This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in the respective items.

①The provisions of Article 4, Article 13, Article 18 and Article 20 of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "the new Act") apply to an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract that a seller or a service provider received on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"), and the provisions then in force continue to govern an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract for goods, or designated rights or services prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "the former Act") (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "goods, designated rights or services") that a seller or a service provider received before the effective date.

②The provisions of Article 5, Article 10, Article 19 and Article 25 of the new Act apply to a sales contract or a service contract concluded on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a sales contract or a service contract for goods, designated rights or services concluded before the effective date.

③The provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2), Article 14, paragraphs (3) and (4), Article 22, paragraph (2), Article 38, paragraphs (5) and (6), Article 46, paragraph (2), Article 56, paragraphs (3) and (4), and Article 58-12, paragraph (2) of the new Act do not apply to an instruction given under the provisions of Article 7, Article 14, Article 22, Article 38, Article 46, Article 56 or Article 58-12 of the former Act before the effective date.

④With respect to an act by a seller or a service provider, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 3, Article 3-2, paragraph (2), or Articles 4 through 6 of the former Act, an act listed in the items of Article 7 of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

⑤The provisions of Article 8-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

⑥The provisions of Article 9, Article 9-2, Article 15-3 and Article 24 of the new Act apply to an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract that a seller or a service provider received on or after the effective date, or to a sales contract or a service contract concluded on or after the effective date (excluding one for which the offer was received before the effective date), and the provisions then in force continue to govern an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract for goods, designated rights or services that a seller or a service provider received before the effective date, a sales contract or a service contract concluded on or after the effective date pursuant to such an offer, or a sales contract or a service contract for goods, designated rights or services concluded before the effective date.

⑦The provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (4) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-3, paragraph (2), Article 40-3, paragraph (2), Article 49-2, paragraph (2) and Article 58-2, paragraph (2) of the new Act) apply to the right of rescission connected with an offer to enter into, or a manifestation of intention to accept, a sales contract or a service contract, a multilevel marketing contract, a specified continuous service contract or a sales contract for specified rights, or a business opportunity sales contract, made on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the right of rescission connected with an offer to enter into, or a manifestation of intention to accept, a sales contract or a service contract for goods, designated rights or services, a multilevel marketing contract, a specified continuous service contract or a sales contract for specified rights, or a business opportunity sales contract, made before the effective date.

⑧A request already received from the other party, or a consent already obtained from the other party, as of the effective date, regarding the doing of the email advertising mail order sales prescribed in Article 12-3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act (excluding one connected with goods, designated rights or services) is deemed to be a request received from the other party, or a consent obtained from the other party, regarding the doing of email advertising mail order sales.

⑨A manifestation of intention already made as of the effective date, to the effect that a person does not wish to receive the email advertising mail order sales prescribed in Article 12-3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act (excluding one connected with goods, designated rights or services), is deemed to be a manifestation of intention prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12-4, paragraph (2) of the new Act).

⑩The provisions of Article 12-3, paragraph (3) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 12-4, paragraph (2) of the new Act) do not apply to email advertising mail order sales based on a request received from the other party, or a consent obtained from the other party, regarding the doing of the email advertising mail order sales prescribed in Article 12-3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act (excluding one connected with goods, designated rights or services) before the effective date.

⑪A request already received from the other party, or a consent already obtained from the other party, as of the effective date, regarding the doing of something equivalent to the facsimile advertising mail order sales prescribed in Article 12-5, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act, is deemed to be a request received from the other party, or a consent obtained from the other party, regarding the doing of facsimile advertising mail order sales.

⑫A manifestation of intention already made as of the effective date, to the effect that a person does not wish to receive something equivalent to the facsimile advertising mail order sales prescribed in Article 12-5, paragraph (1), item (i) of the new Act, is deemed to be a manifestation of intention prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article.

⑬The provisions of Article 12-5, paragraph (3) of the new Act do not apply to facsimile advertising mail order sales based on a request received from the other party, or a consent obtained from the other party, regarding the doing of something equivalent to the facsimile advertising mail order sales prescribed in item (i) of paragraph (1) of that Article before the effective date.

⑭With respect to an act by a seller or a service provider, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 11, Article 12, Article 12-3 (excluding paragraph (5)) or Article 13, paragraph (1) of the former Act, an act listed in the items of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

⑮The provisions of Article 15-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

⑯With respect to an act by a seller or a service provider, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Articles 16 through 21 of the former Act, an act listed in the items of Article 22 of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

⑰The provisions of Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

⑱The provisions of Article 24-2 of the new Act do not apply to an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract that a seller or a service provider received before the effective date, a sales contract or a service contract concluded on or after the effective date pursuant to such an offer, or a sales contract or a service contract concluded before the effective date.

⑲With respect to an act by an orchestrator, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 33-2, Article 34, paragraph (1), (3) or (4), Article 35, Article 36, Article 36-3 (excluding paragraph (5)) or Article 37 of the former Act, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph, or with respect to an act by a solicitor, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 33-2, Article 34, paragraph (1), (3) or (4), Article 35, Article 36 or Article 36-3 (excluding paragraph (5)) of the former Act, or an act listed in Article 38, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv) of the former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

⑳With regard to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 33-2, Article 34, paragraph (1), (3) or (4), Article 35, Article 36, Article 36-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 37 of the former Act, or an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under paragraph (2) of that Article, committed by a solicitor before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (2) of the new Act.

（二十一）With regard to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 33-2, Article 34, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 35, Article 36, Article 36-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 37 of the former Act, or an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under paragraph (3) of that Article, committed by a general multilevel marketing distributor before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (3) of the new Act.

（二十二）The provisions of Article 39-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of multilevel marketing transactions with regard to an act prescribed in paragraph (19).

（二十三）The provisions of Article 39-2, paragraph (2) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of multilevel marketing transactions with regard to an act prescribed in paragraph (20).

（二十四）The provisions of Article 39-2, paragraph (3) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of multilevel marketing transactions with regard to an act prescribed in paragraph (21).

（二十五）With regard to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 42, Article 43, Article 44 or Article 45 of the former Act, or an act listed in the items of Article 46 of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that Article, committed by a service provider or a seller before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

（二十六）The provisions of Article 47-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business with regard to an act prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

（二十七）With regard to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 51-2, Article 52, Article 53, Article 54, Article 54-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), or Article 55 of the former Act, or an act listed in the items of Article 56, paragraph (1) of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph, committed by a person who engages in business opportunity sales before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

（二十八）The provisions of Article 57-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales with regard to an act prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

（二十九）With regard to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 58-5 through Article 58-11-2 of the former Act, or an act listed in the items of Article 58-12 of the former Act, or an act of failing to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that Article, committed by a buyer before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 58-13, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

（三十）The provisions of Article 58-13-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act do not apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business with regard to an act prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of Article 9-3, paragraph (5) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as amended by Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "item (ii) new Act" in this Article) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 24-3, paragraph (2), Article 40-3, paragraph (2), Article 49-2, paragraph (2), and Article 58-2, paragraph (2) of the item (ii) new Act) do not apply to the obligation to return borne by a person who received a performance, in the case where the performance was made, before the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, as the performance of an obligation under a sales contract or a service contract, a multilevel marketing contract, a specified continuous service contract or a sales contract for specified rights, or a business opportunity sales contract.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to an act committed on or after the effective date in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three Articles, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

The government is to, in the case where five years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, review the state of enforcement of the provisions of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as amended by this Act, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the required measures based on the results of that review.