Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2008; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date prescribed in each 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。
Article 1, Article 6, Article 13, Article 16 and Article 19, and the provisions of Article 23, Article 25, Article 27 and Article 28 of the Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation;
Omitted
略
Article 8, Article 18 and Articles 20 through 23, and the provisions of 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 2Review
第二条（検討）
After approximately five years have passed since the enforcement of this Act, the government is to review what the appropriate regulations based on the provisions of the National Pension Act, etc. amended by this Act should be, by taking into consideration of the state of enforcement of this Act and other matters, and take necessary measures based on the result of the review when the government finds it necessary.
政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律の施行の状況等を勘案し、この法律により改正された国民年金法等の規定に基づく規制の在り方について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
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 acts performed prior to the enforcement of this Act (in the case of the provisions listed in each item of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, each provision; the same applies in the following Article), the provisions then in force remain applicable.
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 set forth in these Supplementary Provisions, any transitional measures necessary for 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。