# 旅券法 / Passport Act — 第十九条 (Article 19) - 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: 第十九条 (Article 19)（返納） — address `art-19` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19 - 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. --- ### 第十九条（返納） — (Return of Passports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19 **第一項** 外務大臣又は領事官は、次に掲げる場合において、旅券を返納させる必要があると認めるときは、旅券の名義人に対して、期限を付けて、旅券の返納を命ずることができる。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1 In the following cases, when the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer finds it necessary to have a passport returned, they may order the holder of the passport to return the passport by setting a deadline: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 一般旅券の名義人が第十三条第一項各号のいずれかに該当する者であることが、当該一般旅券の交付の後に判明した場合 art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-1 if it is discovered that the holder of an ordinary passport falls under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (1) after the delivery of the ordinary passport; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 一般旅券の名義人が、当該一般旅券の交付の後に、第十三条第一項各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた場合 art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-2 if the holder of an ordinary passport has come to fall under any of the items of Article 13, paragraph (1) after the delivery of the ordinary passport; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 錯誤に基づき、又は過失により、旅券の発給又は渡航先の追加をした場合 art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-3 when a passport is issued or destinations are added based on a mistake, or through negligence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 旅券の名義人の生命、身体又は財産の保護のために渡航を中止させる必要があると認められる場合 art-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-4 when it is found necessary to cancel the travel to abroad in order to protect the life, body, or property of the holder of a passport; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 一般旅券の名義人の渡航先における滞在が当該渡航先における日本国民の一般的な信用又は利益を著しく害しているためその渡航を中止させて帰国させる必要があると認められる場合 art-19/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-5 if it is found necessary to have the holder of an ordinary passport to suspend the travel to abroad and return to Japan because the holder's stay in the destination seriously harms the overall reputation or interests of the Japanese people in that destination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第十三条第二項の規定は、一般旅券の名義人が前項第一号又は第二号の場合において、第十三条第一項第七号に該当するかどうかを認定しようとするときについて準用する。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-2 The provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in item (i) or (ii) of the preceding paragraph in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer seeks to determine whether the holder of an ordinary passport falls under Article 13, paragraph (1), item (vii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定に基づき同項第一号又は第二号の場合において行う一般旅券の返納の命令（第十三条第一項第一号又は第六号に該当する者に対して行うものを除く。）については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章の規定は、適用しない。 art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-3 The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to the order to return an ordinary passport issued based on the provisions of paragraph (1) in the case referred to in item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph (excluding an order issued to a person that falls under Article 13, paragraph (1), item (i) or (vi)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 外務大臣又は領事官は、第一項の規定に基づき一般旅券の返納を命ずることを決定したときは、速やかに、理由を付した書面をもつて当該一般旅券の名義人にその旨を通知しなければならない。 art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-4 When the Minister for Foreign Affairs or a consular officer has decided to order the return of an ordinary passport based on the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister or the consular officer must promptly notify the holder of the ordinary passport of that fact using a document to which the reason is attached. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 旅券の名義人が現に所持する旅券が前条第一項第一号、第三号から第五号まで又は第七号のいずれかに該当してその効力を失つたとき、及び公用旅券の場合においてその発給に係る国の用務がなくなり又は終了したときは、国内においては、一般旅券にあつてはその名義人が都道府県知事又は外務大臣に対し、公用旅券にあつては各省各庁の長が外務大臣に対し、国外においては旅券の名義人が領事官に対し、遅滞なくその旅券を返納しなければならない。 art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-5 When a passport currently possessed by the holder has expired due to falling under any of the cases referred to in paragraph (1), item (i), items (iii) through (v), or item (vii) of the preceding Article, and in the case of an official passport, when the official duties of the national government related to the issuance of that passport has ceased to exist or has finished, when in Japan for an ordinary passport, the holder must return the passport to the prefectural governor or the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and for an official passport, the head of each ministry or agency must return the passport to the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan, and when abroad, the holder of the passport must return the passport to a consular officer, without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 返納すべき旅券（第一項の規定に基づき返納を命ぜられた旅券を除く。）の名義人がこれを保有することを希望するときは、返納を受けた都道府県知事、外務大臣又は領事官は、外務省令で定めるところにより、その旅券に消印をしてこれを当該旅券の名義人に還付することができる。 art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-6 When the holder of a passport required to be returned (excluding a passport ordered to be returned based on the provisions of paragraph (1)) wishes to possess the passport, a prefectural governor, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, or a consular officer who has received the return of the passport may put a void mark on the passport and give it back to the holder of the passport, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-1/item-1: 第十三条第一項 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1 - art-19/par-1/item-2: 第十三条第一項 → 旅券法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-1 - art-19/par-2: 第十三条第二項 → 旅券法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-13/par-2 - art-19/par-2: 前項第一号 → 旅券法 第十九条第一項第一号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-19/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-1 - art-19/par-2: 第二号 → 旅券法 第十九条第一項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-2 - art-19/par-2: 第十三条第一項第七号 → 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 - art-19/par-3: 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-19/par-3: 同項第一号 → 旅券法 第十九条第一項第一号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-19/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-1 - art-19/par-3: 第二号 → 旅券法 第十九条第一項第二号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-19/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-1/item-2 - art-19/par-3: 第十三条第一項第一号 → 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-19/par-3: 第六号 → 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-19/par-4: 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-19/par-5: 前条第一項第一号 → 旅券法 第十八条第一項第一号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (i)), 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 - art-19/par-5: 第三号から第五号まで → 旅券法 第十八条第一項第三号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (iii)), 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 - art-19/par-5: 第三号から第五号まで → 旅券法 第十八条第一項第四号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (iv)), 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 - art-19/par-5: 第三号から第五号まで → 旅券法 第十八条第一項第五号 (Article 18, paragraph (1), item (v)), 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 - art-19/par-5: 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-19/par-6: 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 ## Cited by 11 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 第十八条第一項第八号（旅券の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-18/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-18/par-1/item-8 - 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 第十九条第四項（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-4 - 旅券法 第十九条第六項（返納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19/par-6 - 旅券法 第十九条の二第一項（返納に係る公告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19-2/par-1 - 旅券法 第十九条の三第一項第三号（帰国のための渡航書） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-19-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-19-3/par-1/item-3 - 旅券法 第二十一条第一項（事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-21/par-1 - 旅券法 第二十一条の三第一項（事務の区分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-21-3/par-1 - 旅券法 第二十三条第一項第六号（罰則） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/passport-act/art-23/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC0000000267/art-23/par-1/item-6 --- ## 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