This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 1 year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.

In operating the systems of supervision measures in lieu of detention and of provisional release under the Immigration Control Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2"), consideration is to be given to the human rights of a suspect prescribed in Article 27 of the Immigration Control Act or a person subject to deportation (hereinafter referred to as a "suspect, etc." in this Article), efforts are to be made to ensure the appropriateness of decisions, and, in the case of giving notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 44-2, paragraph (9) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 52-2, paragraph (7) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2) or Article 54, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (7) of the same Article), efforts are to be made to ensure the transparency of procedures, such as by stating the reasons in a way that enables the suspect, etc. to understand them accurately.

①With regard to the validity period and the extension of a residence card (meaning a residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) issued before the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "item (i) Effective Date"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 61-8-3, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 in the case where an application for extension of the validity period of a residence card is filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 19-11, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 1"), to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mid- to long-term resident who was issued that residence card (meaning a mid- to long-term resident prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and Articles 4 and 5 of the Supplementary Provisions) is deemed to be a person under 16 years of age even if the date of the application is their 16th birthday (if the birthday of the mid- to long-term resident is February 29, the birthday of the mid- to long-term resident in a year other than a leap year is deemed to be February 28).

③With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph during the period from the item (i) Effective Date to the day before the Effective Date of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), the phrase "Article 61-8-3, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 61-9-3, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act".

The provisions of Article 61-2, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 1") also apply in the case where, on or after the date on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) Effective Date"), a disposition not to grant recognition of refugee status (meaning recognition of refugee status prescribed in Article 61-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 1; the same applies in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) is made with regard to a foreign national who filed an application under Article 61-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 1 before the item (ii) Effective Date.

With regard to notification of the place of residence by a person who has newly become a mid- to long-term resident upon receiving, before the Effective Date, permission under the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2") or permission under the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 1, and by a person who has newly become a mid- to long-term resident upon receiving permission pertaining to status of residence to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to revocation of the status of residence of a person who has newly become a mid- to long-term resident upon receiving, before the Effective Date, permission under the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 or permission under the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 1, and of a person residing upon receiving permission pertaining to status of residence to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to items (x) and (xi)) and paragraph (3) (limited to the parts pertaining to the special release permit prescribed in item (x) of paragraph (1) of the same Article and the written permission for provisional release prescribed in item (xi) of the same paragraph, which are included in the passport prescribed in paragraph (3)) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 apply to a person who is released pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (10) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 or provisionally released pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to the carrying and presentation of the passport, crew member's pocket-ledger, registered user card or permit of a person released pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (6) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 or a person provisionally released pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 before the Effective Date, and of a person provisionally released on or after the Effective Date under the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Persons residing upon receiving, before the Effective Date, permission under the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 or permission under the provisions of Article 61-2-2, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 1 (limited to persons who have received recognition of refugee status or recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection), and persons residing upon receiving permission pertaining to status of residence to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, whose recognition of refugee status has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 61-2-10, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 (limited to revocation pertaining to item (i) or (iii)) or whose recognition as a person eligible for complementary protection has been revoked pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article (limited to revocation pertaining to item (i) or (iii)), may be deported from Japan through the procedures prescribed in Chapter V of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 (including procedures based on the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2), or be made to leave Japan by an order under the provisions of Article 55-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2.

①An immigration control officer must, promptly after this Act comes into effect, prepare a plan for departure, in conformity with the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2, for a person who is actually detained pursuant to the provisions of Article 52, paragraph (5) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 at the time this Act comes into effect.

②An immigration control officer must endeavor, as promptly as possible after this Act comes into effect, to prepare a plan for departure, in conformity with the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2, for a person who is actually provisionally released pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 at the time this Act comes into effect (limited to a person for whom a written deportation order has been issued).

③If, after this Act comes into effect, a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph is detained pursuant to the provisions of Article 55, paragraph (4) or (5) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2, to which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the following Article, and no plan for departure has been prepared for that person pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an immigration control officer must, promptly after the commencement of that detention, prepare a plan for departure in conformity with the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2.

④If an immigration control officer has prepared a plan for departure pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs for a person prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2), and the period during which that person has been detained upon the issuance of a written deportation order, counted from the Effective Date (for a person prescribed in paragraph (2), the date of commencement of that detention), has reached 3 months continuously, the immigration control officer must promptly submit to the supervising immigration inspector the plan for departure prepared pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs and report on its progress, in conformity with the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2. In this case, the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraphs (3) through (5) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 apply mutatis mutandis.

⑤If the period prescribed in the preceding paragraph continues beyond 3 months, an immigration control officer must, each time the period so continuing reaches a further 3 months, promptly report to the supervising immigration inspector on the progress of the plan for departure prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3), in conformity with the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraph (6) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2. In this case, the provisions of Article 52-8, paragraphs (3) through (5) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 apply mutatis mutandis.

①The provisions of Article 54, paragraphs (2) through (7) of the Immigration Control Act as Amended by Article 2 apply to dispositions made on or after the Effective Date upon a request for provisional release made pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act or ex officio, and with regard to dispositions (including dispositions concerning payment of the deposit) on a request for provisional release made pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph before the Effective Date on which no disposition has been made at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②With regard to the effect and revocation of the provisional release of a person who is actually provisionally released pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control Act Prior to Amendment by Article 2 at the time this Act comes into effect or a person who is provisionally released under the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern.