Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date").

A person who has violated the former Specified Claims Act or the provisions of foreign laws and regulations corresponding thereto, has been sentenced to a fine (including a sentence under foreign laws and regulations corresponding thereto), and for whom five years have not elapsed since the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the person ceased to be subject to the execution of the sentence, is deemed to be a person who falls under Article 29-4, paragraph (1), item (i), (c) and item (ii), (l) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

A disposition, procedure, or other act performed under the provisions of each Act before this Act comes into effect (including an order based on it; the same applies below in this Article), for which there is an equivalent provision under the provisions of each Act after the amendment, is deemed to be a disposition, procedure, or other act performed under the equivalent provision of each Act after the amendment, except where otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions and in the cases where provisions remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.