Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and 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 Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009; hereinafter referred to as the "Amending Act") (July 9, 2012); provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.

①For the purpose of the application of Article 2, paragraph (2), the alien registration certificate prescribed in the Former Alien Registration Act (hereinafter referred to as the "registration certificate") held by a mid- to long-term resident (meaning a mid- to long-term resident prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control Act; the same applies hereinafter) is deemed to be a residence card.

②The period during which a registration certificate is deemed to be a residence card pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the period specified in the items of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act.

The document of the special permanent residence permit in Appended Form No. 3 of the Regulation for Enforcement 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 (Ministry of Justice Order No. 27 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Regulation") prior to amendment by this Ministerial Order is deemed, for the time being even after the date of enforcement of this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), to be the document of the special permanent residence permit in Form No. 3 of the Regulation for Enforcement 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 as amended by this Ministerial Order (Ministry of Justice Order No. 44 of 2011; hereinafter referred to as the "New Regulation").

In the case of issuing a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (5), Article 28, paragraph (4) or Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, the country to which a person's nationality belongs as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act or the region prescribed in Article 2, item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control Act (hereinafter referred to as the "nationality or region" in this Article) is to be stated, for a special permanent resident who holds two or more nationalities other than Japanese nationality, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation, as the nationality or region specified in the following items according to the categories set forth in those items.

With regard to the application of Article 4, paragraph (5) of the New Regulation in the case of issuing a special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (5), Article 28, paragraph (4) or Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, the phrase "the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1), Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), or Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1), Article 21, paragraph (1) or Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Ministerial Order on the Arrangement of Ministerial Orders Related to the Ministry of Justice and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and 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 Other Matters (Ministry of Justice Order No. 43 of 2011)".

①A special permanent resident who intends to make the request under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the New Regulation may make the request even before the Effective Date.

②The request referred to in the preceding paragraph must be made together with an application under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act (including an application deemed to be an application under the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act) or an application under the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Alien Registration Act that is deemed to be an application under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act on the effective date of the Amending Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act.

A special permanent resident who intends to file an application under the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act or an application under the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (3) of the New Regulation, make the request referred to in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the New Regulation together with those applications.

A person who, before the effective date of the Amending Act, has notified the director of the regional immigration bureau pursuant to the provisions of Article 6-2, paragraph (4), item (ii) or Article 19, paragraph (3), item (ii) of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 54 of 1981) is deemed to be a person who has notified the director of the regional immigration bureau pursuant to the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2), item (i), (a) of the New Regulation.

With regard to the application of Article 18 of the New Regulation to a special permanent resident who holds a registration certificate during the period specified in the items of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, the phrase "special permanent resident certificate" in Article 18 of the New Regulation is deemed to be replaced with "alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its abolition under the provisions of Article 4 of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and 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 Other Matters (Act No. 79 of 2009)".

In the written applications in Appended Forms No. 5, No. 7, No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10 of the New Regulation, the field in which the number of the special permanent resident certificate is to be stated is, where the special permanent resident pertaining to that statement holds a registration certificate to which Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act applies, the field in which the number of that registration certificate is to be stated.

In the written applications in Appended Forms No. 1 and No. 2 of the New Regulation, the field in which the number of the special permanent resident certificate or the number of the residence card is to be stated is, where the special permanent resident pertaining to that statement holds a registration certificate during the period specified in the items of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, or where the mid- to long-term resident pertaining to that statement holds a registration certificate during the period specified in the items of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act, the field in which the registration number of the registration certificate held by that special permanent resident or mid- to long-term resident is to be stated.

①For the purpose of the application of Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New Regulation, a special permanent residence permit in Form No. 3 of the Former Regulation issued before the Effective Date is deemed to be a special permanent residence permit in Form No. 3 of the New Regulation.

②The same applies to the application of Article 4, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions as in the preceding paragraph.

An application for special permanent residence permission using Appended Form No. 1 or Appended Form No. 2 of the Former Regulation that is actually being made at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect is deemed to be an application for special permanent residence permission using Appended Form No. 1 or Appended Form No. 2 of the New Regulation, respectively.