Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.

①The provisions of Articles 3-2 through 3-10, Article 3-11, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 3-12, Article 3-13, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to items (i) and (ii)) and paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Article), Article 3-14 and Article 3-15 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act" in this Article) do not apply to the jurisdiction of the Japanese courts over domestic relations cases pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act.

②The provisions of Article 3-11, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act do not apply to an agreement made before the enforcement of this Act that a petition for an adjudication case prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article may be filed with the courts of a specific country.

③The provisions of Article 3-13, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)), paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Article) of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act do not apply to an agreement made before the enforcement of this Act that a petition for mediation of domestic relations may be filed with the Japanese courts.

④The provisions of Article 79-2 of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act do not apply to a judicial decision in a domestic relations case of a foreign court that became final and binding before the enforcement of this Act (including an equivalent determination made by a public authority).