Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act (limited to the part concerning item (iv)) do not apply, until the day on which six months have elapsed from the Effective Date, to foreign nationals specified by Ministry of Justice Order as those found unlikely to harm the fair control of entry and exit and residence.

The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act (limited to the part concerning item (v)) do not apply, until the day on which six months have elapsed from the Effective Date, to foreign nationals specified by the Ministry of Justice Order referred to in the preceding paragraph who fall under any of the following items:

a visa-exempt person prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act who seeks to engage in the activities listed in the right-hand column of the Temporary Visitor row of Appended Table I (3) of the Immigration Control Act in Japan;

a person specified by the Cabinet Order referred to in paragraph (1) of the New Special Act.

With regard to permission for landing at a port of call, permission for landing for cruise ship tourists, and permission for landing in transit for foreign nationals specified by the Ministry of Justice Order referred to in paragraph (1), until the day on which six months have elapsed from the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1), Article 14-2, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 15, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the New Immigration Control Act.

In establishing the Ministry of Justice Order referred to in paragraph (1), consideration is to be given to the country of nationality of foreign nationals who reside or have resided in Japan or the region specified by the Cabinet Order referred to in Article 2, item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control Act, the number of foreign nationals holding the nationality of that country or region who have been ordered to leave Japan pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (7) or (11), or Article 11, paragraph (6) of the Immigration Control Act and have not left Japan without delay and of those who remain in Japan beyond their period of stay, and other circumstances.

The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act (limited to the part concerning item (v)) apply to applications for landing under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act made on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to the conditions for landing pertaining to applications for landing under that paragraph made 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.