Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Cabinet Order comes into effect on the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Residential Basic Book Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Amending Act"); provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items.
この政令は、住民基本台帳法の一部を改正する法律（以下「改正法」という。）の施行の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
The provisions amending the table of contents, amending Article 1, adding one Article after Article 8, and amending Article 11, Article 12, paragraph (1) and Article 26; the provision amending Article 27 (excluding the provision amending item (i) of that Article (limited to the part relating to "(hereinafter referred to as the 'moving-in notification')") and the provision amending item (ii) of that Article (limited to the part replacing "Article 23 of the Act, Article 24 of the Act" with "a notification under the provisions of Article 23 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the 'notification of a move within a municipality'), moving-out notification" and adding "(referred to as the 'notification of household change' in item (ii) of the following Article and item (ii) of Article 27-3)" below "notification")); the provision amending Article 27-2 (excluding the provision amending item (i) of that Article (limited to the part replacing "a notification under the provisions of Article 22 of the Act" with "moving-in notification") and the provision amending item (ii) of that Article (limited to the part replacing "a notification under the provisions of Articles 23, 24 and 25 of the Act" with "notification of a move within a municipality, moving-out notification and notification of household change")); the provision amending Article 27-3 (limited to the part relating to item (i) of that Article (limited to the part relating to a notification under the provisions of Articles 30-46 and 30-47 of the Act) and the part relating to item (iii) of that Article); the provision amending Article 28 (excluding the provision amending item (i) of that Article (limited to the part relating to moving-in notification) and the provision amending item (ii) of that Article); the provision amending the caption of Article 29; the provision amending Article 30-21, item (v) (limited to the part replacing "or" with ", when the relevant certificate of residence is deleted pursuant to the provisions of Article 8-2, or"); the provision adding one Chapter after Chapter IV-2; the provision amending Article 31, paragraph (1); the provision adding the following after the row for Article 30-44, paragraph (6) in the table of Article 31, paragraph (2) (limited to the part relating to the row for Article 30-50 in that table); the provision amending Article 32, paragraph (1); and the provision adding the following to the table of Article 32, paragraph (2) (excluding the part relating to the row for Article 30-22 in that table) and the provision amending Article 34, paragraph (1); and the provisions of Articles 8 to 10 and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of enforcement of 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; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act Amendment Act").
目次の改正規定、第一条の改正規定、第八条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第十一条、第十二条第一項及び第二十六条の改正規定、第二十七条の改正規定（同条第一号の改正規定（「（以下「転入届」という。）」に係る部分に限る。）及び同条第二号の改正規定（「、法第二十四条」を「の規定による届出（以下「転居届」という。）、転出届」に改め、「届出」の下に「（次条第二号及び第二十七条の三第二号において「世帯変更届」という。）」を加える部分に限る。）を除く。）、第二十七条の二の改正規定（同条第一号の改正規定（「法第二十二の規定による届出」を「転入届」に改める部分に限る。）及び同条第二号の改正規定（「法第二十三条、法第二十四条及び法第二十五条の規定による届出」を「転居届、転出届及び世帯変更届」に改める部分に限る。）を除く。）、第二十七条の三の改正規定（同条第一号に係る部分（法第三十条の四十六及び法第三十条の四十七の規定による届出に係る部分に限る。）及び同条第三号に係る部分に限る。）、第二十八条の改正規定（同条第一号の改正規定（転入届に係る部分に限る。）及び同条第二号の改正規定を除く。）、第二十九条の見出しの改正規定、第三十条の二十一第五号の改正規定（「又は」を「、第八条の二の規定により当該住民票が消除されたとき又は」に改める部分に限る。）、第四章の二の次に一章を加える改正規定、第三十一条第一項の改正規定、同条第二項の表第三十条の四十四第六項の項の次に次のように加える改正規定（同表第三十条の五十の項に係る部分に限る。）、第三十二条第一項の改正規定、同条第二項の表に次のように加える改正規定（同表第三十条の二十二の項に係る部分を除く。）並びに第三十四条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第八条から第十条まで及び附則第十三条の規定 出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律（平成二十一年法律第七十九号。以下「入管法等改正法」という。）の施行の日
The provisions amending Article 12, paragraph (2), item (iii), Article 15-3, paragraph (2) and Article 30, and the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 and Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
第十二条第二項第三号、第十五条の三第二項及び第三十条の改正規定並びに附則第二条から第七条まで及び附則第十一条の規定 公布の日
The provisions of the following Article and Article 7-2 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of enforcement of the Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act (Cabinet Order No. 4 of 2012)
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1-2Date Specified by Cabinet Order under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act
第一条の二（改正法附則第三条第一項の政令で定める日）
The date specified by Cabinet Order in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act is May 7, 2012.
