Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2008; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in the relevant item.
この法律は、平成二十年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
The provisions of Article 1, Article 6, Article 13, Article 16 and Article 19, and Article 23, Article 25, Article 27 and Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions: The date of promulgation
Omitted
略
The provisions of Article 8, Article 18 and Articles 20 through 23, and Articles 7 through 9, Article 13, Article 16 and Article 24 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2009
第八条、第十八条及び第二十条から第二十三条まで並びに附則第七条から第九条まで、第十三条、第十六条及び第二十四条の規定 平成二十一年四月一日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 27Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第二十七条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed before this Act (or, for the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies in the following Article) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 28Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第二十八条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。