Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Code of Criminal Procedure

①With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 250, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following Article referred to as the "Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2") during the period from the day on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect until the day preceding the day on which this Act comes into effect (referred to as "the Effective Date" in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions), the crime under Article 178-2 of the Penal Code prior to amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code (Act No. 72 of 2017) in the case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules") or an attempt thereof is deemed to be a crime set forth in Article 250, paragraph (3), item (ii) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2, and the crime under Article 181, paragraph (3) of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules (limited to cases where a person is injured) or the crime under the first sentence of Article 241 of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules or an attempt thereof is deemed to be a crime set forth in Article 250, paragraph (3), item (i) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as Amended by Article 2.

②With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 250, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure, the crime under Article 176 or Article 178, paragraph (1) of the Former Penal Code or an attempt thereof in the case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be a crime set forth in Article 250, paragraph (3), item (iii) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure; the crime under Article 177 or Article 178, paragraph (2) of the Former Penal Code or an attempt thereof in the case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, or the crime under Article 178-2 of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules or an attempt thereof, is deemed to be a crime set forth in Article 250, paragraph (3), item (ii) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure; and the crime under Article 181, paragraph (3) of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules (limited to cases where a person is injured) or the crime under the first sentence of Article 241 of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules or an attempt thereof is deemed to be a crime set forth in Article 250, paragraph (3), item (i) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure.

③A victim of the crimes under Articles 176 through 178 of the Former Penal Code or an attempt thereof in the case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, or of the crime under Article 178-2 of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules or an attempt thereof, the crime under Article 181, paragraph (3) of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules, or the crime under Article 241 of the Pre-2017 Penal Code Applied under the Earlier Rules or an attempt thereof, is deemed to be a person set forth in Article 321-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) of the New Code of Criminal Procedure for the application of that paragraph.