MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CELL TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD

To eliminate cases where reception by a mobile communication terminal is not performed even in a status where reception can be performed and to improve connection rate in reception. The mobile communication terminal (10) is provided with a mobile communication functional section (13) for receiving a reception signal from a base station; a judging section (15) for judging whether cell transfer is over a location registration area, based on notification information received from the base station, in the case where a cell of the base station is to be a cell transfer destination; and a control section (16) for controlling to prohibit cell transfer when it is judged that the cell transfer is over the location registration area, after the reception signal is received.