Supplementary Provisions, Article 51Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
第五十一条(罰則の適用に関する経過措置)
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect.
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1 November 2026令和8年
Coming into force施行
The day a law or an amendment starts to apply. It is often months or years after promulgation, so that people have time to prepare. The Ministry of Justice's English usually says a law "comes into force" or "comes into effect", and sometimes calls the day its "enforcement date". Its "enforcement" more often means the word's other sense, carrying a law out, as in an Order for Enforcement (施行令), the Cabinet Order (政令) that sets out the details for carrying out an Act.