改正法附則第三条第一項の政令で定める日は、平成二十四年五月七日とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Preparation of a Provisional Certificate of Residence on a Magnetic Disk
第二条（仮住民票の磁気ディスクによる調製）
The mayor of the municipality (including the head of a special ward; the same applies hereinafter) may prepare the provisional certificate of residence prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act (hereinafter referred to as the "provisional certificate of residence") on a magnetic disk (including an object on which certain matters can be reliably recorded by a method equivalent thereto). In this case, the provisions of Article 2 of the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by this Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as the "New Order") apply mutatis mutandis.
市町村長（特別区の区長を含む。以下同じ。）は、改正法附則第三条第一項に規定する仮住民票（以下「仮住民票」という。）を磁気ディスク（これに準ずる方法により一定の事項を確実に記録しておくことができる物を含む。）をもって調製することができる。この場合においては、この政令による改正後の住民基本台帳法施行令（以下「新令」という。）第二条の規定を準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Matters to Be Entered in a Provisional Certificate of Residence
第三条（仮住民票の記載事項）
Where the mayor of the municipality prepares a provisional certificate of residence pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, the phrase "the status of residence, period of stay, and date of the expiration of the period of stay stated in the residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act (or, in a case specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order, a document specified by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order), and the number of the residence card" in the table of Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the Amending Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") is deemed to be replaced with "the status of residence prescribed in Article 2-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, the period of stay prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article and the date of its expiration, and the registration number prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952)", and the phrase "the number of the special permanent resident certificate stated in the special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Special Act" is deemed to be replaced with "the registration number prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Alien Registration Act".
市町村長が改正法附則第三条第一項又は第二項の規定により仮住民票を作成する場合には、改正法による改正後の住民基本台帳法（以下「新法」という。）第三十条の四十五の表中「入管法第十九条の三に規定する在留カード（総務省令で定める場合にあつては、総務省令で定める書類）に記載されている在留資格、在留期間及び在留期間の満了の日並びに在留カードの番号」とあるのは「入管法第二条の二第一項に規定する在留資格、同条第三項に規定する在留期間及びその満了の日並びに外国人登録法（昭和二十七年法律第百二十五号）第四条第一項第一号に規定する登録番号」と、「入管特例法第七条第一項に規定する特別永住者証明書に記載されている特別永住者証明書の番号」とあるのは「外国人登録法第四条第一項第一号に規定する登録番号」とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Deletion of a Provisional Certificate of Residence
第四条（仮住民票の消除）
If, after the date specified by Cabinet Order in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act (hereinafter referred to as the "base date") and until the day preceding the date specified in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as the "item (i) Effective Date"), a person who is the subject of the preparation of a provisional certificate of residence ceases to satisfy any of the requirements listed in the items of that paragraph, the mayor of the municipality must delete that provisional certificate of residence.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Amendment of an Entry in a Provisional Certificate of Residence
第五条（仮住民票の記載の修正）
If, after the base date and until the day preceding the item (i) Effective Date, there is a change in the matters entered in a provisional certificate of residence, the mayor of the municipality must make an amendment of the entries in that provisional certificate of residence.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Investigation of the Matters Entered in a Provisional Certificate of Residence
第六条（仮住民票の記載事項に係る調査）
When the mayor of the municipality finds it necessary at the time of an entry in, deletion of, or amendment of an entry in a provisional certificate of residence, the mayor may conduct an investigation into the matters to be entered in the provisional certificate of residence.
