Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the effective date of the amending Act (July 9, 2012); provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in the respective items:
この省令は、改正法施行日（平成二十四年七月九日）から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions of Article 12 (excluding paragraph (7)), Article 13, Article 20 (excluding paragraph (9)) and Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding, in paragraph (2) of that Article, the part concerning requests made together with an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the former Alien Registration Act that is deemed, on the effective date of the amending Act, to be an application pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article): the date (January 13, 2012) on which the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act come into effect