Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 3 years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
附則第九条第三項の規定 公布の日
the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the provisions amending Articles 90, 151 and 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), Articles 3, 5 and 8, and Articles 3 and 5 of the Supplementary Provisions: the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation;
the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item) and Article 6, the following Article, and Articles 4, 6, 8, 10, 11 (limited to the provisions amending the row for Article 43, paragraph (4), Article 69, Article 76, paragraph (2), Article 85, Article 108, paragraph (3), Article 125, paragraph (1), Article 163, paragraph (1), Article 169, Article 278-2, paragraph (2), Article 297, paragraph (2), Article 316-11 in the table in Article 64, paragraph (1) of the Act on Criminal Trials with the Participation of Saiban-in (Act No. 63 of 2004), and Article 65, paragraph (4) of that Act) and Articles 12 through 15 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation;
the provisions of Article 2 (excluding the provisions that add one Article after Article 301 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) and Article 4, and the provisions of Articles 7 and 11 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation.