項（事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-61-2-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-61-2-17/par-4 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-3561-86/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-3561-86/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4161-73/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4161-73/art-7/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第三条第一項（難民の認定等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-3/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十一条第一項（在留資格に係る許可に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-11/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十五条第一項（難民認定申請等と退去強制手続との関係に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十五条第二項（難民認定申請等と退去強制手続との関係に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十五条第三項（難民認定申請等と退去強制手続との関係に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第十五条第四項（難民認定申請等と退去強制手続との関係に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-5051-56/art-15/par-4 - 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出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第二項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第六項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-6 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第七項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-7 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第八項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-8 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第九項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-9 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則 第五十五条第十項（難民の認定等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/art-55/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/356M50000010054/art-55/par-10 - 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