The provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of the new Banking Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17 of the new Long-Term Credit Bank Act) concerning the establishment or discontinuation of a branch office or other business offices, or an agency in a foreign country by a bank or a long-term credit bank apply to establishment or discontinuation that takes place on or after the effective date, and prior laws continue to govern the establishment or discontinuation that takes place before the effective date.