# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-5. 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. - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号 - English title "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Issued as a Cabinet Order and given the force of an Act, which is why its number says 政令: Some rules made during the Allied occupation were issued as Cabinet Orders, as orders implementing Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and an Act passed in 1952 gave them the force of an Act. They keep the Cabinet Order number they were issued under, which is why e-Gov lists the law as an Act while its number says 政令 (Cabinet Order). The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) is one: it was promulgated in 1951 as the Immigration Control Order (出入国管理令), Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951, has had the force of an Act under Article 4 of Act No. 126 of 1952, took its present title on 1 January 1982, and every amendment on e-Gov's record of it was made by an Act. - Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-4211-79/art-5` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-5 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五条 suppl-4211-79/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-5 **第一項** 第三号施行日前に旧入管法別表第一の四の表の研修の在留資格を決定されて本邦に上陸した外国人であってその後引き続き本邦に在留するものは、第一条の規定による改正後の入管法（以下「改正入管法」という。）第二十条の二第一項の規定にかかわらず、技能実習の在留資格（改正入管法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第二号イ又はロに係るものに限る。）への変更を受けることができる。この場合において、改正入管法別表第一の二の表の技能実習の項の下欄第二号イ中「前号イ」とあり、及び同号ロ中「前号ロ」とあるのは、「四の表の研修の項の下欄」とする。 suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-1 A foreign national who landed in Japan with a decision on the status of residence of "Trainee" set forth in Appended Table I (4) of the Former Immigration Control Act before the item (iii) Effective Date and who has continued to reside in Japan thereafter may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Amended Immigration Control Act"), have their status of residence changed to "Technical Intern Training" (limited to the status pertaining to item (ii), sub-item (a) or (b) in the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of Appended Table I (2) of the Amended Immigration Control Act). In this case, the phrase "sub-item (a) of the preceding item" in item (ii), sub-item (a) and the phrase "sub-item (b) of the preceding item" in sub-item (b) of that item, in the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of Appended Table I (2) of the Amended Immigration Control Act, are replaced with "the right-hand column under 'Trainee' of (4)". machine translation, not official **第二項** 第三号施行日前に旧入管法別表第一の四の表の就学の在留資格を決定されて本邦に上陸した外国人であってその後引き続き本邦に在留するものは、改正入管法別表第一の四の表の留学の在留資格をもって在留するものとみなす。この場合において、当該在留資格に伴う在留期間は、当該就学の在留資格に伴う在留期間が満了する日に応当する日までの期間とする。 suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-2 A foreign national who landed in Japan with a decision on the status of residence of "Pre-college Student" set forth in Appended Table I (4) of the Former Immigration Control Act before the item (iii) Effective Date and who has continued to reside in Japan thereafter is deemed to be residing with the status of residence of "Student" set forth in Appended Table I (4) of the Amended Immigration Control Act. In this case, the period of stay accompanying that status of residence is the period until the day corresponding to the day on which the period of stay accompanying that status of residence of "Pre-college Student" expires. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4211-79/art-5/par-1: 第二十条の二第一項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-20-2/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第一条第一項第三号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4211-79/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4211-79/art-1/par-1/item-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20261001_508AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb), retrieved 2026-09-13 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-041, translated 2026-09-13 - This site's parser, version 223 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05