Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Special Provisions Concerning Persons Who Were Staying in Japan Having Been Granted Permission for Permanent Residence under the Old Japan-Korea Special Act
第四条（旧日韓特別法に基づく永住の許可を受けて在留していた者に関する特例）
A person who was staying in Japan having been granted permission for permanent residence under the Old Japan-Korea Special Act, who departed from Japan without obtaining the permission under Article 26, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act, and who, on the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 134 of 1999), was staying in Japan by virtue of a status of residence in the left-hand column of Appended Table II of the Immigration Control Act, is deemed to be a special permanent resident as provided for in this Act when, on or after that date, the person has come to stay in Japan by virtue of the status of permanent residence in that column.
旧日韓特別法に基づく永住の許可を受けて在留していた者で、入管法第二十六条第一項の許可を受けることなく出国し、外国人登録法の一部を改正する法律（平成十一年法律第百三十四号）の施行の日において入管法別表第二の上欄の在留資格をもって在留しているものが、同日以降、同欄の永住者の在留資格をもって在留するに至ったときは、この法律に定める特別永住者とみなす。