Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on January 1, 1987; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
この法律は、昭和六十二年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
the provisions of Article 1 amending Article 7, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly, the provision adding one paragraph to Article 7 of that Act, and the provision adding one Article after Article 31 of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 31-2, paragraphs (7) and (8) of that Act), the provision of Article 4 amending Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act on Health and Medical Services for the Elderly, the provision amending Article 8, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provision adding one Section after Section 3 of Chapter III of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to Article 46-2, paragraphs (5) and (6) of that Act) and the provision adding one Chapter after Chapter III of that Act (limited to the part pertaining to the provisions of Article 46-8, paragraphs (5) through (7) of that Act), and the provisions of Article 6, and the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2), Article 12 and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the preceding item), the provisions of Article 5 and the provisions of Article 7, and the provisions of Article 16, Articles 24 through 29, Article 31 and Article 35 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.