This Act comes into effect on September 1, 2021; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

With regard to the duty not to divulge a secret concerning the resident record code that a person came to know in connection with that affair, or a secret concerning the computer processing, etc. of the resident record code, under the provisions of Article 30-30, paragraph (2) of the former Residential Basic Book Act, pertaining to an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, or a person who was such an official, who was, before this Act comes into effect, engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. prescribed in Article 30-24, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act, of the resident record code prescribed in Article 7, item (xiii) of the Residential Basic Book Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "resident record code"), that was provided under the provisions of Article 30-9-2 of the Residential Basic Book Act before its revision by the provisions of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "former Residential Basic Book Act"), the provisions then in force continue to govern even after this Act comes into effect.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed, after this Act comes into effect, by an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, or a person who was such an official, who was, before this Act comes into effect, engaged in affairs concerning the computer processing, etc. of the resident record code provided under the provisions of Article 30-9-2 of the former Residential Basic Book Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

①A disposition of certification, etc., or any other act, made before this Act comes into effect by the then-existing organ of the State under the provisions of the respective Acts prior to their revision by this Act (including orders based on them; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as "former laws and regulations"), for which there is an equivalent provision in the respective Acts as revised by this Act (including orders based on them; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as "new laws and regulations"), is, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be a disposition of certification, etc., or any other act, made by the corresponding organ of the State under the equivalent provision of the respective Acts as revised.

②An application, notification or other act that has actually been made to the then-existing organ of the State under the provisions of the former laws and regulations at the time this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an application, notification or other act made to the corresponding organ of the State under the equivalent provision of the new laws and regulations.

③With regard to a matter for which an application, notification or other procedure must be made to the then-existing organ of the State under the provisions of the former laws and regulations before this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made to the then-existing organ of the State before the day this Act comes into effect, the provisions of the new laws and regulations apply, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, by deeming that procedure not to have been made to the corresponding organ of the State under the equivalent provision of the new laws and regulations.

A Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or a Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, issued under the provisions of the former laws and regulations, is, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, to have effect, after this Act comes into effect, as the corresponding Digital Agency Order under Article 7, paragraph (3), or a Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, issued based on the equivalent provision of the new laws and regulations.

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.

Beyond what is provided for in Article 15, Article 16, Article 51 and the preceding three Articles of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.