Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

The provisions of Articles 5, 7, 9 and 10 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act") (including where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) apply to a public offering of securities or secondary distribution of securities commenced on or after the date of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date") (meaning a public offering of securities or secondary distribution of securities prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (including where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act)), and the provisions then in force continue to govern a public offering of securities or secondary distribution of securities commenced before the effective date (meaning a public offering of securities or secondary distribution of securities prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Financial Instruments and Exchange Act") (including where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27 of the Former Financial Instruments and Exchange Act)).