市町村長は、仮住民票の記載、消除又は記載の修正に際し、必要があると認めるときは、仮住民票に記載される事項について調査をすることができる。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 34, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the New Act apply mutatis mutandis.
前項の場合においては、新法第三十四条第三項及び第四項の規定を準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Ensuring the Security of the Matters Entered in a Provisional Certificate of Residence
第七条（仮住民票に記載されている事項の安全確保）
In handling affairs relating to provisional certificates of residence, the mayor of the municipality must take the measures necessary for preventing the leakage, loss and damage of the matters entered in the provisional certificates of residence and otherwise for the appropriate management of those matters.
市町村長は、仮住民票に関する事務の処理に当たっては、仮住民票に記載されている事項の漏えい、滅失及びき損の防止その他の仮住民票に記載されている事項の適切な管理のために必要な措置を講じなければならない。
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis where a person entrusted by the mayor of the municipality with affairs relating to provisional certificates of residence carries out the entrusted business.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-2Date Specified by Cabinet Order under Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act
第七条の二（改正法附則第九条の政令で定める日）
The date specified by Cabinet Order in Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act is July 7, 2013.
改正法附則第九条の政令で定める日は、平成二十五年七月七日とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 8Transitional Measures on the Special Provisions for the Period of Validity of a Basic Resident Register Card for a Foreign Resident
第八条（外国人住民に係る住民基本台帳カードの有効期間の特例に関する経過措置）
An alien registration certificate (meaning the alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its abolition pursuant to Article 4 of the Immigration Control Act Amendment Act) that is deemed to be a residence card (meaning the residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Immigration Control Act Amendment Act is deemed to be a residence card for the purpose of the application of Article 30-30 of the New Order.
入管法等改正法附則第十五条第一項の規定により在留カード（出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）第十九条の三に規定する在留カードをいう。以下この条において同じ。）とみなされている外国人登録証明書（入管法等改正法第四条の規定による廃止前の外国人登録法（昭和二十七年法律第百二十五号）に規定する外国人登録証明書をいう。）は、在留カードとみなして、新令第三十条の三十の規定を適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 9Transitional Measures Concerning the Entry of Resident Record Codes for Foreign Residents
第九条（外国人住民に係る住民票コードの記載に関する経過措置）
On the day following the date specified by Cabinet Order in Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act (hereinafter referred to as the "application date"), the mayor of the municipality is to enter, in the certificate of residence of a person other than a foreign resident (meaning a foreign resident prescribed in Article 30-45 of the New Act; the same applies hereinafter) who is currently recorded in the basic resident register and who, before the application date, gave a notification under Article 24 of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as the "moving-out notification" in this Article) and has a scheduled date of moving out stated in that moving-out notification that is on or after the application date, any one resident record code selected from among the resident record codes prescribed in Article 7, item (xiii) of the New Act that have been designated by the prefectural governor pursuant to Article 30-7, paragraph (1) of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as "resident record code" in this Article). In this case, the mayor of the municipality is to select and enter a resident record code different from the resident record codes entered in the certificates of residence of persons other than the person to whom that entry relates.
市町村長は、改正法附則第九条の政令で定める日の翌日（以下「適用日」という。）に、現に住民基本台帳に記録されている外国人住民（新法第三十条の四十五に規定する外国人住民をいう。以下同じ。）であって適用日前に新法第二十四条の規定による届出（以下この条において「転出届」という。）をし、かつ、当該転出届に記載された転出の予定年月日が適用日以後である者以外の者に係る住民票に新法第三十条の七第一項の規定により都道府県知事から指定された新法第七条第十三号に規定する住民票コード（以下この条において「住民票コード」という。）のうちから選択するいずれか一の住民票コードを記載するものとする。この場合において、市町村長は、当該記載に係る者以外の者に係る住民票に記載した住民票コードと異なる住民票コードを選択して記載するものとする。
When the mayor of a municipality makes an entry in the certificate of residence for a foreign resident who is to be newly recorded in the basic resident register of that municipality (including special wards; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and that person is a person who was recorded in the basic resident register of another municipality before the application date and who was not recorded in the basic resident register of any municipality during the period from the application date until the time of making that entry in the certificate of residence, or a person who gave a moving-out notification before the application date prescribed in the preceding paragraph and whose scheduled date of moving out stated in that moving-out notification is on or after the application date, the mayor of the municipality is to enter in the certificate of residence for that person any one resident record code selected from among the resident record codes designated by the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems pursuant to Article 30-2, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act. In this case, the mayor of the municipality is to select and enter a resident record code different from the resident record codes entered in the certificates of residence for persons other than the person pertaining to that entry.
