第三項
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)
法務大臣は、第一項の規定により基本方針が定められた場合には、施行日前においても、当該基本方針を新入管法第二条の三第一項から第三項までの規定により定められた基本方針とみなして、新入管法第二条の四第一項から第三項までの規定の例により、分野所管行政機関の長等（同条第一項に規定する分野所管行政機関の長等をいう。以下この項において同じ。）と共同して、分野別運用方針（同条第一項に規定する分野別運用方針をいう。次項において同じ。）を定めることができる。この場合において、法務大臣及び分野所管行政機関の長等は、同条第四項の規定の例により、これを公表しなければならない。
If a basic policy has been established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Justice may, even before the Effective Date, deeming that basic policy to be the basic policy established pursuant to the provisions of Article 2-3, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the New Immigration Control Act, establish, in the manner provided for in Article 2-4, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the New Immigration Control Act and in cooperation with the heads of the administrative organs with jurisdiction over the fields and others (meaning the heads of the administrative organs with jurisdiction over the fields and others provided for in paragraph (1) of the same Article; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), a field-specific operation policy (meaning the field-specific operation policy provided for in paragraph (1) of the same Article; the same applies in the following paragraph). In this case, the Minister of Justice and the heads of the administrative organs with jurisdiction over the fields and others must publicly announce it in the manner provided for in paragraph (4) of the same Article.