# 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則 / Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan — 第二十条 (Article 20)

- Law: 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則 (Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan), 平成二十三年法務省令第四十四号
- English title "Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第二十条 (Article 20)（親権者等の証明書類等） — address `art-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-14
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-20
- 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.

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They are never merged and never substituted for one another.

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### 第二十条（親権者等の証明書類等） — (Documents Certifying Persons Who Have Parental Authority)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-20</sup>

**第一項**  法第十八条第一項に規定する行為を、同条第二項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、同項の適用を受ける者であることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならない。
<sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-20/par-1</sup>
A person who seeks to perform the act prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act on behalf of a special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article must present material or give an explanation to the head of municipalities demonstrating that the person is to whom the relevant paragraph applies.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  法第十八条第一項に規定する行為を、同条第三項の規定により特別永住者に代わってしようとする者は、市町村の長に対し、当該特別永住者が疾病その他の事由により自らこれらの行為をすることができないこと及び当該特別永住者の親族又は同居者であることを明らかにする資料の提示又は説明をしなければならない。
<sup>art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-20/par-2</sup>
A person who seeks to perform the act prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act on behalf of a special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article must present material or give an explanation to the head of municipalities demonstrating that the special permanent resident is unable to perform the act themselves due to a disease or for other reasons and that the person is a relative or cohabitant of the special permanent resident.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-20/par-1: 法第十八条第一項 → 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-18/par-1
- art-20/par-1: 同条第二項 → 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-18/par-2
- art-20/par-2: 法第十八条第一項 → 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-18/par-1
- art-20/par-2: 同条第三項 → 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-18/par-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則 第十三条第一項（令第五条に規定する写しを作成する等する書類） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-13/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-06-14 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423M60000010044/20260614_508M60000010020), retrieved 2026-10-20
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4183/tb), retrieved 2026-10-20
- This site's parser, version 210 — 日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-20
