①A special permanent resident recorded in the Residential Basic Book may, in the case of filing a notification under Article 11, paragraph (1) or making an application under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), together with that notification or application, in accordance with the procedures specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order, apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile ("municipality of domicile" meaning the municipality that has the Residential Basic Book in which the special permanent resident filing that notification or making that application is recorded; the same applies in paragraph (13)) (hereinafter referred to as the "mayor of the municipality of domicile" in this Article), for the issuance of the special permanent resident certificate relating to that notification or application to be effected by the issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate (meaning a special permanent resident certificate for which measures have been taken to add the function of an Individual Number Card (meaning the Individual Number Card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures; the same applies in the following Article) through the procedures prescribed by the provisions of this Article and Article 18-5 of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures" in this Article and the following Article); the same applies hereinafter).

②In addition to the case under the preceding paragraph, a special permanent resident may, in the case of being newly recorded in the Residential Basic Book, or of changing domicile within the area of a single municipality, by the notification under Article 10, paragraph (4) that is deemed to be a notification under paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, or by the notification under Article 10, paragraph (5) that is deemed to be a notification under paragraph (2) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article, together with that notification, in accordance with the procedures specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order, apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile, for the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate via the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile.

③A person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or a child of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan, who is recorded in the Residential Basic Book and who stays in Japan by virtue of a status of residence as set out in the left-hand column of Appended Table II of the Immigration Control Act (excluding the residence status of permanent resident), may, only in the case of making an application under Article 5, paragraph (2), together with that application, in accordance with the procedures specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order, apply to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency for the issuance of the special permanent resident certificate under Article 7, paragraph (3) to be effected by the issuance of a specified special permanent resident certificate.

④A person who makes an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (limited to a person in respect of whom the measures prescribed in Article 18-5, paragraph (6) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures have been taken by the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile at the time of that application) and who falls under those specified by Cabinet Order as persons who need to promptly receive the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate may, together with that application, make a request to the effect that the person wishes to have the specified special permanent resident certificate sent by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

⑤The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to, if an application is made under paragraphs (1) through (3) (with respect to an application under that paragraph (3), limited to the case where the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has decided to grant the permission under Article 5, paragraph (1)), prepare a specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident, as provided by Cabinet Order.

⑥In the case where an application is made under paragraph (1) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to effect the issue of the special permanent resident certificate under Article 11, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4)) relating to a notification under Article 11, paragraph (1) or an application under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), by issuing, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile, the specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident prepared pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

⑦The Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to, in the case where an application is made under paragraph (2) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), issue, via the mayor of the municipality of domicile, the specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5).

⑧In the case where an application is made under paragraph (3) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to effect the issue of the special permanent resident certificate under Article 7, paragraph (3) relating to the application under paragraph (3) by having an immigration inspector issue the specified special permanent resident certificate for the relevant special permanent resident prepared pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5).

⑨Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) and paragraph (7), in the case where a request under paragraph (4) is made together with an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) (limited to the case where a notice has been given under Article 18-5, paragraph (4) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures), the issue of the specified special permanent resident certificate under paragraph (6) or paragraph (7) is to be made by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency sending the specified special permanent resident certificate to the relevant special permanent resident, as provided by Cabinet Order.

⑩In the cases under paragraph (6) through the preceding paragraph, if a change has arisen in the particulars listed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) after an application under paragraphs (1) through (3), or after a request under paragraph (4) made together with an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or in any other case where the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds it inappropriate to issue a specified special permanent resident certificate to the relevant foreign national, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (6) through the preceding paragraph, refrain from issuing a specified special permanent resident certificate.

⑪A special permanent resident recorded in the Residential Basic Book may, in the case of making an application under paragraph (1), if there are circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order as contributing to the convenience of the person seeking to receive the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate and to the prompt issue of the specified special permanent resident certificate in making the application via the mayor of a municipality other than the mayor of the municipality of domicile, make the application to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency via the mayor of that municipality. In this case, with respect to the application of the provisions of paragraph (4), the phrase "the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the mayor of a municipality other than the relevant mayor of the municipality of domicile".

