Supplementary Provisions, Article 21

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 22-4, paragraph (1), item (vii) of the New Immigration Control Act to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is residing with the status of residence of "Spouse or Child of Japanese National" or the status of residence of "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" provided for in the same item and who is residing without continuously engaging in activities as a person with the status of a spouse for six months or more, the phrase "continuously for six months" in the same item is deemed to be replaced with "continuously for six months after the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009) comes into effect".