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CHAPTER
6 RESPONSIBILITY OF CAPTAIN OF VESSEL, ETC. AND CARRIER
(Duty
of Cooperation)
Article 56. A captain of a vessel, etc. entering Japan
and a carrier who operates such a vessel, etc., shall
cooperate with an Immigration Inspector in carrying out
his duties such as immigration inspection, etc.
(Duly of Reporting)
Article 57. A captain of a vessel, etc. entering or
leaving Japan shall submit upon request complete lists
of passengers and crewman to an Immigration Inspector at
a port of entry or departure which the vessel, etc.
arrives at or departs from.
2. A captain of a vessel, etc. entering Japan shall, in
case he has knowledge of any alien aboard the vessel,
etc. without a valid passport or crewman's
pocket-ledger, report it to an Immigration Inspector at
a port of entry or departure immediately.
3. A captain of a vessel, etc. entering Japan shall
report immediately to an Immigration Inspector upon each
arrival at a port of entry of the name and other matters
provided for by the Ministry of Justice Ordinance, if a
crewman having been given the permission provided for in
Article 16, Paragraph 2 is on board.
4. A captain of a vessel, etc. leaving Japan shall, at
the request of an Immigration Inspector at a port from
which the vessel, etc. departs, report whether the
person granted permission of landing in transit as
provided for in Article 15, Paragraph 1, has returned to
his vessel, whether the person who received landing
permission for crewman is aboard his proper vessel,
etc., and whether any person who seeks to depart from
Japan in violation of the provisions of Article 25,
Paragraph 2, or Article 60, Paragraph 2, is aboard the
vessel, etc.
(Duty of Prevention of
Landing)
Article 58. A captain of a vessel, etc. arriving in
Japan shall, if he has knowledge of any alien provided
for in Paragraph 2 of the preceding article aboard the
vessel, etc., prevent such alien from landing.
(Duty of Sending Back)
Article 59. A captain of a vessel, etc. or a carrier who
operates a vessel, etc., that has transported any alien
coming under any one of the following items shall
promptly send back such an alien outside of Japan at his
own expense and on his own responsibility by the same
vessel, etc., or any other vessel, etc., owned by the
same carrier:
(1) Any person denied landing in accordance with the
provisions of Chapter 3, Section 1 or 2;
(2) Any person deported for coming under any one of
Article 24, Item (5) to Item (6)-2;
(3) Except for those provided for in the preceding item,
and among those who has been ordered within five years
from the date of landing to be deported for coming under
any one of the items of Article 24, any alien of whom a
captain of a vessel, etc., or a carrier who operates the
vessel, etc. can be considered as having had clear
knowledge of the existence of grounds for deportation at
the time of his landing.
2. In case of the preceding paragraph, if a carrier
concerned cannot send back an alien by the vessel, etc.,
mentioned in the same paragraph, he shall send back the
said alien promptly by some other vessel, etc., on his
own responsibility and at his own expense.
3. Despite the provisions of the preceding two
paragraphs concerning the expense and responsibility of
a captain of a vessel, etc., or a carrier, a Supervising
Immigration Inspector may exempt the captain or the
carrier from bearing all or a part of the expense and
responsibility arising from keeping the alien who is
specified by Paragraph 1 (1) at the facility designated
under the provisions of Article 13-2, Paragraph 1,
provided that the alien concerned has a valid passport
visaed by a Japanese Consular Officer, etc.
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