Supplementary Provisions, Article 57Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions and Other Matters
第五十七条（処分等に関する経過措置）
A disposition of certification, etc., or any other act, made before this Act comes into effect by the then-existing organ of the State under the provisions of the respective Acts prior to their revision by this Act (including orders based on them; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as "former laws and regulations"), for which there is an equivalent provision in the respective Acts as revised by this Act (including orders based on them; hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as "new laws and regulations"), is, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be a disposition of certification, etc., or any other act, made by the corresponding organ of the State under the equivalent provision of the respective Acts as revised.
An application, notification or other act that has actually been made to the then-existing organ of the State under the provisions of the former laws and regulations at the time this Act comes into effect is, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, deemed, after this Act comes into effect, to be an application, notification or other act made to the corresponding organ of the State under the equivalent provision of the new laws and regulations.
With regard to a matter for which an application, notification or other procedure must be made to the then-existing organ of the State under the provisions of the former laws and regulations before this Act comes into effect, and for which that procedure has not been made to the then-existing organ of the State before the day this Act comes into effect, the provisions of the new laws and regulations apply, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, by deeming that procedure not to have been made to the corresponding organ of the State under the equivalent provision of the new laws and regulations.