Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1 (excluding the provisions amending the table of contents of the Postal Service Privatization Act by replacing "/Chapter VI Japan Post Service Co., Ltd./ Section 1 Establishment, etc. (Articles 70 to 72)/ Section 2 Special Provisions of the Act on Japan Post Service Co., Ltd., etc. Concerning Establishment (Articles 73 and 74)/ Section 3 Special Provisions, etc. Concerning Business during the Transition Period (Articles 75 to 78)/Chapter VII Japan Post Network Co., Ltd./" with "/Chapter VI Deleted/Chapter VII Japan Post Co., Ltd./", the provisions amending Article 19, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii), Article 26, Article 61, item (i), and Chapter VI of that Act, the provisions replacing "Chapter VII Japan Post Network Co., Ltd." with "Chapter VII Japan Post Co., Ltd." in that Act, the provisions amending Article 79, paragraph (3), item (ii) and Article 83, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 90 through 93 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 105, paragraph (1) and item (ii) of that paragraph, and Article 110, paragraph (1), item (ii), (e) of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 110 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 135, paragraph (1) and item (ii) of that paragraph, and Article 138, paragraph (2), item (iv) of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 138 of that Act, the provisions adding one Section to Chapter XI of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 176-5), the provisions amending Article 180, paragraph (1), items (i) and (ii) and Article 196 of that Act (excluding the part deleting item (xii)), and the provisions amending Article 2, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), the provisions of Article 2 amending Articles 2 and 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd., the provisions of Article 5 (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)), the provisions of the following Article, the provisions of Articles 4, 6, 10, 14, and 18 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 38 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 49, Article 55, and Article 79, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Arrangement, etc. of Related Acts for the Enforcement of the Postal Service Privatization Act, etc. (Act No. 102 of 2005), the provisions deleting the heading preceding Article 90 of those Supplementary Provisions and attaching a heading to that Article, and the provisions amending Articles 91 and 95 of those Supplementary Provisions), the provisions of Articles 40 through 44 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 45 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 3 and Article 4, item (lxxix) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Act No. 91 of 1999), and the provisions of Articles 46 and 47 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第一条の規定（郵政民営化法目次中「／第六章 郵便事業株式会社／ 第一節 設立等（第七十条―第七十二条）／ 第二節 設立に関する郵便事業株式会社法等の特例（第七十三条・第七十四条）／ 第三節 移行期間中の業務に関する特例等（第七十五条―第七十八条）／第七章 郵便局株式会社／」を「／第六章 削除／第七章 日本郵便株式会社／」に改める改正規定、同法第十九条第一項第一号及び第二号、第二十六条、第六十一条第一号並びに第六章の改正規定、同法中「第七章 郵便局株式会社」を「第七章 日本郵便株式会社」に改める改正規定、同法第七十九条第三項第二号及び第八十三条第一項の改正規定、同法第九十条から第九十三条までの改正規定、同法第百五条第一項、同項第二号及び第百十条第一項第二号ホの改正規定、同法第百十条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第百三十五条第一項、同項第二号及び第百三十八条第二項第四号の改正規定、同法第百三十八条の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第十一章に一節を加える改正規定（第百七十六条の五に係る部分に限る。）、同法第百八十条第一項第一号及び第二号並びに第百九十六条の改正規定（第十二号を削る部分を除く。）並びに同法附則第二条第二号の改正規定を除く。）、第二条のうち日本郵政株式会社法附則第二条及び第三条の改正規定、第五条（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定、次条の規定、附則第四条、第六条、第十条、第十四条及び第十八条の規定、附則第三十八条の規定（郵政民営化法等の施行に伴う関係法律の整備等に関する法律（平成十七年法律第百二号）附則第二条第一項、第四十九条、第五十五条及び第七十九条第二項の改正規定、附則第九十条の前の見出しを削り、同条に見出しを付する改正規定並びに附則第九十一条及び第九十五条の改正規定を除く。）、附則第四十条から第四十四条までの規定、附則第四十五条中総務省設置法（平成十一年法律第九十一号）第三条及び第四条第七十九号の改正規定並びに附則第四十六条及び第四十七条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 46Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第四十六条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定にあっては、当該規定）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 47Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第四十七条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。