Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 2 years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation.
附則第十一条の規定 公布の日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Special Permanent Resident Certificates
第三条（特別永住者証明書に関する経過措置）
With regard to the period of validity of a special permanent resident certificate issued before the Effective Date (meaning a special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 7, 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 (referred to as the "Immigration Control Special Act" in paragraph (3)); the same applies in this Article and the following Article), the provisions then in force continue to govern.
With regard to the procedures for renewal of the period of validity of a special permanent resident certificate issued before the Effective Date for which the date of expiration of the period of validity is set as the day before the 16th birthday, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
施行日前に交付された有効期間の満了の日が十六歳の誕生日の前日とされている特別永住者証明書の有効期間の更新の手続については、なお従前の例による。
With regard to the period of validity of a special permanent resident certificate newly issued where an application has been made for renewal of the period of validity of a special permanent resident certificate issued before the Effective Date for which the date of expiration of the period of validity is set as the day before the 16th birthday, the phrase "fifth (" in Article 9, item (i) of the Immigration Control Special Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 is deemed to be replaced with "sixth (".
施行日前に交付された有効期間の満了の日が十六歳の誕生日の前日とされている特別永住者証明書の有効期間の更新の申請があった場合に新たに交付される特別永住者証明書の有効期間については、第二条の規定による改正後の入管特例法第九条第一号中「五回目（」とあるのは、「六回目（」とする。
With regard to the obligation to present a special permanent resident certificate issued before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
施行日前に交付された特別永住者証明書に係る提示義務については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Deportation
第四条（退去強制に関する経過措置）
With regard to deportation on the grounds of an act committed in relation to a residence card prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions or a special permanent resident certificate prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第五条（罰則に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date.
施行日前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 11Delegation to Cabinet Order
第十一条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。