This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.

①The competent minister specified in Article 67, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions may, even before the day on which the provisions listed in item (iii) of the preceding Article come into effect (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as the "item (iii) effective date"), for the purpose of planning the enactment of a Cabinet Order under Article 4, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions), Article 18, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 37, paragraph (3), Article 42, paragraph (4), Article 55, paragraph (3), or Article 58-7, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 58-8, paragraph (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in sub-item (a) of that item) (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions"), consult with the Consumer Commission and the Consumer Affairs Council in accordance with the provisions of Article 64, paragraph (2) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions.

②The provisions of Article 59, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the amending provisions listed in item (ii) of the preceding Article) apply to a request for the return of goods sent by a seller on or after the day on which the provisions listed in that item come into effect, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a request for the return of goods sent by a seller before that day.

③The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 18, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 20, paragraph (2) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract that a seller or a service provider receives on or after the item (iii) effective date.

④The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, and the provisions of Article 18, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 19, paragraph (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, apply to a sales contract or a service contract concluded on or after the item (iii) effective date.

⑤The provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) and Article 8-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a seller or a service provider, done on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"), that violates the provisions of Article 3, Article 3-2, paragraph (2), Article 4, paragraph (1), Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or Article 6 of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with 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 Act on Specified Commercial Transactions before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions"), an act listed in the items of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

⑥The provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) and Article 15-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a seller or a service provider, done on or after the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 11, Article 12, Article 12-3 (excluding paragraph (5)), Article 12-5, Article 12-6, Article 13, paragraph (1) or Article 13-2 of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with 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)), Article 12-5 or Article 13, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

⑦The provisions of Article 15-4 of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a manifestation of intention to make an offer to enter into a sales contract or a service contract that a seller or a service provider receives on or after the effective date.

⑧The provisions of Article 23, paragraph (2) and Article 23-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a seller or a service provider, done on or after the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 16, Article 17, Article 18, paragraph (1), Article 19, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), Article 20, paragraph (1) or Article 21 of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with 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 on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 22, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

⑨The provisions of Article 37, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a contract for multilevel marketing transactions prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (simply referred to as "multilevel marketing transactions" in the following paragraph) concluded on or after the item (iii) effective date.

⑩The provisions of Article 39, paragraph (4) and Article 39-2, paragraphs (1) through (4) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the orchestrator to suspend multilevel marketing transactions in connection with an act by the orchestrator prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (2) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (hereinafter in this paragraph simply referred to as the "orchestrator"), done on or after 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, paragraph (1) or (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, or by the solicitor prescribed in Article 33-2 of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (hereinafter in this paragraph simply referred to as the "solicitor"), done on or after 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 new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or an act listed in Article 38, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; a case of ordering the solicitor to suspend multilevel marketing transactions in connection with an act by the solicitor, done on or after 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, paragraph (1) or (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article in connection with those acts; and a case of ordering the general multilevel marketing distributor prescribed in Article 33-2 of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (hereinafter in this paragraph simply referred to as the "general multilevel marketing distributor") to suspend multilevel marketing transactions in connection with an act by the general multilevel marketing distributor, done on or after the effective date, that violates 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, paragraph (1) or (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (3) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the orchestrator to suspend multilevel marketing transactions in connection with an act by the 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 on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, or by the 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 on Specified Commercial Transactions, or an act listed in Article 38, paragraph (1), items (ii) through (iv) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions; a case of ordering the solicitor to suspend multilevel marketing transactions in connection with an act by the 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, Article 36-3 (excluding paragraph (5)) or Article 37 of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article in connection with those acts; and a case of ordering the general multilevel marketing distributor to suspend multilevel marketing transactions in connection with an act by the general multilevel marketing distributor, done before the effective date, that violates 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 on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 38, paragraph (3) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

⑪The provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a specified continuous service contract prescribed in Article 41, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a sales contract for specified rights prescribed in item (ii) of that paragraph, concluded on or after the item (iii) effective date.

⑫The provisions of Article 47, paragraph (2) and Article 47-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a service provider or a seller, done on or after the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 43, Article 44 or Article 45 of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 46, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a service provider or a seller, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 42, Article 43, Article 44 or Article 45 of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 46, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

⑬The provisions of Article 55, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a contract for business opportunity sales transactions prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (simply referred to as "business opportunity sales transactions" in the following paragraph) concluded on or after the item (iii) effective date.

⑭The provisions of Article 57, paragraph (2) and Article 57-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business opportunity sales transactions connected with business opportunity sales prescribed in Article 51, paragraph (1) of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (hereinafter in this paragraph simply referred to as "business opportunity sales") in connection with an act by a person conducting the business opportunity sales, done on or after the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 51-2, Article 52, Article 53, Article 54, Article 54-3 (excluding paragraph (5)) or Article 55, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 56, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the suspension of business opportunity sales transactions connected with the business opportunity sales in connection with an act by a person conducting the business opportunity sales, done before the effective date, that violates 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 on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 56, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

⑮The provisions of Article 58-7, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to an offer to enter into a sales contract that a buyer prescribed in Article 58-4 of the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (simply referred to as "buyer" in paragraph (17)) receives on or after the item (iii) effective date.

⑯The provisions of Article 58-7, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing the terms pursuant to Article 58-8, paragraph (3) of the further amended Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a sales contract concluded on or after the item (iii) effective date.

⑰The provisions of Article 58-13, paragraph (2) and Article 58-13-2, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions apply to a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a buyer, done on or after the effective date, that violates the provisions of Article 58-5, Article 58-6, Article 58-7, paragraph (1), Article 58-8, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), or Articles 58-9 through 58-11-2 of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 58-12, paragraph (1) of the new Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a case of ordering the suspension of business activities in connection with an act by a buyer, done before the effective date, that violates the provisions of Articles 58-5 through 58-11-2 of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, an act listed in the items of Article 58-12, paragraph (1) of the former Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, or a failure to comply with an instruction under the provisions of that paragraph in connection with those acts.

With respect to the application of penal provisions to an act done on or after the effective date in a case where the provisions then in force are to continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two Articles, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

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

①The government is to review the state of enforcement of the provisions revised by the amending provisions listed in sub-items (a) and (b) of that item, when two years have passed after the enforcement of the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, and if it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the result of that review.

②The government is to review the state of enforcement of the provisions revised by this Act, beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, when five years have passed after this Act comes into effect, and if it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the result of that review.