Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2008; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
この法律は、平成二十年十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 provisions of Articles 3 through 22, Articles 25 through 30, Article 101, and Article 102 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 100Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions and Other Matters
第百条（処分等に関する経過措置）
Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of each Act prior to amendment (including orders based on it; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), for which there are equivalent provisions in each Act as amended, are deemed, unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, to have been carried out pursuant to the equivalent provisions of each Act as amended.
この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定によってした処分、手続その他の行為であって、改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定に相当の規定があるものは、この附則に別段の定めがあるものを除き、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当の規定によってしたものとみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 101Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
第百一条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
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; hereinafter the same applies 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 and in the cases where provisions remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為並びにこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 102Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第百二条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。