Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation.

①A request for consultation that is actually being made at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as the "Former Basic Act on Disaster Management" in the following paragraph) is deemed to be a report made pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (4) of the Basic Act on Disaster Management after amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as the "New Basic Act on Disaster Management" in the following paragraph).

②A request for consultation that is actually being made at the time this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (3) of the Former Basic Act on Disaster Management) is deemed to be a report made pursuant to the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (3) of the New Basic Act on Disaster Management).

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) 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, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.