⑫With respect to the application of the provisions of Article 19 in the case of making an application under paragraph (1), when filing a notification under Article 11, paragraph (1) or making an application under Article 12, paragraph (1), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3), or when receiving a specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6), the phrase "the municipality in which the place of residence is situated (with respect to notification to be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or the receipt of the special permanent resident certificate to be returned pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of the same Article, the registered place of residence)" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the municipality of domicile prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1)".

⑬A person who receives the specified special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (7) must do so in person at the office of the relevant municipality of domicile.

⑭The provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of receiving a specified special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "unable to make the notification, etc. in person" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "unable to perform the act under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (13) in person", the phrase "make the notification, etc. on behalf of" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "perform the act on behalf of", and the phrase "notification, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the act under the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (13)".

⑮With respect to the application of the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article in the case where the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has effected the issue by sending the specified special permanent resident certificate to the relevant special permanent resident pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9), the phrase "return the relevant special permanent resident certificate to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, via the mayor of the municipality in which the place of residence is situated" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "return the relevant special permanent resident certificate to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency by sending it".

⑯Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (5), if a special permanent resident is to receive the issue of a specified special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (6) through (9), based on an application under paragraphs (1) through (3) or a request under paragraph (4) made together with an application under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), the special permanent resident must, except in cases specified by Cabinet Order, pay a fee in the amount specified by Cabinet Order.

①With respect to a specified special permanent resident certificate, the invalidation of an Individual Number Card under the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (10) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, as applied by deeming the certificate to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of that Act, does not affect its validity as a special permanent resident certificate.

②The return of a specified special permanent resident certificate under the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (11) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, as applied by deeming the certificate to be an Individual Number Card pursuant to the provisions of Article 18-5, paragraph (9) of that Act, or under the provisions of a Cabinet Order based on the provisions of Article 47 of that Act, is to be made, notwithstanding those provisions, by returning it to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency in accordance with the procedures specified by Ministry of Justice Order.

③In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the person returning the relevant specified special permanent resident certificate continues to be a special permanent resident, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency is to, at the time of that return, have an immigration inspector issue a new special permanent resident certificate to the relevant special permanent resident.

④With respect to the application of the provisions of Article 9 to a new special permanent resident certificate to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the phrase "notification or application concerning the special permanent resident certificate" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "issuance under Article 16-3, paragraph (3)", and the phrase "the notification or application" in item (i) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the issuance".

⑤A person who is to receive a special permanent resident certificate to be issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) must appear in person at the regional immigration services bureau to do so.

⑥The provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case of receiving a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "unable to make the notification, etc. in person" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "unable to perform the act under the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (5) in person", the phrase "make the notification, etc. on behalf of" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "perform the act on behalf of", and the phrase "notification, etc." in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the act under the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (5)".

In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, the form of the specified special permanent resident certificate and other particulars necessary concerning the specified special permanent resident certificate are specified by Order of the Digital Agency, Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order.

①A special permanent resident must take receipt of the special permanent resident certificate which is issued by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, or which is returned by the mayor of the municipality.

②A special permanent resident must, if an immigration inspector, immigration control officer, police officer, coast guard officer, or any other official of the national government or a local government specified in the Ministry of Justice Order requests, in pursuance of their duties, the production of their special permanent resident certificate (including undergoing the measures necessary to confirm the content of the special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record), comply with the request.

③Officials as specified in the preceding paragraph must, when requesting the production of the special permanent resident certificate, carry the proof of their identity on them, and present it if they are asked to do so.

④The provisions of the main text of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act will not be applicable to special permanent residents.

①Applications for permission under Article 4, paragraph (1), or the receipt of the special permanent residence permit to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1), must be made or take place in person at the office of the municipality in which the place of residence is situated, whilst an application for permission under Article 5, paragraph (1), or the receipt of the special permanent residence permit to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (2), must be made or take place in person at the regional immigration services bureau.

