# 旅券法 / Passport Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（旅券の失効） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（旅券の失効） — (Expiration of Passports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18 **第一項** 旅券は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その効力を失う。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1 A passport expires in cases falling under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 旅券の名義人が死亡し、又は日本の国籍を失つたとき。 art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-1 the holder of the passport has died, or has lost Japanese nationality; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 旅券の発給を申請し、又は請求した者が当該旅券の発行の日から六月以内に当該旅券を受領しない場合には、その六月を経過したとき（国外において発行された一般旅券については、当該一般旅券の発給を申請した者が当該一般旅券の発行の日から六月以内に当該一般旅券を受領することができないやむを得ない事情があると外務大臣又は領事官が認めるときを除く。）。 art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-2 when the person who has applied for or requested the issuance of a passport does not receive the passport within six months from the date of issuance of the passport, when those six months have passed (for an ordinary passport issued abroad, excluding the cases when the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer finds that there are unavoidable circumstances for the person who has applied for the issuance of the ordinary passport to be unable to receive the ordinary passport within six months from the date of issuance of the ordinary passport); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 一往復用の旅券の名義人が当該旅券の発行の日から六月以内に本邦を出国しない場合には、その六月を経過したとき。 art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-3 if the holder of a single journey passport does not depart Japan within six months from the date of issuance of the passport, when those six months have passed; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 旅券の有効期間が満了したとき。 art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-4 when the validity period of the passport has expired; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 一往復用の旅券の名義人が本邦に帰国したとき。 art-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-5 when the holder of a single journey passport has returned to Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 第八条第二項、第三項若しくは第五項又は第十条第三項の規定により返納された旅券にあつては、当該返納された旅券に代わる旅券の交付があつたとき。 art-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-6 for a passport that has been returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2), paragraph (3), or paragraph (5), or Article 10, paragraph (3), when a passport that substitutes for the returned passport has been issued; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 前条第一項又は第五項の規定による届出があつたとき（同条第三項、第四項又は第六項の規定による確認の結果、届け出られた旅券の紛失又は焼失の事実を確認することができず、その旨を届出者に通知するときを除く。）。 art-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-7 when the notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (5) of the preceding Article has been given (excluding the case when as a result of the verification pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), paragraph (4), or paragraph (6) of that Article, it was not possible to verify the fact of loss or destruction by fire of passport, and notifying the person who has given the notification to that effect); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 次条第一項の規定により返納を命ぜられた旅券にあつては、同項の期限内に返納されなかつたとき、又は外務大臣若しくは領事官が、当該返納された旅券が効力を失うべきことを適当と認めたとき。 art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-8 when the passport ordered to be returned pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article is not returned within the period referred to in that paragraph, or when the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer finds it appropriate for the returned passport to expire. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 外務大臣は、旅券が前項第七号又は第八号に該当して効力を失つたときは、遅滞なくその旨を官報に告示しなければならない。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-2 If a passport has expired due to falling under item (vii) or (viii) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister for Foreign Affairs must publish that fact in an Official Gazette without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-1/item-6: 第八条第二項 → 旅券法 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-8/par-2 - art-18/par-1/item-6: 第三項 → 旅券法 第八条第三項 (Article 8, paragraph (3)), art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-8/par-3 - art-18/par-1/item-6: 第五項 → 旅券法 第八条第五項 (Article 8, paragraph (5)), art-8/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-8/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-8/par-5 - art-18/par-1/item-6: 第十条第三項 → 旅券法 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-10/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-10/par-3 - art-18/par-1/item-7: 前条第一項 → 旅券法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-17/par-1 - art-18/par-1/item-7: 第五項 → 旅券法 第十七条第五項 (Article 17, paragraph (5)), art-17/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-17/par-5 - art-18/par-1/item-7: 同条第三項 → 旅券法 第十七条第三項 (Article 17, paragraph (3)), art-17/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-17/par-3 - art-18/par-1/item-7: 第四項 → 旅券法 第十七条第四項 (Article 17, paragraph (4)), art-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-17/par-4 - art-18/par-1/item-7: 第六項 → 旅券法 第十七条第六項 (Article 17, paragraph (6)), art-17/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-17/par-6 - art-18/par-1/item-8: 次条第一項 → 旅券法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1 - art-18/par-2: 前項第七号 → 旅券法 第十八条第一項第七号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-18/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-7 - art-18/par-2: 第八号 → 旅券法 第十八条第一項第八号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-18/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-8 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1 - 旅券法 第十八条第二項（旅券の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-2 - 旅券法 第十九条第五項（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-5 - 旅券法 第二十条第二項（国内における手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-20/par-2 - 旅券法 附則第二条第一項（旅券の返納に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/suppl-5041-33/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/suppl-5041-33/art-2/par-1 - 旅券法 附則第四条第一項（旅券の失効時期に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/suppl-5041-33/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/suppl-5041-33/art-4/par-1 - 旅券法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/suppl-5041-33/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/suppl-5041-33/art-6/par-1 - 旅券法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/suppl-5081-19/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/suppl-5081-19/art-4/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 - This site's parser, version 211 — 旅券法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29