Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
Of the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") pertaining to a certificate of eligibility that is applied for before the Effective Date and is to be issued after the Effective Date, with respect to those pertaining to the status of residence of "Trainee" in Appended Table I (4) of the Act prior to the enforcement of the Amending Act (referred to as the "former status of residence of "Trainee"" in the following Article), notwithstanding the provisions of the New Ministerial Order for Criteria, the provisions then in force continue to govern in any of the following cases:
the cases listed in item (v), (a) through (h) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in the right-hand column under "Trainee" of the Appended Table I (4) of the Act in the table of the New Ministerial Order for Criteria;
if practical training (meaning training to acquire technology, skills or knowledge by engaging in the business of producing or selling goods or the business of providing services in return for compensation; the same applies hereinafter) is not included in the training that the applicant seeks to undergo in Japan;
申請人が本邦において受けようとする研修の中に実務研修（商品を生産し若しくは販売する業務又は対価を得て役務の提供を行う業務に従事することにより技術、技能又は知識を修得する研修をいう。以下同じ。）が含まれていない場合
beyond the cases listed in the preceding two items, if, before the day three months prior to the Effective Date, an application for the issuance of a certificate of eligibility has been filed in anticipation of filing the application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act before the Effective Date.