Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
Of the criteria under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act pertaining to persons who were issued a certificate of eligibility or received a visa before the Effective Date and persons who were issued a certificate of eligibility after the Effective Date (limited to cases in which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article), and who filed the application under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Act after the Effective Date, with respect to those pertaining to the status of residence of "Entertainer", the provisions then in force continue to govern.
施行日前に在留資格認定証明書の交付を受け又は査証を受けた者及び施行日後に在留資格認定証明書の交付を受けた者（前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされた場合に限る。）で、施行日後に法第六条第二項の申請を行ったものに係る法第七条第一項第二号の基準のうち、興行の在留資格に係るものについては、なお従前の例による。