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
Supplementary Provisions, Article 12Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Medical Care Act
第十二条（医療法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
During the period from the Effective Date until the day before the date on which the Japan Pension Organization Act comes into effect, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7-2, paragraph (1), item (viii) of the Medical Care Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article, the term "facilities" in that item is replaced with "facilities, and facilities whose operation the government may continue to carry out pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Management of National Pension Services, etc. (Act No. 110 of 2007)".
施行日から日本年金機構法の施行の日の前日までの間においては、前条の規定による改正後の医療法第七条の二第一項第八号の規定にかかわらず、同号中「の施設」とあるのは、「の施設並びに国民年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十九年法律第百十号）附則第四条の規定により政府が運営を引き続き行うことができる施設」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 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。