Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Penal Code
第二条(刑法の一部改正に伴う経過措置)
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.