Article 19Procedures for Entering the Place of Residence on a Residence Card, etc.

The provisions of Article 3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act Enforcement Order") apply mutatis mutandis where the mayor of a municipality enters the place of residence pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act or Article 18, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act. In this case, when the provisions are applied mutatis mutandis to a notification made by a mid- to long-term resident who falls under the case listed in item (i) or (ii) of Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act, the phrase "onto the residence card" in Article 3 of the Immigration Control Act Enforcement Order is deemed to be replaced with "onto the alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its repeal by the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009) (hereinafter referred to as the "registration certificate")", and the phrase "the relevant residence card" is deemed to be replaced with "the relevant registration certificate".