Alien Registration Order

Japanese: 外国人登録令 - がいこくじんとうろくれい

...During that time, the registration system changed due to the many wars and changes in social conditions. What is important in relation to the current system is the "Aliens Registration Order" (Imperial Ordinance promulgated in 1947) that came into effect after World War II. This ordinance stipulated that any foreigner who entered Japan or became a foreigner in Japan must apply for registration within 60 days or 14 days to the mayor or village chief of the city where he or she resided, and that after registration, he or she must always carry his or her registration certificate and present it upon request by a government official.

From [Immigration Control]

...After that, the laws were enacted, revised, and repealed several times according to the actual needs, but before World War II, there was a strong "cut and run" feel to the law. After World War II, the Constitution of Japan was enacted, and the basic guarantee of freedom of international traffic was proclaimed (see especially Article 22 "Freedom of Residence, Movement, and Emigration"), but until the Peace Treaty came into effect (April 28, 1952), immigration control was in the hands of the occupying forces, and the main law in operation was the Imperial Ordinance "Alien Registration Order" (promulgated in 1947) enacted under the Treaty. With the coming into effect of the Peace Treaty, the "Immigration Control Order" (Cabinet Order promulgated in 1951) and the "Alien Registration Law" (promulgated in 1952) were enacted, and the "Immigration Bureau Establishment Order" (Cabinet Order promulgated in 1951.

*Some of the terms mentioned in the "Alien Registration Order" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その間，いくどもの戦争や社会事情の変化によって，登録制度も変化した。現行制度との関連で重要なのは，第2次大戦後の〈外国人登録令〉(1947年公布の勅令)である。同令は，本邦に入った外国人または本邦において外国人になった者は60日または14日以内にその居住地の市長村の長に登録申請をしなければならないこと，登録後はつねに登録証を携帯し，官公吏の請求があれば呈示しなければならないことなどを定めた。…

【出入国管理】より

…その後，現実の必要に応じて数次にわたる法令の制定改廃をみたが，第2次大戦前はいわば“切り捨て御免”的な色彩が強かった。　第2次大戦後，日本国憲法が制定され，基本的に国際交通の自由の保障が宣明(とくに22条〈居住･移転･移住の自由〉を参照)されたが，平和条約の発効(1952年4月28日)までは，出入国管理権は，占領軍の手にあり，その下で制定された勅令〈外国人登録令〉(1947公布)を主たる法規として運用された。平和条約の発効にともない，〈出入国管理令〉(1951年公布の政令)，〈外国人登録法〉(1952公布)が制定されるとともに，〈入国管理庁設置令〉(1951年公布の政令。…

※「外国人登録令」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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