Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into force on April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into force on the dates prescribed therein:
この法律は、平成十二年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the amending provisions of Article 1 that add five Articles, a section name, and two Subsections and subsection names after Article 250 of the Local Autonomy Act (but only the part with a bearing on Article 250-9, paragraph (1) of that Act (but only the part regarding obtaining the consent of both Houses)), provisions of Article 40 amending paragraphs (9) and (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Natural Parks Act (but only the part with a bearing on paragraph (10) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act), provisions of Article 244 (other than the part with a bearing on the provisions amending Article 14-3 of the Agricultural Improvement Promotion Act), and provisions of Article 472 (other than the parts with a bearing on the provisions amending Articles 6, 8, and 17 of the Act on Special Provisions of the Merger of Municipalities), provisions of Articles 7, 10, 12, and the proviso of Article 59, Article 60, paragraphs (4) and (5), Articles 73 and 77, Article 157, paragraphs (4) through (6), Articles 160, 163, 164, and 202 of the Supplementary Provisions:the day of promulgation.
第一条中地方自治法第二百五十条の次に五条、節名並びに二款及び款名を加える改正規定（同法第二百五十条の九第一項に係る部分（両議院の同意を得ることに係る部分に限る。）に限る。）、第四十条中自然公園法附則第九項及び第十項の改正規定（同法附則第十項に係る部分に限る。）、第二百四十四条の規定（農業改良助長法第十四条の三の改正規定に係る部分を除く。）並びに第四百七十二条の規定（市町村の合併の特例に関する法律第六条、第八条及び第十七条の改正規定に係る部分を除く。）並びに附則第七条、第十条、第十二条、第五十九条ただし書、第六十条第四項及び第五項、第七十三条、第七十七条、第百五十七条第四項から第六項まで、第百六十条、第百六十三条、第百六十四条並びに第二百二条の規定 公布の日