Supplementary Provisions, Article 4
第四条
The provisions of Articles 3 through 5, Article 14, and Article 15, paragraph (1) do not apply to acts of unfair competition prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (vi), item (viii), and item (ix), in connection with an act of wrongful acquisition of trade secrets prescribed in item (iv) of the same paragraph, or an act of improper disclosure of trade secrets prescribed in item (viii) of the same paragraph, that occurred before June 15, 1991, if those acts of unfair competition were committed on or after that date (excluding acts falling under the following items). The provisions also do not apply to the continuation of the act of using trade secrets as prescribed in item (vii) of the same paragraph that began before that date:
第三条から第五条まで、第十四条及び第十五条第一項の規定は、平成三年六月十五日前に行われた第二条第一項第四号に規定する営業秘密不正取得行為又は同項第八号に規定する営業秘密不正開示行為に係る同項第四号から第六号まで、第八号又は第九号に掲げる不正競争であって同日以後に行われるもの（次の各号に掲げる行為に該当するものを除く。）及び同日前に開始した同項第七号に規定する営業秘密を使用する行為を継続する行為については、適用しない。
the act of disclosing trade secrets as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), items (iv) through (vi), item (viii), and item (ix); and
第二条第一項第四号から第六号まで、第八号及び第九号に規定する営業秘密を開示する行為
the act of acquiring trade secrets as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v) and (viii), and the act of using trade secrets acquired through the act.