Supplementary Provisions
附 則
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
この省令は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。
The criteria provided for in the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, as amended by this Ministerial Order, do not apply where a person who has made the application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") holds a certificate issued under Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of the Act before this Ministerial Order comes into effect or a passport bearing a visa granted before this Ministerial Order comes into effect.
With respect to the criteria pertaining to the issuance of a certificate under Article 7-2 of the Act applied for before this Ministerial Order comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この省令の施行前に申請された法第七条の二の規定による証明書の交付に係る基準については、なお従前の例による。