Supplementary Provisions, Article 5
第五条
A foreign national who, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, is residing with the status of residence of "Trainee" in the Appended Table I (4) of the Act (excluding a person in a case set forth in Article 3, item (i) or (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2009)) is deemed, for the purpose of the application of Article 2, item (viii), to be a technical intern trainee residing in Japan with the status of residence of "Technical Intern Training" (limited to that pertaining to item (i), sub-item (b) of the right-hand column in the row for "Technical Intern Training" in the Appended Table I (2) of the Act).
この省令の施行の際現に法別表第一の四の表の研修の在留資格をもって在留する外国人（出入国管理及び難民認定法第七条第一項第二号の基準を定める省令の一部を改正する省令（平成二十一年法務省令第五十号）附則第三条第一号及び第二号に掲げる場合を除く。）は、第二条第八号の適用については、技能実習の在留資格（法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第一号ロに係るものに限る。）をもって本邦に在留する技能実習生とみなす。