# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)
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- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4261-74/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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suppl-4261-74/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、平成二十七年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2015; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
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**一** 第一条中出入国管理及び難民認定法第五十二条に一項を加える改正規定及び同法第五十九条の二第一項の改正規定並びに附則第六条の規定 公布の日
suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provision in Article 1 adding one paragraph to Article 52 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, the provision in Article 1 amending Article 59-2, paragraph (1) of the same Act, and the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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**二** 第一条中出入国管理及び難民認定法の目次及び第六条第一項ただし書の改正規定、同法第十四条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第十五条第六項、第二十三条第一項及び第二十四条の改正規定、同法第四章第四節中第二十六条の二の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに同法第五十七条、第五十九条第一項、第六十一条の二の四第一項第二号、第七十条第一項、第七十二条、第七十三条の二第二項第三号、第七十七条第二号及び別表第一の四の表留学の項の改正規定並びに附則第四条及び第七条の規定並びに附則第八条のうち行政手続等における情報通信の技術の利用に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号）別表出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）の項中「及び第六項」の下に「、第十四条の二第四項」を加える改正規定 平成二十七年一月一日
suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions in Article 1 amending the table of contents and the proviso to Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, the provision adding one Article after Article 14 of the same Act, the provisions amending Article 15, paragraph (6), Article 23, paragraph (1) and Article 24 of the same Act, the provision adding one Article after Article 26-2 in Chapter IV, Section 4 of the same Act, and the provisions amending Article 57, Article 59, paragraph (1), Article 61-2-4, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 70, paragraph (1), Article 72, Article 73-2, paragraph (2), item (iii), Article 77, item (ii) and the row for "Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the same Act; the provisions of Articles 4 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions; and the provision in Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions amending the row for the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951) in the Appended Table of the Act on Use of Information and Communications Technology in Administrative Procedures, etc. (Act No. 151 of 2002) by adding ", Article 14-2, paragraph (4)" after "and paragraph (6)": January 1, 2015;
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**三** 第二条の規定及び附則第八条（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）の規定 公布の日から起算して二年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-3
the provisions of Article 2 and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the amending provision set forth in the preceding item): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 2 years and 6 months from the date of promulgation.
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## Cites
- suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第六条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4261-74/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-6
- suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第四条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4261-74/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-4
- suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-3: 前号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-2
## 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 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4261-74/art-1/par-1/item-3
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## 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-20260913T134912-045, 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