Supplementary Provisions, Article 159Administrative Processes of the National Government and Other Public Entities
第百五十九条（国等の事務）
Beyond as prescribed in the relevant Acts before their amendment under this Act, after this Act comes into force, a local government is to handle, as its own administrative processes, the administrative processes of the national government, of local governments other than itself, and of other public entities (referred to as "administrative processes of the national government and other public entities" in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions) which, before this Act comes into force, an entity of that local government manages or performs pursuant to an Act or pursuant to a Cabinet Order based on an Act, and is to do so pursuant to that Act or pursuant to a Cabinet Order based on an Act.
この法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行前において、地方公共団体の機関が法律又はこれに基づく政令により管理し又は執行する国、他の地方公共団体その他公共団体の事務（附則第百六十一条において「国等の事務」という。）は、この法律の施行後は、地方公共団体が法律又はこれに基づく政令により当該地方公共団体の事務として処理するものとする。