This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date (July 1, 2010) on which the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions 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 amending Act") come into effect; provided, however, that the provisions amending Article 56-2, paragraph (2), Appended Form No. 16-2 and Appended Form No. 50 of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Regulation") come into effect as of April 1, 2010.

The provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (1) of the Regulation as amended by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the new Regulation") do not apply in cases where, before the effective date of this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"), re-entry permission has been granted to a foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act"), a refugee travel document has been issued to a foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-12, paragraph (1) of the Act, or a certificate has been issued to a foreign national pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act, or where a foreign national has received a visa of a Japanese consular officer, etc. in their passport.

Applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment, applications for permission for a change of status of residence or applications for permission for extension of the period of stay that are being made, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, using the forms prescribed in the Regulation prior to its amendment by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as "the former Regulation") are deemed to be, respectively, applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, applications for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment, applications for permission for a change of status of residence or applications for permission for extension of the period of stay made using the forms prescribed in the new Regulation.

A certificate delivered before the effective date pursuant to Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as conforming to the criteria in the row for the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Pre-college Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act of the Ministerial Order to Provide for the Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 16 of 1990; hereinafter referred to as "the Ministerial Order on Criteria") prior to its amendment by the Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Ministerial Order to Provide for the Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 10 of 2010; hereinafter referred to as "the Ministerial Order Amending the Ministerial Order on Criteria") is deemed to be a certificate delivered pursuant to Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act as conforming to the criteria in the row for the activities listed in the right-hand column corresponding to "Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act of the Ministerial Order on Criteria as amended by the Ministerial Order Amending the Ministerial Order on Criteria.

A person who is deemed to be residing with the status of residence of "Student" pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act and who, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, has filed the application set forth in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Regulation (limited to an application pertaining to a change to the status of residence of "Student") is deemed to have made the proposal set forth in Article 21-2, paragraph (1) of the Regulation on the effective date.

A person who was residing, before the effective date, with the status of residence of "Pre-college Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act prior to its amendment by the amending Act (excluding a person who is deemed to be residing with the status of residence of "Student" pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the amending Act) and who, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, has filed the application set forth in Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Regulation is deemed to have made the proposal set forth in Article 21-2, paragraph (5) of the Regulation on the effective date.

A person who was residing, before the effective date, with the status of residence of "Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act prior to its amendment by the amending Act and who, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, has filed the application set forth in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Regulation (limited to an application pertaining to a change to the status of residence of "Pre-college Student") is deemed to have made the proposal set forth in Article 21-2, paragraph (1) of the Regulation on the effective date.

The written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to Appended Form No. 6-3, the written application for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-3, the written application for permission for a change of status of residence pursuant to Appended Form No. 30 or the written application for permission for extension of the period of stay pursuant to Appended Form No. 30-2 under the provisions of the former Regulation is, even after the effective date, for the time being, deemed to be, respectively, the written application for issuance of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to Appended Form No. 6-3, the written application for issuance of a certificate of authorization for employment pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-4, the written application for permission for a change of status of residence pursuant to Appended Form No. 30 or the written application for permission for extension of the period of stay pursuant to Appended Form No. 30-2 under the provisions of the new Regulation.

The forms of the provisional landing permit pursuant to Appended Form No. 14, the forms of the certificate of authorization for employment pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-4 and the forms of the written detention order pursuant to Appended Form No. 50 under the provisions of the former Regulation are, even after the effective date, for the time being, deemed to be, respectively, the forms of the provisional landing permit pursuant to Appended Form No. 14, the forms of the certificate of authorization for employment pursuant to Appended Form No. 29-5 and the forms of the written detention order pursuant to Appended Form No. 50 under the provisions of the new Regulation.

With regard to the application of Article 63, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the new Regulation, a corporation that had accepted foreign nationals residing with the status of residence of "Pre-college Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act prior to its amendment by the amending Act is deemed to be a corporation that had accepted foreign nationals residing with the status of residence of "Student" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act as amended by the amending Act.

With regard to the deportation of a person who committed an act in violation of the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Act before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.