Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of the New Act and to acts committed after the enforcement of the New Act in the case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. In this case, for the application of Articles 374 through 376 and Article 378 of the Bankruptcy Act prior to its repeal under Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as "the Former Act" in this Article and the following Article), an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings issued pursuant to the provisions of the New Act is deemed to be a declaration of bankruptcy made pursuant to the provisions of the Former Act.