(Return of Registration Certificate)

Article 12.

In case the alien leaves Japan (except for when he leaves Japan with the re-entry permission provided for in Article 26 of the Immigration Control Act, or he leaves Japan with the Refugee Travel Document under Article 61-2-6 of the Immigration Control Act), he shall return his registration certificate to the Immigration Inspector (meaning the Immigration Inspector provided for in the Immigration Control Act; hereinafter the same) at the port of entry or departure (meaning the port entry or departure provided for in the Immigration Control Act) at which he departs from Japan.

2. In case the alien has ceased to be an alien, he shall return his registration certificate to the mayor or head of the city, town or village wherein he resides within fourteen days of the day whereon he ceases to be an alien.

3. In case the alien died, one of the persons specified in the items of Article 15, Paragraph 2 (excluding any person under the age of sixteen years) shall, in the order of their specifying, return the deceased alien's registration certificate to the mayor or head of the city, town or village in which he used to reside within fourteen days of his death. However, in case the place of residence of the alien is different from the place of his death, the registration certificate may be returned to the mayor or head of the city, town or village of the place of residence through the mayor or head of the city, town or village of the place of his death.

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