# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)
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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
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- 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: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)（検討） — address `suppl-4301-102/art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十八条（検討） — Review
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suppl-4301-102/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-18
**第一項** 政府は、この法律の公布後、速やかに、本邦に在留する外国人に係る在留管理、雇用管理及び社会保険制度における在留カードの番号（出入国管理及び難民認定法第十九条の四第一項第五号の在留カードの番号をいう。）その他の特定の個人を識別することができる番号等の利用の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-1
Promptly after the promulgation of this Act, the Government is to review the approach to the use, in residence management, employment management and the social insurance system with regard to foreign nationals residing in Japan, of residence card numbers (meaning the number of the residence card set forth in Article 19-4, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act) and other numbers and the like by which a specific individual can be identified, and, if it finds it necessary, take the required measures based on the results.
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**第二項** 政府は、この法律の施行後二年を経過した場合において、新入管法別表第一の二の表の特定技能の在留資格に係る制度の在り方（地方公共団体の関与の在り方、同表の特定技能の項の下欄第一号又は第二号の技能を有するかどうかの判定の方法の在り方及び同表の技能実習の在留資格に係る制度との関係を含む。）について、関係地方公共団体、関係事業者、地域住民その他の関係者の意見を踏まえて検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-2
When 2 years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to review the approach to the system pertaining to the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" in Appended Table I (2) of the New Immigration Control Act (including the approach to the involvement of local governments, the approach to the method of determining whether a person has the skills set forth in item (i) or (ii) of the right-hand column under "Specified Skilled Worker" in the same Table, and the relationship with the system pertaining to the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" in the same Table), taking into account the opinions of the relevant local governments, relevant business operators, local residents and other relevant persons, and, if it finds it necessary, take the required measures based on the results.
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## Cites
- suppl-4301-102/art-18/par-2: 新入管法別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1
## 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（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-1/par-1
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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-20260913T134912-047, translated 2026-09-13
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-048, 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