Supplementary Provisions, Article 29
第二十九条
A special permanent resident who does not possess a registration certificate at the time this Act comes into effect must, except where the special permanent resident has applied for the issuance of a special permanent resident certificate under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, apply to the Minister of Justice for the issuance of a special permanent resident certificate, via the mayor of the municipality in which the place of residence is situated, within 14 days from the Effective Date (or, if the special permanent resident has departed from Japan on the Effective Date, the date on which the special permanent resident first enters Japan on or after the Effective Date), in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Ministry of Justice Order.
この法律の施行の際現に登録証明書を所持しない特別永住者は、附則第二十七条第一項の規定による特別永住者証明書の交付の申請をした場合を除き、施行日（施行日において本邦から出国している場合にあっては、施行日以後最初に入国した日）から十四日以内に、法務省令で定める手続により、居住地の市町村の長を経由して、法務大臣に対し、特別永住者証明書の交付を申請しなければならない。
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if a special permanent resident prescribed in that paragraph has filed an application under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Alien Registration Act during the period from one month before the Effective Date through the day before the Effective Date and has not, at the time this Act comes into effect, been issued the registration certificate pertaining to that application, the special permanent resident is deemed to have filed an application under the provisions of the preceding paragraph on the Effective Date.
The Minister of Justice is to, if an application is filed under the provisions of paragraph (1), issue a special permanent resident certificate to the relevant special permanent resident via the mayor of the municipality in which the place of residence is situated.
法務大臣は、第一項の規定による申請があった場合には、居住地の市町村の長を経由して、当該特別永住者に対し、特別永住者証明書を交付するものとする。