# 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 / Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan — 第二十三条 (Article 23)

- 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 (Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan), 平成三年法律第七十一号
- English title "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: 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（再入国の許可の有効期間の特例等） — address `art-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-14
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23
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### 第二十三条（再入国の許可の有効期間の特例等） — (Exceptions Regarding the Period Validity of Re-entry Permission)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-23</sup>

**第一項**  特別永住者に関しては、入管法第二十六条第三項中「五年」とあるのは「六年」と、同条第五項中「六年」とあるのは「七年」とする。
<sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-23/par-1</sup>
Insofar as a special permanent resident is concerned, the part of Article 26, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act which reads "5 years" is read as "6 years", and the part of paragraph (5) of the same Article which reads "6 years" is read as "7 years".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Insofar as a special permanent resident is concerned, the part of Article 26, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act which reads "5 years" is read as "6 years", and the part of paragraph 5 of the same Article which reads "6 years" is read as "7 years"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3705/tb</sup>

**第二項**  入管法第二十六条の二の規定は、有効な旅券及び特別永住者証明書を所持して出国する特別永住者について準用する。この場合において、同条第二項中「一年（在留期間の満了の日が出国の日から一年を経過する日前に到来する場合には、在留期間の満了までの期間）」とあるのは、「二年」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-23/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 26-2 of the Immigration Control Act are applied mutatis mutandis to special permanent residents who depart from Japan whilst in possession of a valid passport and a special permanent resident certificate. In this case, the part of paragraph (2) of the same Article which reads "one year from the date of departure from Japan (where the expiration date of the period of stay comes prior to the date of the elapse of one year from the date of departure from Japan, the period until the expiration of the period of stay)" is read as "2 years from the date of departure from Japan".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  出入国在留管理庁長官は、特別永住者に対する入管法第二十六条及び前項において準用する入管法第二十六条の二の規定の適用に当たっては、特別永住者の本邦における生活の安定に資するとのこの法律の趣旨を尊重するものとする。
<sup>art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-23/par-3</sup>
The Commissioner of Immigration Services Agency must, in applying the provisions of Article 26 of the Immigration Control Act and in applying the provisions of Article 26-2 of the Immigration Control Act mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph, respect the aim of this Act, which is to contribute to the stabilization of the special permanent resident's life in Japan.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-23/par-1: 入管法第二十六条第三項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条第三項 (Article 26, paragraph (3)), art-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26/par-3
- art-23/par-1: 同条第五項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条第五項 (Article 26, paragraph (5)), art-26/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26/par-5
- art-23/par-2: 入管法第二十六条の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2), art-26-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2
- art-23/par-2: 同条第二項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二第二項 (Article 26-2, paragraph (2)), art-26-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2/par-2
- art-23/par-3: 入管法第二十六条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26
- art-23/par-3: 前項 → 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 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-23/par-2
- art-23/par-3: 入管法第二十六条の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十六条の二 (Article 26-2), art-26-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-26-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-26-2

## Cited by

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- 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 第十五条第一項第三号（特別永住者証明書の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-15/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-15/par-1/item-3
- 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 第二十三条第三項（再入国の許可の有効期間の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/art-23/par-3
- 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 附則第二十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control/suppl-4211-79/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000071/suppl-4211-79/art-28/par-1
- 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令 第九条第二項第四号（特定特別永住者証明書の交付に係る手数料の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-order/art-9/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423CO0000000420/art-9/par-2/item-4
- 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 第二十二条第一項（みなし再入国許可の意図の表明） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-22/par-1
- 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 第二十三条第一項（再入国の許可を要する者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423M60000010044/art-23/par-1
- 自動車の運転により人を死傷させる行為等の処罰に関する法律 第一条第二項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/dangerous-driving-act/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/425AC0000000086/art-1/par-2
- 道路交通法 第百七条の二第一項（国際運転免許証又は外国運転免許証を所持する者の自動車等の運転） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/road-traffic-act/art-107-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-107-2/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English 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, written 2026-10-18
- 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 — the text in force from 2026-06-14 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/403AC0000000071/20260614_507AC0000000039), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 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/3705/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (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), Article 23, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3705/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 204 — 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 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
