This Act comes into effect as of the day on which 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Chapter IV and Articles 3 through 6 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.

For the application of Articles 2 through 6 until the day preceding the effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code (Act No. 67 of 2022) (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as the "Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments"), the term "imprisonment" in those provisions (excluding Article 2, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 5, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 6, paragraph (2)) is deemed to be replaced with "imprisonment with work"; the same applies to the application of those provisions on or after the Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments to acts committed before the Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments.

For the application of Article 43 during the period from the effective date of the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions (referred to as the "Partial Effective Date" in Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions) until the day preceding the Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments, the term "imprisonment" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "imprisonment with work"; the same applies to the application of the provisions of that Article on or after the Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments to acts committed before the Effective Date of the 2022 Penal Code Amendments.

The provisions of Chapter IV also apply to seized articles that a public prosecutor is actually storing at the time those provisions come into effect.

Until the day preceding the effective date of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Basic Act on the Formation of a Digital Society, etc. to Promote Regulatory Reform for the Formation of a Digital Society (Act No. 63 of 2023), the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (3) do not apply.

①For the application of Article 35, paragraph (2) during the period from the Partial Effective Date until the day preceding the effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Code of Civil Procedure, etc. (Act No. 48 of 2022) (referred to as the "Effective Date of the 2022 Code of Civil Procedure Amendments" in the following paragraph), the phrase "motion" in the row for Article 133-2, paragraph (2) in the table of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "on the motion", and the phrase "paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in the middle column of the row for Article 133-4, paragraph (1) and the row for Article 133-4, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "the preceding Article".

②For the application of Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (3) during the period from the Partial Effective Date until the day preceding the Effective Date of the 2022 Code of Civil Procedure Amendments, the phrase "or a covered electronic or magnetic record or" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "or"; the phrase "the litigation records, etc. prescribed in Article 133, paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "the litigation records, etc. prescribed in Article 133-2, paragraph (2)"; the phrase "or that covered electronic or magnetic record or" is deemed to be replaced with "or"; the phrase "pertaining to the portion in which covered poses, etc. are recorded" is deemed to be replaced with "pertaining to the covered poses, etc. recorded"; and the phrase "inspection, etc. of litigation records, etc. (meaning inspection, etc. of litigation records, etc. prescribed in Article 133, paragraph (3) of that Act; the same applies in paragraph (3)), other than a request for inspection" is deemed to be replaced with "copying of litigation records, etc., or issuance of an authentic copy, a certified copy or an extract thereof, or reproduction thereof"; and the phrase "request for inspection, etc. of litigation records, etc. (excluding a request for inspection)" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "request for copying of litigation records, etc., or issuance of an authentic copy, a certified copy or an extract thereof, or reproduction thereof".