(Investigation into Fact)

Article 15-2.

In case the mayor of the city or the head of the town or village has received the application under Article 3, Paragraph 1, Article 6, Paragraph 1, Article 6-2, Paragraph 1 or 2, Article 7, Paragraph 1, Article 8, Paragraph 1 or 2, Article 9, Paragraph 1 or 2, Article 9-2, Paragraph 1, Article 9-3, Paragraph 1 or Article 11, Paragraph 1 or 2, if he has sufficient reason to suspect that the matters contained in the application are contrary to the facts, he shall commission his staff member to investigate into the facts for the sake of the accurate enforcement of the registration of the alien. In this case he may summon the alien who has made the application concerned, if he deems it necessary.

2. The staff member of the city, town or village may question the alien who has made the application concerned or any other person concerned or request him to present documents, if it is deemed necessary for the investigation provided for in the preceding paragraph.

3. In case the staff member of the city, town or village performs the acts mentioned in the preceding paragraph out of the office of the city, town or village, he shall carry with him an identification card showing his official status and present the same upon the request of the alien who has made the application concerned or other persons concerned.

(Exemption of the Application of the Administrative Procedure Law)

Article 15-3.

Chapters II and III of the Administrative Procedure Law (Law No.88 of 1993) are not applied to an administrative measure under this law.

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