Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Residence Cards
第二条（在留カードに関する経過措置）
With regard to the validity period of a residence card (meaning a residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (referred to as the "Immigration Control Act" in paragraph (3)); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions) issued before the Effective Date of this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
With regard to the procedures for extension of the validity period of a residence card issued before the Effective Date whose validity period is set to expire on the day before the 16th birthday, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
With regard to the validity period of a residence card newly issued upon an application for extension of the validity period of a residence card issued before the Effective Date whose validity period is set to expire on the day before the 16th birthday, the term "5th" in Article 19-5, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 is deemed to be replaced with "6th".
施行日前に交付された有効期間の満了の日が十六歳の誕生日の前日とされている在留カードの有効期間の更新の申請があった場合に新たに交付される在留カードの有効期間については、第一条の規定による改正後の入管法第十九条の五第一項第二号中「五回目」とあるのは、「六回目」とする。
With regard to the obligation to present a residence card issued before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Immigration Control Actmachine translation
「入管法」
Short name for the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, used in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 59 of 2024, which amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)
residence cardmachine translation
「在留カード」
The residence card that the Immigration Services Agency issues to a mid- to long-term resident under Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 4
the Effective Datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date Act No. 59 of 2024, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)