When the head of municipalities issues a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) or Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4) of the Act), the head is to notify the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency to that effect and of the date of issuance and the number of the special permanent resident certificate.
The notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is given by the method specified by Ministry of Justice Order, such as a method of transmitting the notice from the computer (including input-output devices) which the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has the head of municipalities use, to the computer used by the Commissioner via a telecommunications line.
前項の規定による通知は、出入国在留管理庁長官が市町村の長に使用させる電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。）から電気通信回線を通じて出入国在留管理庁長官の使用に係る電子計算機に送信する方法その他の法務省令で定める方法により行うものとする。