①A foreign national residing with a status of residence in Japan (excluding those persons set forth in Article 19-3, items (i) and (ii)) who possess (for mid- to long-term residents, limited to those who possess a residence card) a valid passport (except for the refugee travel document provided for in Article 61-2-15, paragraph (1)), if they depart from Japan by expressing the intention of re-entering Japan pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order to an immigration inspector, is deemed to have been granted the re-entry permission set forth in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply to those persons who fall under the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order as persons who are required to acquire re-entry permission for the purpose of impartial control over immigration.

②The validity period of the re-entry permission deemed to have been granted to the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be for one year from the date of departure from Japan (if the expiration date of the period of stay comes prior to the date one year has elapsed from the date of departure from Japan, the period until the expiration of the period of stay), notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article.

③The provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article do not apply to the re-entry permission deemed to have been granted to the foreign national pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).