Supplementary Provisions, Article 28Adjustment Provisions

If the Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments precedes the Effective Date, in the provision of Article 1 amending Article 24, paragraph (2) of the Cannabis Control Act, the phrase "of imprisonment with work" is deemed to be replaced with "of imprisonment" and the phrase "imprisonment with work for a definite term" with "imprisonment for a definite term", and in Article 3, in the provision amending Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, the phrase "in Article 65, paragraph (1), amend "一に" (one of) to "いずれかに" (any of), and in item (i) of that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "in Article 65, paragraph (1), item (i)", in the provision amending Article 69 of that Act, the phrase "一に" (one of) is deemed to be replaced with "いずれかに" (any of), in the provision amending Article 70 of that Act, the phrase "一に" (one of) is deemed to be replaced with "いずれかに" (any of), and in the provision amending item (iii) of that Article, the phrase "replace "prescription" spelled partly in kana with "prescription" spelled in kanji, and "person"" is deemed to be replaced with ""person"", and the provisions of the preceding Article do not apply.