No. 20263
Promulgation Date 2024-02-13
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Bearing of passport)
Article 3 (Authority to issue passports)
CHAPTER II TYPES AND VALIDITY OF PASSPORTS
Article 4 (Types of passports)
Article 4-2 (Persons entitled to issuance of official passports)
Article 4-3 (Persons entitled to issuance of diplomatic passports)
Article 5 (Term of validity of passports)
Article 5-2 (Management of issuance of official passports)
Article 6 (Issuance of single passports)
CHAPTER III ISSUANCE AND REISSUANCE of PASSPORTS, AND RESTRICTION ON THEIR USE
Article 7 (Information to be stated in passports and method of stating information)
Article 7-2 (Inclusion and change of names in roman alphabet in passport)
Article 8 (Collection, storage, and management of information necessary to perform passport-related services)
Article 9 (Application for issuance of passports)
Article 10 (Request for cooperation including provision of information)
Article 11 (Reissuance of passports)
Article 12 (Refusal of and restrictions on issuance of passports)
Article 12-2 (Restrictions on issuance of passports)
Article 12-3 (Exceptional issuance of passports due to urgent humanitarian reasons)
Article 13 (Invalidity of passports)
Article 14 (Certificate in lieu of passport)
Article 15 (Change of matters stated in passport)
Article 16 (Prohibition on illegal issuance and execution of passports)
Article 17 (Restrictions on use of passport)
CHAPTER IV PASSPORT POLICY DELIBERATION COMMITTEE
Article 18 (Passport Policy Deliberation Committee)
CHAPTER V RETURN AND DIRECT COLLECTION OF PASSPORTS
Article 19 (Return of passport)
Article 20 (Direct collection of passport)
CHAPTER VI EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY ON ONE'S BEHALF AND FEES
Article 21 (Exercise of authority on one's behalf)
Article 22 (Fees)
Article 23 (Establishment of electronic authentication system for passports)
Article 23-2 (Establishment and operation of passport information connection system)
CHAPTER VII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 24 (Penalty provisions)
Article 25 (Penalty provisions)
Article 26 (Penalty provisions)
ADDENDA <Act No. 8990, Mar. 28, 2008>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 9799, Oct. 19, 2009>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 11774, May. 22, 2013>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12274, Jan. 21, 2014>
ADDENDA <Act No. 14606, Mar. 21, 2017>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 16025, Dec. 24, 2018>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17689, Dec. 22, 2020>
ADDENDA <Act No. 17820, Jan. 5, 2021>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 18080, Apr. 20, 2021>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 19274, Mar. 28, 2023>
ADDENDA <Act No. 19276, Mar. 28, 2023>
ADDENDA <Act No. 19580, Aug. 8, 2023>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 20263, Feb. 13, 2024>