# 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-5051-63/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-5051-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。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-5051-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 1 year from the date of promulgation; 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** 第一条及び第二条の規定並びに附則第七条、第十九条及び第二十条の規定 公布の日
suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-1
the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 and Articles 7, 19 and 20 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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**二** 第四条、第十三条及び第二十条の規定、第二十一条中内航海運業法第六条第一項第二号の改正規定、第二十三条、第二十九条、第三十一条、第三十二条、第三十六条及び第三十九条の規定、第四十一条中貨物自動車運送事業法第五条第二号の改正規定、第四十三条、第四十四条及び第四十九条の規定、第五十五条中民間事業者による信書の送達に関する法律第八条第二号の改正規定並びに第五十六条、第五十八条、第六十条、第六十二条及び第六十三条の規定並びに次条並びに附則第十条、第十二条及び第十三条の規定 公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-2
the provisions of Articles 4, 13 and 20, the provision in Article 21 amending Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Coastwise Shipping Business Act, the provisions of Articles 23, 29, 31, 32, 36 and 39, the provision in Article 41 amending Article 5, item (ii) of the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act, the provisions of Articles 43, 44 and 49, the provision in Article 55 amending Article 8, item (ii) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, the provisions of Articles 56, 58, 60, 62 and 63, and the provisions of the following Article and Articles 10, 12 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 years from the date of promulgation.
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## Cites
- suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第七条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-5051-63/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-7
- suppl-5051-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5051-63/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-2
## Cited by
2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二十一条第一項（行政不服審査法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-56/art-21/par-1
- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第二条第一項（公示送達等の方法に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-5051-63/art-2/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-20260913T134912-051, 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