In the case where, before the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), a decision for commencement of guardianship was made pursuant to the provisions of Article 7 of the Civil Code prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the revising provisions set forth in items (ii) and (iii) of the preceding Article; the same applies in the following paragraph) (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Civil Code") (excluding the case where that decision has been set aside), the provisions then in force continue to govern the application of the provisions of the Civil Code to the adult ward who received that decision (including a person deemed by the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code (Act No. 149 of 1999; referred to as the "1999 Amendment Act" in paragraph (1) of the following Article) to be an adult ward who has received a decision for commencement of guardianship under the provisions of the Former Civil Code; the same applies hereinafter) and to that adult ward's adult guardian and supervisor for the guardian of an adult (including persons deemed by the provisions of that paragraph to be that adult ward's adult guardian and supervisor for the guardian of an adult; the same applies hereinafter), except as otherwise specially provided in these Supplementary Provisions.
この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に第一条の規定（前条第二号及び第三号に掲げる改正規定を除く。次項において同じ。）による改正前の民法（以下「旧民法」という。）第七条の規定により後見開始の審判がされた場合（当該審判が取り消された場合を除く。）における当該審判を受けた成年被後見人（民法の一部を改正する法律（平成十一年法律第百四十九号。次条第一項において「平成十一年改正法」という。）附則第三条第一項の規定により旧民法の規定による後見開始の審判を受けた成年被後見人とみなされる者を含む。以下同じ。）並びにその成年後見人及び成年後見監督人（同項の規定によりその成年後見人及び成年後見監督人とみなされる者を含む。以下同じ。）に関する民法の規定の適用については、この附則に特別の定めがある場合を除き、なお従前の例による。