Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 8, Article 11 and Article 19, and the provisions of Article 6, Article 9 and Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the day on which three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、第八条、第十一条及び第十九条並びに附則第六条、第九条及び第十二条の規定は、公布の日から起算して三月を経過した日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures Associated with Partial Amendment in Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, etc. to Subcontractors
第六条（下請代金支払遅延等防止法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the delivery of a document under the provisions of Article 3 of the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, etc. to Subcontractors amended by the provisions of Article 8 (referred to below as the "new Act" in the following paragraph) if a manufacturing consignment or a repair consignment referred to in Article 3 of the Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, etc. to Subcontractors before amendment by the provisions of Article 8 (referred to below as the "former Act" in this Article) has been made before the enforcement of the provisions of Article 8.
Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the preparation or maintaining of a document under the provisions of Article 5 of the new Act in cases where a manufacturing consignment or a repair consignment referred to in Article 5 of the former Act has been made before the enforcement of the provisions of Article 8.
Prior laws and regulations continue to govern requests for measures by the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, recommendations and public announcements by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, and orders for reports and inspections by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, or competent minister relating to acts in violation of the provisions of Article 3, Article 4, or Article 5 of the former Act before the enforcement of the provisions of Article 8.
第八条の規定の施行前に旧法第三条、第四条又は第五条の規定に違反した行為に係る中小企業庁長官による措置の求め、公正取引委員会による勧告及び公表並びに公正取引委員会、中小企業庁長官又は主務大臣による報告の命令及び検査については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第十四条（罰則に関する経過措置）
Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages in before this Act comes into effect (for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies below in this Article), and to conduct that a person engages in after this Act comes into effect but which, pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions, is to continue to be governed by prior laws and regulations.
この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定については、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後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 15Delegation to Cabinet Order
第十五条（政令への委任）
In addition to what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要となる経過措置は、政令で定める。