In this Act, "Persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan" means those who have lost their Japanese nationality in accordance with the provisions of the same treaty, on the date on which the treaty first took effect, and to whom either of the following items applies:
この法律において「平和条約国籍離脱者」とは、日本国との平和条約の規定に基づき同条約の最初の効力発生の日（以下「平和条約発効日」という。）において日本の国籍を離脱した者で、次の各号の一に該当するものをいう。
the person is one who has been residing in Japan continuously since September 2, 1945 or earlier.
昭和二十年九月二日以前から引き続き本邦に在留する者
the person is one who was born in Japan in the period from September 3, 1945 to the date on which the peace treaty first took effect; who has continued to reside in Japan since then; and whose biological father or mother has resided in Japan continuously since September 2, 1945 or earlier, until the relevant time of birth (if the father or mother was deceased at the time of birth, at the relevant time of death) and satisfies either of (a) or (b) below:
昭和二十年九月三日から平和条約発効日までの間に本邦で出生し、その後引き続き本邦に在留する者であって、その実親である父又は母が、昭和二十年九月二日以前から当該出生の時（当該出生前に死亡したときは、当該死亡の時）まで引き続き本邦に在留し、かつ、次のイ又はロに該当する者であったもの
has lost Japanese nationality in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, on the date on which the peace treaty first took effect;
日本国との平和条約の規定に基づき平和条約発効日において日本の国籍を離脱した者
has died by the date on which the peace treaty first took effect or lost Japanese nationality after birth by the date on which the peace treaty took effect; and but for such death or loss, would have been deemed to have lost Japanese nationality pursuant to the provisions of the Treaty of Peace with Japan on the date on which the peace treaty took effect.
平和条約発効日までに死亡し又は当該出生の時後平和条約発効日までに日本の国籍を喪失した者であって、当該死亡又は喪失がなかったとしたならば日本国との平和条約の規定に基づき平和条約発効日において日本の国籍を離脱したこととなるもの
In this Act, "child of persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan" means those persons: who were born in Japan as lineal descendants of persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan; who continue to reside in Japan since birth; and to whom either of the following items applies:
この法律において「平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫」とは、平和条約国籍離脱者の直系卑属として本邦で出生しその後引き続き本邦に在留する者で、次の各号の一に該当するものをいう。
the person is the child of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
excluding where the preceding item applies, the person belongs to a generation of the family of the relevant person residing in Japan, up to the grandchildren of the relevant person who lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan (where the relevant person residing in Japan is a grandchild of the relevant person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan, the relevant grandchild; hereinafter the same in this item), and that person's father or mother: was born in Japan as a lineal descendant of persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan; and has since then continued to reside in Japan until the birth of the person from the relevant generation (if deceased at the time of birth, at the relevant time of death).
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