市町村長は、新たにその市町村（特別区を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の住民基本台帳に記録されるべき外国人住民につき住民票の記載をする場合において、その者が適用日前に他の市町村の住民基本台帳に記録されていた者であって適用日以後当該住民票の記載をする時までの間にいずれの市町村においても住民基本台帳に記録されていなかったもの又は前項に規定する適用日前に転出届をし、かつ、当該転出届に記載された転出の予定年月日が適用日以後である者であるときは、その者に係る住民票に住民基本台帳法第三十条の二第一項の規定により地方公共団体情報システム機構から指定された住民票コードのうちから選択するいずれか一の住民票コードを記載するものとする。この場合において、市町村長は、当該記載に係る者以外の者に係る住民票に記載した住民票コードと異なる住民票コードを選択して記載するものとする。
In the cases of the preceding two paragraphs, the provisions of Article 30-3, paragraph (3) of the Residential Basic Book Act apply mutatis mutandis.
前二項の場合においては、住民基本台帳法第三十条の三第三項の規定を準用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 10Special Provisions on the Application of the Provisions on Notification by the Mayor of a Municipality Concerning Foreign Residents Who Have Changed Their Domicile
第十条（住所を変更した外国人住民に係る市町村長の通知に関する規定の適用の特例）
With respect to foreign residents, the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the New Order do not apply until the day before the application date.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Special Provisions for a Designated City
第十一条（指定都市の特例）
For the application of the provisions of Articles 2 through 7 and Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions to a designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), wards and administratively consolidated wards are deemed to be cities, and heads of wards and administratively consolidated ward mayors are deemed to be mayors of cities.
地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市に対する附則第二条から第七条まで及び第九条の規定の適用については、区及び総合区を市と、区長及び総合区長を市長とみなす。
moving-out notificationmachine translation
「転出届」
A moving-out notification as referred to in Article 24-2, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the notification under Article 24 of that Act of one's name, destination and expected moving date that a person moving out of a municipality must give its mayor in advance.
Short name set inArticle 21, paragraph (2)
moving-in notificationmachine translation
「転入届」
A notification under Article 22 of the Residential Basic Book Act, which a person who has newly set up their address in a municipality, other than by birth, must give its mayor within 14 days of moving in.
