# Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iv), its wordings — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/history/art-2-4/par-2/item-4. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

How the wording of Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iv) (第二条の四第二項第四号) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act
- Provision: Article 2-4, paragraph (2), item (iv) (第二条の四第二項第四号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-2-4/par-2/item-4 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/immigration-control-act/art-2-4/par-2/item-4)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 32 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 第一号の産業上の分野における第七条の二第三項及び第四項（これらの規定を同条第五項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による同条第一項に規定する在留資格認定証明書の交付の停止の措置又は交付の再開の措置に関する事項

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> the particulars on the measures for suspension of issuance of the certificates of eligibility or the measures for recommencement of issuance provided for in Article 7-2, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the same Article (including cases in which these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of the same Article) in the industrial fields of item (i);

## 2. By 31 March 2029 — Act No. 32 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 31 March 2029
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 32 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/amendments/20290331_508AC0000000032

Japanese:

> 第一号の産業上の分野における第七条の三第三項及び第四項（これらの規定を同条第五項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による同条第一項に規定する在留資格認定証明書の交付の停止の措置又は交付の再開の措置に関する事項

English (Machine translation, not official):

> the particulars on the measures for suspension of issuance of the certificates of eligibility or the measures for recommencement of issuance provided for in Article 7-3, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of the same Article (including cases in which these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (5) of the same Article) in the industrial fields of item (i);

---

## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20281031_508AC0000000032)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20290331_508AC0000000032)