Supplementary Provisions, Article 13Transitional Measures Concerning Actions for Invalidation of a Merger or Split

With regard to an action for invalidation of a merger, joint incorporation-type split, or absorption-type split in the case where, before the Effective Date, a company has carried out a merger, joint incorporation-type split, or absorption-type split in violation of the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Former Antimonopoly Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 15, paragraph (4) of the Former Antimonopoly Act) and paragraph (5) of that Article, or Article 15-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Former Antimonopoly Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 15-2, paragraph (6) of the Former Antimonopoly Act), and Article 15, paragraph (5) of the Former Antimonopoly Act as applied mutatis mutandis following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 15-2, paragraph (7) of the Former Antimonopoly Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.