Supplementary Provisions, Article 23Transitional Measures
第二十三条（経過措置）
A permission, authorization or other disposition, or a contract or other act (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition, etc." in this Article), made before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of an Act or an order based on it by a Director of a District Maritime Bureau, the Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, the head of a branch office or other local agency of a District Maritime Bureau or of the Maritime Supervision Department (hereinafter referred to as "branch office heads, etc.") or a Director of a District Land Transport Bureau is, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order (or, for a disposition, etc. made by a branch office head, etc., Order of the Ministry of Transport), deemed to be a disposition, etc. made by the corresponding director of a regional transportation bureau, Director of the Maritime Supervision Department, or head of a maritime branch office or other local agency of a regional transportation bureau or of the Maritime Supervision Department (hereinafter referred to as "maritime branch office heads, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws as amended by this Act or orders based on them.
この法律の施行前に海運局長、海運監理部長、海運局若しくは海運監理部の支局その他の地方機関の長（以下「支局長等」という。）又は陸運局長が法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定によりした許可、認可その他の処分又は契約その他の行為（以下この条において「処分等」という。）は、政令（支局長等がした処分等にあつては、運輸省令）で定めるところにより、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定により相当の地方運輸局長、海運監理部長又は地方運輸局若しくは海運監理部の海運支局その他の地方機関の長（以下「海運支局長等」という。）がした処分等とみなす。