Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article and Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Preparatory Acts
第二条（準備行為）
The Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may, even before the day on which this Act comes into effect (referred to as the "Effective Date" in the following Article), hear the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions in the same manner as provided for in Article 27-2, paragraph (2) and Article 28-2, paragraph (2) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act after its amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act").
財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、この法律の施行の日（次条において「施行日」という。）前においても、この法律による改正後の外国為替及び外国貿易法（以下「新法」という。）第二十七条の二第二項及び第二十八条の二第二項の規定の例により、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴くことができる。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures
第三条（経過措置）
The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (2), items (iii) through (v) and item (viii) of the New Act apply to inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed in Article 27, paragraph (1) of the New Act (hereinafter referred to as "inward direct investment or equivalent action" in this paragraph) carried out on or after the day on which 30 days have elapsed from the Effective Date, and with respect to inward direct investment or equivalent action carried out before that day, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
新法第二十六条第二項第三号から第五号まで及び第八号の規定は、施行日から起算して三十日を経過した日以後に行う新法第二十七条第一項に規定する対内直接投資等（以下この項において「対内直接投資等」という。）について適用し、同日前に行った対内直接投資等については、なお従前の例による。
The provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (1) and Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act apply to the inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed in Article 27-2, paragraph (1) of the New Act or the specified acquisition prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) of the New Act that is carried out on or after the day on which 30 days have elapsed from the Effective Date.
新法第二十七条の二第一項及び第二十八条の二第一項の規定は、施行日から起算して三十日を経過した日以後に行う新法第二十七条の二第一項に規定する対内直接投資等又は新法第二十八条第一項に規定する特定取得について適用する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第四条（罰則に関する経過措置）
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 paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律の施行前にした行為及び前条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Delegation to Cabinet Order
第五条（政令への委任）
In addition to what are provided for in the preceding two Articles, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures for effectuating this Act.
前二条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Review
第六条（検討）
In the case where five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to consider the state of enforcement of the New Act, and when it finds it necessary, is to review the provisions of the New Act and take necessary measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、新法の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、新法の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
inward direct investment or equivalent actionmachine translation
「対内直接投資等」
An inward direct investment or equivalent action as defined in Article 26, paragraph (2) — an act of a foreign investor such as acquiring shares or equity in an unlisted company, acquiring shares or voting rights in a listed or equivalent company (上場会社等) that bring a holding to at least a percentage a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, consenting to a major change in a company's business, setting up a branch in Japan, lending a large sum for more than a year to a corporation with its principal office in Japan, or taking over a business from a Japanese corporation — other than one a Cabinet Order excludes in view of inheritance, bequest, corporate merger or other circumstances.
Defined inArticle 27, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 29, paragraphs (1) to (4); Article 55-5; Article 69-2, paragraph (2); and Article 70, paragraph (1)
specified acquisition
「特定取得」
A specified acquisition as defined in Article 26, paragraph (3) — acquiring shares or equity in a company other than a listed or equivalent company (上場会社等) by transfer from a non-resident individual, a foreign corporation or another of the persons listed in Article 26, paragraph (1) — other than one a Cabinet Order (政令) excludes in view of inheritance, bequest, corporate merger or other circumstances.
Defined inArticle 28, paragraph (1)
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
This Act as amended by Act No. 60 of 2019.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Effective Datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date the amending law or Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions belong to comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 3
inward direct investment or equivalent actionmachine translation
「対内直接投資等」
In Article 3, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 60 of 2019, an inward direct investment or equivalent action as defined in Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act as amended by that Act.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph