Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"); provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in the respective items:

Dispositions, procedures, or other acts carried out pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to amendment (including orders based on them; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) before the respective amending provisions of this Act come into effect, for which the respective Acts after amendment contain equivalent provisions, are deemed to have been carried out pursuant to the equivalent provisions of the respective Acts after amendment, except as otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions.

The provisions then in force continue to govern, respectively, the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before the respective amending provisions of this Act come into effect and to conduct engaged in after the respective amending provisions come into effect with regard to matters for which the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.