Supplementary Provisions

This Act comes into effect as of the day on which the Act for Establishment of the Children and Families Agency (Act No. 75 of 2022) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation of this Act.

①An approval, designation or other disposition, or a notice or other act, done by the former national organ under the provisions of the respective Acts before their amendment by this Act (including orders based thereon; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "Former Laws and Regulations") before this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an approval, designation or other disposition, or a notice or other act, done by the equivalent national organ under the equivalent provisions of the respective Acts after their amendment by this Act (including orders based thereon; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "New Laws and Regulations").

②Unless otherwise provided for in laws and regulations, an application, notification, or any other act that has been filed with a former organ of the national government pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations at the time of enforcement of this Act, is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be an application, notification, or any other act that has been filed with the corresponding organ of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.

③For matters for which applications, notifications, or other procedures are to be made before the former organs of the national government before the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations, if those procedures have not yet been made before the former organs of the national government before the date of enforcement of this Act, the provisions of the New Laws and Regulations apply after the enforcement of this Act, except those otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, by deeming that the procedures have not yet been made before the corresponding organs of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.

A Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or a Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948), issued under the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations is to have effect, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, as the equivalent Cabinet Office Order under Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or the equivalent Ministerial Order under Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, issued based on the equivalent provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through 4 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.