This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1987.

If a person who, on the day preceding the Effective Date, has received certification from the President of Japan National Railways or a person delegated by him or her under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 105 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) satisfies, on the Effective Date, the requirements for payment of child allowance or of the benefit under Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "special benefit"), then with regard to the payment of child allowance or special benefit to that person, certification by the mayor of the municipality (including the head of a special ward) under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 105 is deemed to have been made on the Effective Date; in this case, payment of the child allowance or special benefit for which certification is deemed to have been made is to begin in April 1987, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act).

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and to acts committed after the enforcement of this Act that relate to matters for which the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, matters necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.