Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date

一the provision in Article 1 adding one Chapter after Chapter IV of the Securities and Exchange Act (limited to the part concerning Article 79-29, paragraph (1)) and the provisions amending Article 189, paragraphs (2) and (4) of that Act; the provisions of Article 21; the provision in Article 22 amending Part II, Chapter X, Section 2, Subsection 1 of the Insurance Business Act (limited to the part concerning Article 265-6); the provisions of Article 23 and the provisions of Article 25; and the provisions of Articles 40, 42, 58, 136, 140, 143, 147, 149, 158, 164, and 187 (excluding the provision amending Article 4, item (lxxix) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Finance (Act No. 144 of 1949)) and Articles 188 through 190 of the Supplementary Provisions: July 1, 1998;

一の二the provision in Article 1 amending Article 162, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Securities and Exchange Act, the provision amending Article 208, item (i) of that Act (limited to the part concerning Article 162, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act), and the provision adding one Article after Article 208 of that Act (limited to the part concerning Article 162, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act): the date of enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Preparation of Relevant Acts for Financial System Reform, etc. (Act No. 118 of 1998);

二the provision in Article 1 amending Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Securities and Exchange Act (limited to the part replacing "paragraph (4) of that Article" with "paragraph (5) of that Article"); the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iii), paragraph (5), and paragraph (6), item (i), and Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2) of that Act; the provision amending Article 5, paragraph (3) of that Act (excluding the provision amending item (ii) of that paragraph); the provision adding one paragraph after Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act; the provisions amending Article 13, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 21, paragraph (1), item (i), and Article 23-2 of that Act; the provision amending Article 23-3, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 5, paragraph (3)" with "Article 5, paragraph (4)" and "500 million yen" with "100 million yen"); the provision amending paragraph (4) of that Article; the provisions amending Article 23-8, paragraphs (1) and (3) of that Act (limited to the part replacing "500 million yen" with "100 million yen"); the provisions amending Article 23-12, paragraph (2), Article 23-13, paragraphs (1) and (3), and Article 23-14, paragraph (1) of that Act; the provision amending Article 24, paragraph (1) of that Act (excluding the part replacing "that it issues" with "of which that company is the issuer"); the provision amending paragraph (2) of that Article (excluding the part replacing "issued by" with "of which ... is the issuer"); the provisions amending paragraphs (4) and (6) of that Article; the provision adding one paragraph after paragraph (1) of that Article; the provisions amending Article 24-5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of that Act; the provision amending paragraph (3) of that Article (excluding the part replacing "issues" with "of which the company is the issuer"); the provision amending paragraph (4) of that Article (excluding the part replacing "issued by" with "of which ... is the issuer"); the provision amending paragraph (5) of that Article; the provision adding one paragraph after paragraph (1) of that Article; the provision amending Article 25, paragraph (1) of that Act; the provision amending paragraph (3) of that Article (excluding the part replacing "paragraph (3) of the preceding Article" with "paragraph (4) of the preceding Article"); the provision amending Article 197, item (i) of that Act; the provision amending Article 198, item (ii) of that Act (excluding the part replacing "Article 24-6, paragraph (3)" with "Article 24-6, paragraph (4)"); the provision amending item (v) of that Article; the provision amending item (vi) of that Article (excluding the part replacing "Article 24-6, paragraph (1) or (2)" with "Article 24-6, paragraphs (1) through (3)"); the provision amending Article 200, item (i) of that Act (excluding the part replacing "Article 24-6, paragraph (3)" with "Article 24-6, paragraph (4)"); and the provision amending item (v) of that Article (excluding the part adding "or paragraph (2)" after "Article 24-6, paragraph (1)"); the provision in Article 27 amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Local Tax Act; the provisions amending Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (limited to the part replacing "special purpose company prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (3)" with "juridical person set forth in the items of Article 9, paragraph (4)"), the provision amending paragraph (3) of that Article, and the provision amending Article 35-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; and the provisions of Articles 4 through 7 and Article 146, paragraphs (3), (4), (6), and (7) of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 1999;

三the provision in Article 1 deleting Article 130, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Securities and Exchange Act, the provision amending item (v) of that paragraph (limited to the part replacing "the preceding items" with "the preceding three items"), the provision making that item item (iv) of that paragraph, and the provision amending Article 131 of that Act, and the provision of Article 176 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within the period from December 1, 1998 to December 31, 1999;

四the provisions of Article 5: the date specified by Cabinet Order within the period from October 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000;

五Omitted

六the provisions of Article 2 and the provisions of Article 57 of the Supplementary Provisions: July 1, 2000.