Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
With regard to the application of Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii) to a foreign national who, before the date of enforcement of this Ministerial Order or on or after that date, was staying in Japan with the status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I(5) of the Former Act as a person who engages in any of the activities listed in the items of Article 3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Amending Act among the activities listed in the right-hand column of that table (limited to the part pertaining to (d)), the period during which the foreign national was staying in Japan with that status of residence and engaged in the activity listed in the relevant item is to be included.
この省令の施行の日前又はこの省令の施行の日以後に旧法別表第一の五の表の下欄（ニに係る部分に限る。）に掲げる活動のうち改正法附則第三条第五項各号に掲げるものを行う者としての同表の上欄の在留資格をもって本邦に在留していた外国人に対する第二条第一項第二号の適用については、当該在留資格をもって本邦に在留して当該各号に掲げる活動を行っていた期間を算入するものとする。