②If a person who seeks to make the application or receive the special permanent residence permit as specified in the preceding paragraph is less than 16, the relevant application or the receipt of the special permanent residence permit must be made by or take place through the person who has parental authority over that person or the guardian of that person, on behalf of that person.

③If the person who seeks to make the application or receive the special permanent residence permit specified in paragraph (1) is, due to illness and other reasons, unable to make the application in person or receive the special permanent residence permit in person, this may be carried out by a relative or a cohabitant of that person, on their behalf.

④A person who receives the special permanent residence permit pursuant to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs must, at the relevant time, take receipt of the special permanent resident certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) or paragraph (3).

①A notification to be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or Article 11, paragraph (1); the receipt of the special permanent resident certificate to be returned pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3), or to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) (including where they are to be applied mutatis mutandis to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4)); and an application to be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) (hereinafter referred to as "notification, etc." within this Article and Article 34) must be made or take place in person at the office of the municipality in which the place of residence is situated (with respect to notification to be filed pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or the receipt of the special permanent resident certificate to be returned pursuant to the provision of paragraph (3) of the same Article, the registered place of residence).

②If the special permanent resident is under 16, if the special permanent resident is making an application under Article 12, paragraph (1) or receiving a special permanent resident certificate to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis in paragraph (3) of that Article, and the date of the application or receipt is the special permanent resident's 16th birthday, or if the special permanent resident is, due to illness and other reasons, unable to make the notification, etc. in person, a person who is listed in the following items (excluding those who are under 16) and who cohabits with the relevant special permanent resident must, in the order of the relevant items, make the notification, etc. on behalf of the relevant special permanent resident.

③In circumstances other than that which is specified in the preceding paragraph, if notification, etc. is to be made by someone other than a person listed in each of the items in the same paragraph (excluding those who are under 16) and who cohabits with the relevant special permanent resident on behalf of the relevant special permanent resident, at the request of the relevant special permanent resident, then as long as this is provided for in the Ministry of Justice Order, the relevant special permanent resident need not, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), appear in person to make the notification, etc.

Insofar as a special permanent resident who has been granted re-entry permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act is concerned, the reference to "items (i) and (iv)" in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act is treated as a reference to "item (i)".

Insofar as a person who is specified in Article 4, paragraph (1) is concerned: the part of Article 22-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act which reads "60 days" is read as "60 days (if the last day of this period falls on a holiday for the local government as specified in Article 4-2, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act, the period until the day which follows the holiday for the local government)"; and the part of Article 70, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Immigration Control Act which reads "pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 22-2, paragraph (4)" is read as "pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, 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".

①Insofar as a special permanent resident is concerned, a deportation pursuant to the provisions of Article 24 of the Immigration Control Act may be carried out only if one of the following items applies to that person.

②The Minister of Justice must, if the Minister of Justice plans to make a determination under item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, consult the Minister of Foreign Affairs in advance.

③Insofar as a special permanent resident is concerned, the phrase "the items of Article 24" in Article 27, Article 31, paragraph (4), Article 39, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 43, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), Article 44-2, paragraph (1), Article 44-8, item (iii), Article 47, paragraph (1), Article 48, paragraph (6), Article 49, paragraph (4) and Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, the phrase "foreign national subject to deportation (a foreign national who falls under any of the items of Article 24 but does not fall under the category of a foreign national subject to a departure order; the same applies hereinafter)" in Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, and the phrase "foreign national subject to deportation" in Article 47, paragraph (3), Article 50, paragraph (1), Article 55-84, paragraph (4) and Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act are deemed to be replaced with "the items of Article 22, 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", and the phrase "1 year or less), or a person who falls under Article 24, item (iii)-2 or (iii)-3, or item (iv), sub-item (c) or any of sub-items (l) through (o)" in the proviso to Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act is deemed to be replaced with "1 year or less)".