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, 2012; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
この法律は、平成二十四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、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions of Article 2 (limited to the provisions amending the table of contents of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly, the provisions deleting Chapter IV-2 of that Act, the provisions making Chapter IV-3 of that Act into Chapter IV-2, and the provisions amending Article 40, item (i) of that Act (limited to the part deleting "Article 28-12, paragraph (1) or")), Article 4, Article 6 and Article 7, and the provisions of Article 9, Article 11, Article 15, Article 22, Article 41, Article 47 (limited to the provisions amending the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Special Fiscal Aid and Subsidies for Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake (Act No. 40 of 2011) and the provisions deleting the items of that Article, and the provisions amending Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act) and Articles 50 through 52 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
第二条（老人福祉法目次の改正規定、同法第四章の二を削る改正規定、同法第四章の三を第四章の二とする改正規定及び同法第四十条第一号の改正規定（「第二十八条の十二第一項若しくは」を削る部分に限る。）に限る。）、第四条、第六条及び第七条の規定並びに附則第九条、第十一条、第十五条、第二十二条、第四十一条、第四十七条（東日本大震災に対処するための特別の財政援助及び助成に関する法律（平成二十三年法律第四十号）附則第一条ただし書の改正規定及び同条各号を削る改正規定並びに同法附則第十四条の改正規定に限る。）及び第五十条から第五十二条までの規定 公布の日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Review
第二条（検討）
When approximately five years have passed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to review the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by the provisions of this Act and, if it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律の規定による改正後の規定の施行の状況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所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 22Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Public Assistance Act
第二十二条（生活保護法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
The procedures for the designation under Article 54-2, paragraph (1) of the Public Assistance Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "New Public Assistance Act") may be carried out even before the Effective Date.
前条の規定による改正後の生活保護法（以下「新生活保護法」という。）第五十四条の二第一項の指定の手続は、施行日前においても行うことができる。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 23
第二十三条
The provisions of paragraph (15) of the Supplementary Provisions of the New Public Assistance Act apply to a public assistance recipient prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the New Public Assistance Act for whom long-term care assistance is provided by entrusting care, pursuant to the provisions of Article 34-2, paragraph (2) of the New Public Assistance Act, to a Community-Based Facility for the Elderly Covered by Public Aid Requiring Long-Term Care prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (4) of the New Public Assistance Act that has become one on or after the Effective Date.
新生活保護法附則第十五項の規定は、新生活保護法第三十一条第四項に規定する地域密着型介護老人福祉施設に施行日以後になったものに新生活保護法第三十四条の二第二項の規定により委託して介護扶助が行われている新生活保護法第六条第一項に規定する被保護者について、適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 51Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第五十一条（罰則に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect.
この法律（附則第一条第一号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 52Delegation to Cabinet Order
第五十二条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。