This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 2 and Articles 4, 5 and 6 (limited to the part of the provision amending Article 5, paragraph (1), item (xv) of the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons (Act No. 6 of 1958) that adds "or a disposition extending it under paragraph (9) of that Article" after "order") of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the day on which six months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the date on which this Act comes into effect that constitute stalking as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Anti-Stalking Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as the "Act before amendment by Article 1" in Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

①With regard to any provision of an ordinance of a local public entity that provides for the punishment of an act which is regulated by the Anti-Stalking Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 and for which that Act provides penal provisions, the part concerning that act is to cease to be effective at the same time as this Act comes into effect.

②In the case where a provision of an ordinance ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the local public entity concerned does not provide otherwise by ordinance, with regard to the punishment of violations committed before the provision ceases to be effective, the provisions then in force continue to govern even after it ceases to be effective.

①With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (8) of the Anti-Stalking Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act as amended by Article 2" in this Article) to the orders listed below, the phrase "for one year counting from the day on which the prohibition order, etc. was issued" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "from the time the prohibition order, etc. was issued until the day on which one year has elapsed from the day prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Anti-Stalking Act (Act No. 102 of 2016)":

②When an order under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act as amended by Article 2 as listed in item (ii) of the preceding paragraph has been issued, the order under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act before amendment by Article 1 that was issued, before the date on which this Act comes into effect, to the person who received that order is to cease to be effective.

With regard to an order under Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Act before amendment by Article 2 issued before the day prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (11) of that Article remain in force even on and after that day. In this case, the phrase "the preceding paragraph" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 6, paragraph (1) before amendment by the provisions of Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Anti-Stalking Act (Act No. 102 of 2016)"; the phrase "has been issued" in paragraph (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "has been issued, or a prohibition order, etc. has been issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article"; and the phrase "the case" in paragraph (9) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the case and the case where a prohibition order, etc. is issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article".

Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through 5 of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.