Supplementary Provisions, Article 9
第九条
Applications for recognition of refugee status that, at the time the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as "the January 2010 amending provisions") come into effect, are being made using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act prior to the amendment by those provisions (hereinafter referred to as "the Regulation before the January 2010 amendment") are deemed to be applications for recognition of refugee status made using the forms prescribed in the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by those provisions (hereinafter referred to as "the Regulation as amended in January 2010").
附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定（以下「平成二十二年一月改正規定」という。）の施行の際現に行われている、同規定による改正前の出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則（以下「平成二十二年一月改正前規則」という。）に規定する様式による難民の認定の申請は、同規定による改正後の出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則（以下「平成二十二年一月改正規則」という。）に規定する様式による難民の認定の申請とみなす。