Short name set inArticle 27, paragraph (1), item (i)
Amending Actmachine translation
「改正法」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the Act Partially Amending the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 77 of 2009).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1)
Immigration Control Act Amendment Actmachine translation
「入管法等改正法」
In item (i) of Article 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, short name for the 2009 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 making related changes (Act No. 79 of 2009), on whose effective date the provisions that item lists come into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)
provisional certificate of residencemachine translation
「仮住民票」
A provisional certificate of residence (住民票) that a municipal mayor draws up under Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 77 of 2009 for a foreign national registered in the municipality's alien registration record (外国人登録原票) and expected to be a foreign resident (外国人住民) there on the item (i) effective date (第一号施行日).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
New Ordermachine translation
「新令」
This Cabinet Order as amended by Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)
base datemachine translation
「基準日」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the date a Cabinet Order (政令) sets under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009, the date on which the mayor draws up provisional certificates of residence (仮住民票) for foreign nationals expected to become foreign residents (外国人住民).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
item (i) Effective Datemachine translation
「第一号施行日」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the date set out in Article 1, item (i) of those supplementary provisions: the day Act No. 79 of 2009, which amended 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, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)
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 8, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
resident record codemachine translation
「住民票コード」
In Article 9 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, a resident record code as provided for in Article 7, item (xiii) of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009, from among those the prefectural governor designated under Article 30-7, paragraph (1) of that amended Act, which the mayor enters on a foreign resident's certificate of residence (住民票).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
foreign residentmachine translation
「外国人住民」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, a foreign resident as defined in Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)
moving-out notificationmachine translation
「転出届」
In Article 9 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, a notification of moving out under Article 24 of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
application datemachine translation
「適用日」
In Article 9 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the day after the date a Cabinet Order (政令) sets under Article 9 of the supplementary provisions of the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009, on which the mayor enters a resident record code (住民票コード) on each foreign resident's (外国人住民) certificate of residence (住民票).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)
special permanent resident certificate
特別永住者証明書
The certificate the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency (出入国在留管理庁長官) issues to every special permanent resident (特別永住者) (Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Article 7, paragraph (1)). One newly granted the status after birth or another event receives it through the mayor of the municipality where they live, and one granted it while staying with another status of residence (在留資格) from an immigration inspector (入国審査官) (Article 7, paragraphs (2) and (3)). It states the holder's name, date of birth, sex and nationality or region, their main address in Japan (住居地) if they have one, the certificate's number and expiry date, and other particulars a Ministry of Justice Order (法務省令) sets, and unless the holder is under an age that Order sets it shows their photograph (Article 8, paragraphs (1) and (3)). It runs until the fifth birthday after the notification or application for it for a holder then under 18, and until the tenth for anyone else; on a renewal the birthdays are counted from the old certificate's expiry date, and a holder under 18 whose old certificate expires on or after their 18th birthday gets the tenth (Article 9, paragraph (1)). A holder whose certificate carries no address must report one within 14 days of settling on it, and every holder must report a new address within 14 days of moving, to the mayor of the municipality they move to; a move-in notification under the Residential Basic Book Act (住民基本台帳法) made with the certificate counts as that report (Article 10, paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (5)). Through the mayor of the municipality where they live, the holder must also report a change of name, date of birth, sex or nationality within 14 days, apply to renew the certificate in the three months before it expires, and apply for a new one within 14 days of learning it was lost, stolen or destroyed (Articles 11, paragraph (1), 12, paragraph (1), and 13, paragraph (1)). The holder must accept the certificate issued or returned, and show it when an immigration inspector, an immigration control officer (入国警備官), a police officer, a coast guard officer or another official a Ministry of Justice Order names asks to see it in the course of duty (Article 17, paragraphs (1) and (2)). It loses effect when the holder stops being a special permanent resident, when it expires, when the holder leaves Japan with no re-entry permit (counting as one the permit a holder is treated as having when leaving with a valid passport and the certificate, Article 23, paragraph (2)) and an immigration inspector confirms their departure, when a holder with a re-entry permit does not come back within its period, when a new certificate is issued and when the holder dies (Article 15, paragraph (1)); a certificate that has lost effect must be returned, in most cases within 14 days (Article 16). A holder recorded in the Residential Basic Book (住民基本台帳) who reports a change, renews or replaces the certificate may ask for the new one to be issued as a specified special permanent resident certificate (特定特別永住者証明書), one that also works as an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード) (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)). Forging or altering one in order to use it is punished by imprisonment (拘禁刑) of one to ten years (Article 26, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, Arts. 7 to 13, 15, 16, 16-2, 17, 23, 26 as a reference.
special ward
特別区
A ward (区) of a metropolis (都) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 281, paragraph (1)). Today the only special wards are the 23 wards of Tokyo. A special ward is a basic local government in its own right: it does, in general, the work a city, town or village (市町村) does elsewhere, apart from what the metropolis does across all the wards as one (Article 281-2, paragraph (2)). Where a law or order gives a city (市) work to do, its provisions on that work also apply to a special ward, for the work the ward does (Article 281, paragraph (2), and Article 283, paragraph (2)); a Cabinet Order (政令) can make special rules where they cannot apply as they stand (Article 283, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 281, 281-2, 283 as a reference.