Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
第三条
With regard to the application of the provisions of Articles 176, 177 and 182 of the Penal Code as amended by the provision of Article 1 during the period up to the day before the effective date of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code, etc. (Act No. 67 of 2022) (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date of the 2022 Penal Code amendments" in this Article), the term "imprisonment" in Article 176, paragraph (1) and Article 182 of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "imprisonment with work", and the term "imprisonment for a definite term" in Article 177, paragraph (1) of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "imprisonment with work for a definite term". The same applies to the application of the provisions of Articles 176, 177 and 182 of that Code, on or after the effective date of the 2022 Penal Code amendments, to acts committed before the effective date of the 2022 Penal Code amendments.
刑法等の一部を改正する法律（令和四年法律第六十七号）の施行の日（以下この条において「刑法施行日」という。）の前日までの間における第一条の規定による改正後の刑法第百七十六条、第百七十七条及び第百八十二条の規定の適用については、同法第百七十六条第一項及び第百八十二条中「拘禁刑」とあるのは「懲役」と、同法第百七十七条第一項中「有期拘禁刑」とあるのは「有期懲役」とする。刑法施行日以後における刑法施行日前にした行為に対する同法第百七十六条、第百七十七条及び第百八十二条の規定の適用についても、同様とする。