Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade
第三条（私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
The provisions of the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade as amended pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (referred to as the "New Act" in the following paragraph) apply, except for what is provided for in that paragraph, to acts that commenced on or after the date on which the provisions of that Article come into effect (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Effective Date"), and with regard to acts that had already ceased to exist before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
The provisions of the New Act apply to the portion on or after the Effective Date of acts that commenced before the Effective Date and ended on or after the Effective Date, and with regard to the portion of those acts before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
The Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade as amended by Article 3 of Act No. 146 of 1999.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)
the Effective Datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date Article 3 of Act No. 146 of 1999, the provision of that Act that amended the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article