法務大臣は、前条第一項の規定による許可を受けた外国人に対し、当該外国人が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、在留資格の取得を許可することができる。ただし、当該外国人が無期若しくは一年を超える拘禁刑に処せられた者(刑の全部の執行猶予の言渡しを受けた者及び刑の一部の執行猶予の言渡しを受けた者であつてその刑のうち執行が猶予されなかつた部分の期間が一年以下のものを除く。)又は第二十四条第三号の二、第三号の三若しくは第四号ハ若しくはオからヨまでのいずれかに該当すると疑うに足りる相当の理由がある者である場合は、当該外国人に対し、在留資格の取得を許可しないことが人道上の配慮に欠けると認められる特別の事情があると認めるときに限る。
If a foreign national who has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Justice may, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, permit the foreign national to acquire a status of residence; provided, however, that if the foreign national is a person who has been sentenced to life imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 1 year (excluding a person who has been granted a suspension of the execution of the entire sentence and a person who has been granted a suspension of the execution of part of the sentence for whom the part of the sentence whose execution was not suspended is 1 year or less) or a person for whom there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person falls under any of Article 24, item (iii)-2, item (iii)-3, or item (iv), sub-item (c) or sub-items (l) through (o), this applies only if the Minister finds that there are special circumstances in which not permitting the foreign national to acquire a status of residence would be found to lack humanitarian consideration: