Supplementary Provisions, Article 17
第十七条
A mid- to long-term resident who has received registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Former Alien Registration Act and whose residential address registered in the original alien registration record provided for in the same paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "original registration record") as of the day before the Effective Date does not constitute a place of residence must, according to the categories of cases set forth in the following items, within 14 days from the date specified in the relevant item, notify the Minister of Justice of their place of residence through the mayor of the municipality of the place of residence (including special wards, and wards or administratively consolidated wards in the designated cities prescribed in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947); the same applies hereinafter) upon submitting their residence card to the mayor of the municipality of the place of residence, in accordance with the procedures provided for by Ministry of Justice Order.
if the person possesses a registration certificate at the time this Act comes into effect and has a place of residence on the Effective Date: the Effective Date (or, if the person has departed from Japan on the Effective Date, the date on which the person first enters Japan on or after the Effective Date);
if the person possesses a registration certificate at the time this Act comes into effect and settles on a place of residence after the Effective Date: the date of settling on the place of residence;
if the person does not possess a registration certificate at the time this Act comes into effect and has a place of residence on the Effective Date: the date on which the person was issued a residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article;
if the person does not possess a registration certificate at the time this Act comes into effect and settles on a place of residence after the Effective Date: the date of settling on the place of residence or the date on which the person was issued a residence card pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, whichever is later.
The provisions of Article 19-7, paragraph (2) of the New Immigration Control Act apply mutatis mutandis if a residence card has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
If the mid- to long-term resident provided for in paragraph (1) has filed a notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-46 of the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 81 of 1967) by submitting their residence card, the notification is deemed to be the notification pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph.