Supplementary Provisions
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Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures
第二条（経過措置）
The provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act amended by this Act (referred to below as the "new Act") apply to the whistleblowing prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the new Act that is made after the enforcement of this Act, and prior laws continue to govern the whistleblowing prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Whistleblower Protection Act before amendment by this Act that is made before the enforcement of this Act.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
Even before the enforcement of this Act, the Prime Minister may establish guidelines concerning measures to be taken by business operators, in accordance with the provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (4) through (7) of the new Act.
内閣総理大臣は、この法律の施行前においても、新法第十一条第四項から第七項までの規定の例により、事業者がとるべき措置に関する指針を定めることができる。
The guidelines established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph are deemed to have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (4) of the new Act on the effective date of this Act.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Delegation to Cabinet Order
第四条（政令への委任）
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
前二条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は、政令で定める。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Review
第五条（検討）
Approximately three years after the enforcement of this Act, the national government is to consider the status of enforcement of the new Act, review the measures to rectify the disadvantageous treatment of whistleblower prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the new Act on the grounds of whistleblowing prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article, the handling of claims in court proceedings, and other provisions of the new Act, and take necessary measures based on the results of the review.
business operatormachine translation
「事業者」
A corporation or other organization, or an individual who carries on a business.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)
whistleblowingmachine translation
「公益通報」
A report made, not for a wrongful purpose such as gaining an unfair benefit or harming others, by one of the persons the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) list (workers, dispatched workers (派遣労働者) and officers (役員) among them), that a reportable fact (通報対象事実) has occurred or is about to occur at the business operator (事業者) the item names for that person, the recipient of services (役務提供先), or among its officers, employees, agents or others, made to that business operator or a person it designated in advance, to an administrative body (行政機関) with authority to make a disposition (処分) or recommendation about the fact or a person that body designated in advance, or to another person to whom reporting it is considered necessary to prevent it or the spread of the harm it causes.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
whistleblower
「公益通報者」
A person who has made a whistleblowing report (公益通報), as Article 2, paragraph (1) defines it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
new Act
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 51 of 2020.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.