# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-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. - 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)（処分等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4301-102/art-4` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4 - 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. --- ### 第四条（処分等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions and Other Matters caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4301-102/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4 **第一項** 施行日前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において「旧法令」という。）の規定により法務大臣又は地方入国管理局長がした許可等の処分その他の行為（以下この項において「処分等の行為」という。）であって、出入国在留管理庁長官又は地方出入国在留管理局長がする処分等の行為としてこの法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において「新法令」という。）に相当規定があるものは、法令に別段の定めがあるものを除き、施行日以後は、新法令の相当規定に基づいて、出入国在留管理庁長官又は地方出入国在留管理局長がした処分等の行為とみなす。 suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 A disposition such as permission or other act made by the Minister of Justice or the Director of a Regional Immigration Bureau before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to the amendment by this Act (including orders based on them; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Laws and Regulations" in this Article) (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition or other act" in this paragraph), for which there are corresponding provisions in the respective Acts as amended by this Act (including orders based on them; hereinafter referred to as the "New Laws and Regulations" in this Article) as a disposition or other act to be made by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the Director of a Regional Immigration Services Bureau, is, on and after the Effective Date, deemed to be a disposition or other act made by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the Director of a Regional Immigration Services Bureau based on the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法令の規定により法務大臣又は地方入国管理局長に対してされている申請、届出その他の行為（以下この項において「申請等の行為」という。）であって出入国在留管理庁長官又は地方出入国在留管理局長に対してする申請等の行為として新法令に相当規定があるものは、法令に別段の定めがあるものを除き、施行日以後は、新法令の相当規定に基づいて、出入国在留管理庁長官又は地方出入国在留管理局長に対してされた申請等の行為とみなす。 suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 An application, notification or other act that has been made to the Minister of Justice or the Director of a Regional Immigration Bureau pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations and is pending at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other act" in this paragraph), for which there are corresponding provisions in the New Laws and Regulations as an application or other act to be made to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the Director of a Regional Immigration Services Bureau, is, on and after the Effective Date, deemed to be an application or other act made to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the Director of a Regional Immigration Services Bureau based on the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations. machine translation, not official **第三項** 施行日前に旧法令の規定により法務大臣又は地方入国管理局長に対してしなければならない届出その他の行為（以下この項において「届出等の行為」という。）であって出入国在留管理庁長官又は地方出入国在留管理局長に対してしなければならない届出等の行為として新法令に相当規定があるものが施行日前にされていないときは、法令に別段の定めがあるものを除き、施行日以後は、これを、新法令の規定により出入国在留管理庁長官又は地方出入国在留管理局長に対してしなければならない届出等の行為がされていないものとみなして、新法令の規定を適用する。 suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 If a notification or other act that was required to be made to the Minister of Justice or the Director of a Regional Immigration Bureau before the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations (hereinafter referred to as a "notification or other act" in this paragraph), for which there are corresponding provisions in the New Laws and Regulations as a notification or other act required to be made to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the Director of a Regional Immigration Services Bureau, has not been made before the Effective Date, the provisions of the New Laws and Regulations apply on and after the Effective Date, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, by deeming it to be a notification or other act required to be made to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or the Director of a Regional Immigration Services Bureau pursuant to the provisions of the New Laws and Regulations that has not been made. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1: この条 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4301-102/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4 - suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)), suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 - suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 - suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3: この項 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (3)), suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条第一項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-1 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条第二項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-2 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第四条第三項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-4/par-3 - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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-20260913T134912-047, 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