①Insofar as a special permanent resident is concerned, the part of Article 26, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control Act which reads "5 years" is read as "6 years", and the part of paragraph (5) of the same Article which reads "6 years" is read as "7 years".

②The provisions of Article 26-2 of the Immigration Control Act are applied mutatis mutandis to special permanent residents who depart from Japan whilst in possession of a valid passport and a special permanent resident certificate. In this case, the part of paragraph (2) of the same Article which reads "one year from the date of departure from Japan (where the expiration date of the period of stay comes prior to the date of the elapse of one year from the date of departure from Japan, the period until the expiration of the period of stay)" is read as "2 years from the date of departure from Japan".

③The Commissioner of Immigration Services Agency must, in applying the provisions of Article 26 of the Immigration Control Act and in applying the provisions of Article 26-2 of the Immigration Control Act mutatis mutandis under the preceding paragraph, respect the aim of this Act, which is to contribute to the stabilization of the special permanent resident's life in Japan.

Administrative tasks which are to be handled by the municipality in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3) and paragraph (4), Article 6, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (2), Article 10, paragraph (1) through paragraph (3), Article 11, paragraph (1) as well as paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) (including where those provisions are to be applied mutatis mutandis to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4)), Article 12, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), Article 13, paragraph (1), Article 14, paragraph (1) and paragraph (3), Article 16, paragraph (3), and Article 16-2, paragraph (1), paragraph (2), paragraph (6), paragraph (7) and paragraph (11), are classified as Type 1 of the statutory entrusted functions specified in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act.

Important matters in relation to procedures for the implementation and execution of this Act are specified by the Ministry of Justice Order (with respect to administrative affairs to be carried out by the mayor of the municipality, by Cabinet Order).

①A person who, for the purpose of uttering, has forged or altered a special permanent resident certificate or a special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record that is to be displayed and uttered as a special permanent resident certificate (referred to as "special permanent resident certificate, etc." in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) is subject to imprisonment for a term of not less than 1 year and not more than 10 years.

②A person who has made use of a special permanent resident certificate, etc. which was forged or altered is penalized in the same way in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

③A person who, for the purpose of uttering, has provided or received a special permanent resident certificate, etc. which was forged or altered, is penalized in the same way as that in paragraph (1).

④A person who, for the purpose of causing erroneous processing of a person's affairs, has unlawfully created a special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record is penalized in the same way as that in paragraph (1).

⑤A person who, for the purpose referred to in the preceding paragraph, has put an unlawfully created special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record to use in the processing of a person's affairs is penalized in the same way as that in paragraph (1).

⑥A person who, for the purpose referred to in paragraph (4), has provided or received a special permanent resident certificate on which an unlawfully created special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record is recorded is penalized in the same way as that in paragraph (1).

⑦An attempt to commit the crimes referred to in the preceding paragraphs is punishable.

①A person who, for the purpose of uttering, has possessed a forged or altered special permanent resident certificate (including one on which a forged or altered special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is recorded) is subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or a fine not exceeding 500,000 yen.

②A person who, for the purpose of causing erroneous processing of a person's affairs, has possessed a special permanent resident certificate on which an unlawfully created special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record is recorded is penalized in the same way as that in the preceding paragraph.

③A person who, for the purpose of uttering or for the purpose of causing erroneous processing of a person's affairs, has kept a special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record that was forged, altered or unlawfully created is penalized in the same way as that in paragraph (1).

①A person who has prepared machinery or materials, for the purpose of providing them for use in the criminal act specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) or paragraph (4), is subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years, or a fine not exceeding 500,000 yen.

②A person who, for the purpose of providing for use in the criminal act specified in Article 26, paragraph (4), has acquired or provided information on a special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record is penalized in the same way as that in the preceding paragraph.

③A person who has kept, for the purpose of providing for use in the criminal act specified in Article 26, paragraph (4), information on a special permanent resident certificate electronic or magnetic record that was unlawfully obtained is penalized in the same way as that in paragraph (1).

④An attempt to commit the crime referred to in paragraph (2) is punishable.

①A person who falls under any of the following items is to be punished with imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

②Attempts of the offences in the preceding paragraph (except for the part relating to possession) is punished.

The offences in Article 26 through the preceding Article is treated in same way as the offences which are listed in Article 2 of the Penal Code.

A person who falls under any of the following items is to be punished with imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

A person to whom any of the following items applies, is subject to a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen.

A person who has contravened the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (4) is subject to a civil fine not exceeding 50,000 yen.

If any of the persons who are listed in the individual items of Article 19, paragraph (2), has failed to make a notification, etc. (excluding an application to be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (2) or Article 14, paragraph (1)), that person is subject to a civil fine not exceeding 50,000 yen.