Supplementary Provisions, Article 59Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Administrative Case Litigation Act
第五十九条（行政事件訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
The provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) of the Administrative Case Litigation Act as amended by the provisions of the preceding Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 21, paragraph (2) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 38, paragraph (1) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (2) of that Act) and Article 43, paragraph (1) of that Act), Article 40, paragraph (2) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 43, paragraph (3) of that Act), and Article 43, paragraph (1) of that Act) apply to the service of an order to permit a change of defendant in an action for the revocation of administrative dispositions, a public law-related action that is subject to the statute of limitations for filing an action prescribed in laws and regulations, an action prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of that Act, or an action prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article (limited to one that is subject to the statute of limitations for filing an action prescribed in laws and regulations), or of an order to permit amendment of a claim in an action for the judicial review of an administrative disposition, an action prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article, or an action prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, which is filed on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the service of an order to permit a change of defendant in an action for the revocation of administrative dispositions, a public law-related action that is subject to the statute of limitations for filing an action prescribed in laws and regulations, an action prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of that Act, or an action prescribed in paragraph (3) of that Article (limited to one that is subject to the statute of limitations for filing an action prescribed in laws and regulations), or of an order to permit amendment of a claim in an action for the judicial review of an administrative disposition, an action prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article, or an action prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article, which was filed before the effective date.
前条の規定による改正後の行政事件訴訟法第十五条第二項（同法第二十一条第二項（同法第三十八条第一項（同法第四十三条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）及び同法第四十三条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）、同法第四十条第二項（同法第四十三条第三項において準用する場合を含む。）及び同法第四十三条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日以後に提起される取消訴訟、法令に出訴期間の定めがある当事者訴訟、同法第四十三条第一項に規定する訴訟若しくは同条第三項に規定する訴訟（法令に出訴期間の定めがあるものに限る。）における被告の変更を許す決定又は抗告訴訟、同条第一項に規定する訴訟若しくは同条第二項に規定する訴訟における訴えの変更を許す決定の送達について適用し、施行日前に提起された取消訴訟、法令に出訴期間の定めがある当事者訴訟、同条第一項に規定する訴訟若しくは同条第三項に規定する訴訟（法令に出訴期間の定めがあるものに限る。）における被告の変更を許す決定又は抗告訴訟、同条第一項に規定する訴訟若しくは同条第二項に規定する訴訟における訴えの変更を許す決定の送達については、なお従前の例による。