Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
Omitted
略
the provisions of Article 2 (excluding the provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (3), item (v) of the Social Welfare Act), Articles 5, 7 and 10, the provisions of Article 13 amending Article 84-3 of the Public Assistance Act (excluding the part replacing "are accommodated" with "are admitted"), the provisions of Articles 11 through 14, Articles 17 through 19, Article 22, Article 32 and Article 35 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 39 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act on Special Measures concerning National Property (excluding the part replacing "Social Welfare Service Act" with "Social Welfare Act") and the provisions making item (v) of that paragraph item (vii), item (iv) of that paragraph item (vi) and item (iii) of that paragraph item (v), and adding two items after item (ii) of that paragraph, the provisions of Article 40 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 41 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 25 of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly (Act No. 133 of 1963) (excluding the part replacing "Article 56, paragraph (2) of the Social Welfare Service Act" with "Article 58, paragraph (2) of the Social Welfare Act"), and the provisions of Article 52 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions amending Article 56 of the Act for Enforcement of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (Act No. 124 of 1997)): April 1, 2003
第二条（社会福祉法第二条第三項第五号の改正規定を除く。）、第五条、第七条及び第十条の規定並びに第十三条中生活保護法第八十四条の三の改正規定（「収容されている」を「入所している」に改める部分を除く。）並びに附則第十一条から第十四条まで、第十七条から第十九条まで、第二十二条、第三十二条及び第三十五条の規定、附則第三十九条中国有財産特別措置法第二条第二項第一号の改正規定（「社会福祉事業法」を「社会福祉法」に改める部分を除く。）及び同項第五号を同項第七号とし、同項第四号を同項第六号とし、同項第三号を同項第五号とし、同項第二号の次に二号を加える改正規定、附則第四十条の規定、附則第四十一条中老人福祉法（昭和三十八年法律第百三十三号）第二十五条の改正規定（「社会福祉事業法第五十六条第二項」を「社会福祉法第五十八条第二項」に改める部分を除く。）並びに附則第五十二条（介護保険法施行法（平成九年法律第百二十四号）第五十六条の改正規定を除く。）の規定 平成十五年四月一日