# 旅券法 / Passport Act — 第十三条 (Article 13) - Law: 旅券法 (Passport Act), 昭和二十六年法律第二百六十七号 - English title "Passport 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. - Provision: 第十三条 (Article 13)（一般旅券の発給等の制限） — address `art-13` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13 - 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. --- ### 第十三条（一般旅券の発給等の制限） — (Restrictions on Issuance of Ordinary Passports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13 **第一項** 外務大臣又は領事官は、一般旅券の発給又は渡航先の追加を受けようとする者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、一般旅券の発給又は渡航先の追加をしないことができる。 art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1 The Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer may choose not to issue an ordinary passport or add destinations to an ordinary passport, if the person who seeks to be issued an ordinary passport or have destinations added falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 渡航先に施行されている法規によりその国に入ることを認められない者 art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-1 a person who is not permitted to enter the country pursuant to the laws and regulations enforced in that country of destination; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 死刑、無期若しくは長期二年以上の刑に当たる罪につき訴追されている者又はこれらの罪を犯した疑いにより逮捕状、勾引状、勾留状若しくは鑑定留置状が発せられている旨が関係機関から外務大臣に通報されている者 art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-2 a person who is being prosecuted for a crime punishable by the death penalty or a life imprisonment, or imprisonment for a term of 2 years or more, or a person for whom the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been notified of the fact that an arrest warrant, writ of physical escort, detention warrant, or writ of confinement for expert examination has been issued on suspicion of committing those crimes, by a relevant organ; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わるまで又は執行を受けることがなくなるまでの者 art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-3 a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment and has not completed the sentence or to whom the sentence still applies; machine translation, not official **四** 第二十三条の規定により刑に処せられた者 art-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-4 a person who has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions of Article 23; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 旅券若しくは渡航書を偽造し、又は旅券若しくは渡航書として偽造された文書を行使し、若しくはその未遂罪を犯し、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第百五十五条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）又は第百五十八条の規定により刑に処せられた者 art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-5 a person who has been sentenced to a punishment pursuant to the provisions of Article 155, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (i)) or Article 158 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) for forging a passport or a travel document, or for using a document forged as a passport or a travel document, or for attempting to commit such an offence; machine translation, not official **六** 国の援助等を必要とする帰国者に関する領事官の職務等に関する法律（昭和二十八年法律第二百三十六号）第一条に規定する帰国者で、同法第二条第一項の措置の対象となつたもの又は同法第三条第一項若しくは第四条の規定による貸付けを受けたもののうち、外国に渡航したときに公共の負担となるおそれがあるもの art-13/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-6 among the repatriates prescribed in Article 1 of the Act on the Duties of Consular Officers Related to Repatriates In Need of State's Aid (Act No. 236 of 1953), those who have become subject to the measures referred to in Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act or those who have received loans under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 4 of that Act and are likely to become a public charge when they travel abroad; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 前各号に掲げる者を除くほか、外務大臣において、著しく、かつ、直接に日本国の利益又は公安を害する行為を行うおそれがあると認めるに足りる相当の理由がある者 art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-7 in addition to the persons stated in the preceding items, a person for whom the Minister for Foreign Affairs has adequate grounds sufficient to find that they are likely to commit an act that would considerably, and, directly harm the interests or public security of Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外務大臣は、前項第七号の認定をしようとするときは、あらかじめ法務大臣と協議しなければならない。 art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-2 When making the acknowledgment referred to in item (vii) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister for Foreign Affairs must deliberate with the Minister of Justice in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-13/par-1/item-4: 第二十三条 → 旅券法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-23 - art-13/par-1/item-5: 刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第百五十五条第一項 → 刑法 第百五十五条第一項 (Article 155, paragraph (1)), art-155/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-155/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-155/par-1 - art-13/par-1/item-5: 第一号 → 刑法 第百五十五条第一項第一号 (Article 155, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-155/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-155/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-155/par-1/item-1 - art-13/par-1/item-5: 第百五十八条 → 刑法 第百五十八条 (Article 158), art-158 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/penal-code/art-158 · https://japanlaw.org/l/140AC0000000045/art-158 - art-13/par-1/item-6: 国の援助等を必要とする帰国者に関する領事官の職務等に関する法律（昭和二十八年法律第二百三十六号）第一条 → e-Gov law 328AC0000000236, 第一条 (Article 1), art-1 — not held in this collection - art-13/par-1/item-6: 同法第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 328AC0000000236, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-13/par-1/item-6: 同法第三条第一項 → e-Gov law 328AC0000000236, 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-13/par-1/item-6: 第四条 → e-Gov law 328AC0000000236, 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — not held in this collection - art-13/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第一号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-13/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-1 - art-13/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第二号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-13/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-2 - art-13/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第三号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-3 - art-13/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第四号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-13/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-4 - art-13/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第五号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-13/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-5 - art-13/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第六号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-13/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-6 - art-13/par-2: 前項第七号 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項第七号 (Article 13, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-13/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-7 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 旅券法 第五条第二項（一般旅券の発行） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-5/par-2 - 旅券法 第十三条第一項第七号（一般旅券の発給等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1/item-7 - 旅券法 第十三条第二項（一般旅券の発給等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-2 - 旅券法 第十四条第一項（一般旅券の発給をしない場合等の通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-14/par-1 - 旅券法 第十九条第一項第一号（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-1 - 旅券法 第十九条第一項第二号（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-2 - 旅券法 第十九条第二項（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-2 - 旅券法 第十九条第三項（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-3 - 旅券法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/suppl-4171-55/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/suppl-4171-55/art-5/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 旅券法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000267/20260717_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-09-29 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Passport Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4821/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29 - claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch passport-act-20260929T093520-001, translated 2026-09-29 - This site's parser, version 211 — 旅券法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29