Supplementary Provisions, Article 8Preparations before Enforcement
第八条（施行前の準備）
The procedures for the accreditation under Article 8, paragraph (1) and for the license under Article 23, paragraph (1) may be carried out even before the Effective Date. In this case, the competent ministers may, in the same manner as under the provisions of Article 12 and Article 24, have the OTIT conduct all or part of the administrative affairs for accreditation or the investigation.
In the case where the procedures for the license under Article 23, paragraph (1) are carried out before the Effective Date, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, in the same manner as under the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article, hear the opinion of the Labour Policy Council.
A person who has submitted a written application pertaining to the procedures for the license under Article 23, paragraph (1), or a document to be attached thereto, that contains a false statement is subject to a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.
第二十三条第一項の許可の手続に係る申請書又はこれに添付すべき書類であって虚偽の記載のあるものを提出した者は、三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
If a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual, commits a violation referred to in the preceding paragraph in connection with the business of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in that paragraph.