This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 years 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.

①The provisions of Article 24-2 and Article 30-44, paragraphs (5) through (11) of the Residential Basic Book Act as revised by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act") apply to a person who receives the issuance of a Basic Resident Register Card (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "Basic Resident Register card") prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article on or after the date on which this Act comes into effect, and to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has been issued a Basic Resident Register card other than a Basic Resident Register card used under ordinance (meaning a Basic Resident Register card used pursuant to the provisions of Article 30-44, paragraph (8) of the Residential Basic Book Act prior to its revision by this Act; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph); and with regard to a person who, at the time this Act comes into effect, has been issued a Basic Resident Register card used under ordinance, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②The provisions of Article 22 and Article 30-46 of the new Act apply to the case where a foreign resident prescribed in Article 30-45 of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "foreign resident") has moved in, as prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the new Act, on or after the date specified in item (i) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "item (i) effective date").

③The provisions of Article 30-47 of the new Act apply to the case where a foreign resident has become a mid- to long-term resident, etc. prescribed in Article 30-46 of the new Act, on or after the item (i) effective date.

①The mayor of a municipality (including the head of a special ward; the same applies hereinafter) must, promptly after the base date, prepare, for each individual, with respect to a person who falls under all of the requirements listed in the following items as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within the period from the date specified in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions to the day preceding the item (i) effective date (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "base date"), a provisional certificate of residence stating the matters listed in Article 7, items (i) through (iv), (vii), (viii), (x) through (xi)-2, and (xiv) of the new Act, nationality, etc. (meaning nationality, etc. prescribed in Article 30-45 of the new Act; the same applies hereinafter), and the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in Article 30-45 of the new Act corresponding to the category of the person listed in the left-hand column of that table.

②The mayor of the municipality may, during the period from after the base date until the day preceding the item (i) effective date, prepare the provisional certificate of residence prescribed in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "provisional certificate of residence") for a person who has come to fall under all of the requirements listed in the items of the preceding paragraph.

③The entries in the provisional certificate of residence are to be made based on the alien registration record, the records concerning the qualification as an insured person of National Health Insurance, the qualification as an insured person of the medical care system for the advanced elderly, the qualification as an insured person of long-term care insurance, the qualification as an insured person of the National Pension, and the eligibility of a person receiving the payment of the Child Allowance, prescribed in Article 7, items (x) through (xi)-2 of the new Act, and the information provided by the Minister of Justice under the provisions of the following paragraph.

④The Minister of Justice is to, when there has been a request from the mayor of a municipality in connection with the preparation of a provisional certificate of residence, provide information concerning the matters listed in Article 7, items (i) through (iii) of the new Act, nationality, etc., or the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in Article 30-45 of the new Act.

⑤When the mayor of a municipality has prepared a provisional certificate of residence under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the mayor must immediately notify the person who was the subject of that preparation of the matters entered in the provisional certificate of residence pertaining to that person.

⑥Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the entry, deletion or amendment of an entry in a provisional certificate of residence and other matters necessary in connection with a provisional certificate of residence are specified by Cabinet Order.

①A provisional certificate of residence prepared under the provisions of the preceding Article is to become a certificate of residence as of the item (i) effective date.

②When, with regard to the certificate of residence of a person who has Japanese nationality and belongs to the same household as a foreign resident pertaining to the certificate of residence set forth in the preceding paragraph, a change has occurred in the matters listed in Article 7, item (iv) of the new Act in connection with the preparation of the certificate of residence set forth in that paragraph, the mayor of the municipality must effect the amendment of an entry as of the item (i) effective date.

③The mayor of a municipality that prepares a certificate of residence on a household basis under the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2) of the new Act may, with regard to a household to which a foreign resident and a person who has Japanese nationality belong, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the same Article, and only for the period necessary, on or after the item (i) effective date, to make an entry for the foreign resident in the certificate of residence on a household basis, substitute the preparation of the basic resident register, by organizing the certificate of residence set forth in paragraph (1) on an individual basis and the certificate of residence pertaining to the person who has Japanese nationality on a household basis, by household, for the preparation of a certificate of residence on a household basis.

①A person who, at the time the provisions listed in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, is actually a foreign resident (excluding a person who, by the day preceding the item (i) effective date, has received a notification under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions from the mayor of the municipality of the person's address as of the item (i) effective date, and who is specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) must, within 14 days from the item (i) effective date, notify the mayor of the municipality of the matters listed in Article 22, paragraph (1), items (i), (ii) and (v) of the new Act, the date of birth, sex, nationality, etc., and the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in Article 30-45 of the new Act corresponding to the category of person listed in the left-hand column of that table. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 30-46 of the new Act apply mutatis mutandis.

②A notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be a notification under the provisions of Chapter IV-3 of the new Act, and the provisions of Article 8, Article 26, Article 27, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Articles 28 through 29-2 of the new Act apply.

With regard to the certificate of residence set forth in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, or the certificate of residence pertaining to a foreign resident who is subject to the application of the provisions of the preceding Article, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 30-45 of the new Act, the item (i) effective date is to be entered in place of the date on which the person became a foreign resident (meaning the date on which the person became a foreign resident prescribed in that Article).

An alien registration certificate (meaning an alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act before its repeal under the provisions of Article 4 of the Immigration Control Act Amendment Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) that is deemed to be a residence card (meaning a residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Immigration Control Act Amendment Act, or an alien registration certificate that is deemed to be a special permanent resident certificate (meaning a special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991); hereinafter the same applies in this Article) under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Immigration Control Act Amendment Act, is deemed, respectively, to be a residence card or a special permanent resident certificate, and the provisions of Chapter IV-4 and Chapter VI of the Residential Basic Book Act and the provisions of the second sentence of Article 30-46 of the new Act as applied mutatis mutandis under the second sentence of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions apply.

With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 3 through Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions to a designated city set forth in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), a ward is deemed to be a city, and the head of a ward is deemed to be the mayor.

With regard to a foreign resident, the provisions of Article 12-4, Article 24-2 and Chapter IV-2 of the new Act, and the provisions of Article 30-45 of the new Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 7, item (xiii) of the new Act), do not apply until the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the item (i) effective date.

①A person who has made a false notification in connection with a notification under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (including an annotation under the provisions of Article 28 through Article 29-2 of the new Act that are to apply under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the same Article) is, except in a case where a punishment should be imposed for that act, subject to a civil fine of not more than 50,000 yen.

②A person who, without justifiable grounds, fails to make a notification under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions is subject to a civil fine of not more than 50,000 yen.

③A judicial decision concerning a civil fine under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is made by a summary court.

With regard to the application of the provisions concerning a civil fine to an act committed before the day this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

With regard to a foreign national who is actually residing in Japan and who has been granted provisional release under the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and for whom a certain period of time has passed from the day of that provisional release, and any other foreign national who is actually residing in Japan and who is a person other than a person able to reside in Japan under the provisions of that Act or the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, the Government is to, from the viewpoint of ensuring that, in light of the purpose of Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Immigration Control Act Amendment Act, that person continues to be able to receive administrative benefits even on and after the item (i) effective date, as necessary, examine how the records pertaining to that person should be properly managed, and take the necessary measures based on the results of that examination.