Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act by the Provisions of Article 1
第二条（第一条の規定による出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
Applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, 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 for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as "the former Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act" in the following Article) are deemed to be, respectively, applications for issuance of a certificate of eligibility, 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 Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of that Article (referred to as "the new Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Act" in the following Article).