Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Preparatory Actions for Registration, etc. of Registered Verification Bodies
第四条（登録確認機関の登録等に関する準備行為）
A person who wishes to obtain the registration under Article 104-33, paragraph (1) of the new Act may file the application for it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-34, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act.
新法第百四条の三十三第一項の登録を受けようとする者は、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の三十四第一項及び第二項の規定の例により、その申請を行うことができる。
If an application for registration has been filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may make the registration and give public notice of it, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-33, paragraph (1) and Article 104-34, paragraphs (3) through (6) of the new Act. In this case, on and after the effective date, that registration and public notice are deemed to be the registration under Article 104-33, paragraph (1) of the new Act and the public notice under the provisions of Article 104-34, paragraph (6) of the new Act, respectively.
文化庁長官は、前項の規定により登録の申請があった場合には、施行日前においても、新法第百四条の三十三第一項及び第百四条の三十四第三項から第六項までの規定の例により、その登録及び告示をすることができる。この場合において、当該登録及び告示は、施行日以後は、それぞれ新法第百四条の三十三第一項の登録及び新法第百四条の三十四第六項の規定による告示とみなす。
A person registered pursuant to the preceding paragraph may, even before the effective date, in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-35, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the new Act, hear the opinions referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article and file an application for approval of the rules on verification and other affairs provided for in paragraph (1) of that Article.
If an application for approval has been filed pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs may, even before the effective date, consult the Culture Council and grant the approval in accordance with the provisions of Article 104-35, paragraphs (1), (4) and (5) of the new Act. In this case, on and after the effective date, that approval is deemed to be the approval under paragraph (1) of that Article.