This Act comes into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified in those items.

With regard to dispositions and other acts of administrative agencies taken before the date on which this Act (or, for the provisions listed in the items of the preceding Article, those provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) comes into effect, based on the provisions of the Acts prior to amendment by this Act or of orders based on them (limited to those prescribing disqualification clauses or other measures concerning the restriction of rights), and with regard to the effect of loss of office that has arisen under those provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

The Government is to review the provisions of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005) and the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006) that restrict the qualification of officers of corporations on the grounds that a person is an adult ward or a person under curatorship, with the aim of doing so within one year after the promulgation of this Act, and, based on the results of that review, is to take the necessary legislative measures, such as deleting those provisions.