Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 6 months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.

With regard to the denial of landing prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 for a person who was deported from Japan before this Act comes into effect for falling under any of the items of Article 24 (excluding item (iv), sub-items (l) through (o) and item (iv)-3) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (i)) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 also apply to the revocation of the status of residence of a person who, before this Act comes into effect, was granted a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1.

The provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1) (excluding the part pertaining to item (i)) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 also apply to the revocation of the status of residence pertaining to a seal of verification for landing, etc. of a person who, before this Act comes into effect, was granted a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1, or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 1 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as a "seal of verification for landing, etc." in this Article).

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is residing with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of Appended Table I of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 without engaging in the activities set forth in the right-hand column of that Table in accordance with that status of residence, the phrase "for 3 months continuously" in that item is replaced with "for 3 months continuously after the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 73 of 2004) comes into effect".

A recognition of refugee status or a disposition not to recognize refugee status made by the Minister of Justice pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 2 before the date specified in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions that is still in effect at the time the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 comes into effect, or an application or filing of an objection that has been made and is pending pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 2, is deemed to be a recognition of refugee status or a disposition not to recognize refugee status made by the Minister of Justice pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2, or an application or objection that has been made and is pending pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2.

The provisions of Article 61-2-2 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 also apply to a foreign national, other than a person who, at the time the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 comes into effect, is residing in Japan with a status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of Appended Table I or II of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2, a person who has been granted landing permission for temporary refuge and for whom the period stated in the permit has not elapsed, or a special permanent resident, who is deemed, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, to have received a recognition of refugee status or a disposition not to recognize refugee status under the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2. In this case, the phrase "in the case of recognizing a person as a refugee pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, where the person who filed the application under that paragraph" in Article 61-2-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 is replaced with "who has been recognized as a refugee pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the 'Former Act')", and the phrase "when making a disposition not to recognize as a refugee a foreign national without a status of residence who has filed the application under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or in the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (2) of that Article is replaced with "when a disposition not to recognize a foreign national without a status of residence as a refugee has been made pursuant to the provisions of the Former Act (excluding when a written deportation order has been issued), or in the preceding paragraph as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act".