Supplementary Provisions, Article 15
第十五条
An alien registration certificate prescribed in the Former Alien Registration Act (hereinafter referred to as a "registration certificate") possessed by a mid- to long-term resident is deemed to be a residence card for the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 19-9, Article 19-11, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 19-12, paragraph (1), Article 19-13, paragraphs (1) through (3) (excluding the second sentence of paragraph (1)), Article 19-14, Article 19-15, Article 23, Article 26-2, paragraph (1), Article 61-9-3, paragraph (1), item (i) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 19-9, paragraph (1) of the New Immigration Control Act and Article 19-7, paragraph (2) of the New Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of Article 19-9; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and Article 61-9-3, paragraphs (2) and (3) (in both cases, limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (i) of that Article, and including as these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions) of the New Immigration Control Act, and of Article 17 (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii)) and Article 19, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions and Article 19-7, paragraph (2) of the New Immigration Control Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article) of the Supplementary Provisions (including the penal provisions pertaining to these provisions).
中長期在留者が所持する旧外国人登録法に規定する外国人登録証明書（以下「登録証明書」という。）は、新入管法第十九条の九、第十九条の十一第一項及び第二項、第十九条の十二第一項、第十九条の十三第一項から第三項まで（第一項後段を除く。）、第十九条の十四、第十九条の十五、第二十三条、第二十六条の二第一項、第六十一条の九の三第一項第一号（新入管法第十九条の九第一項及び同条第二項において準用する新入管法第十九条の七第二項に係る部分に限る。以下この項において同じ。）並びに第六十一条の九の三第二項及び第三項（いずれも同条第一項第一号に係る部分に限り、これらの規定を附則第十九条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）並びに附則第十七条（第一項第一号及び第二号に係る部分に限る。）及び第十九条第一項（附則第十七条第一項及び同条第二項において準用する新入管法第十九条の七第二項に係る部分に限る。）の規定（これらの規定に係る罰則を含む。）の適用については、在留カードとみなす。
The validity period of a registration certificate deemed to be a residence card pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is, in accordance with the categories of mid- to long-term residents set forth in the following items, the period until the day specified in the respective items has passed:
a permanent resident: the day on which 3 years have elapsed from the Effective Date (for a person under 16 years of age on the Effective Date, the day on which 3 years have elapsed from the Effective Date or the person's 16th birthday (if the birthday of the foreign national is February 29, the foreign national's birthday in a year other than a leap year is deemed to be February 28; the same applies hereinafter), whichever comes earlier);
a person for whom the status of residence set forth in the left-hand column of Appended Table I (5) of the Immigration Control Act has been decided and for whom the activities set forth in the right-hand column of that Table (excluding the part pertaining to (d)) have been designated: the date of expiration of the period of stay or the day specified in the preceding item, whichever comes earlier;
a person other than those set forth in the preceding two items: the date of expiration of the period of stay (for a person under 16 years of age on the Effective Date, the date of expiration of the period of stay or the person's 16th birthday, whichever comes earlier).
A mid- to long-term resident who possesses a registration certificate deemed to be a residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may apply to the Minister of Justice for the issuance of a residence card, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order, before its validity period prescribed in the preceding paragraph expires.
If an application under the preceding paragraph has been filed, the Minister of Justice is to have an immigration inspector issue a residence card to that mid- to long-term resident.