With regard to the submission of an electronic or magnetic record by an order for clarification in cases before the Article 2 amendment, the provisions of Article 151, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply by deeming the phrase "submitting a recording medium that contains the electronic or magnetic record or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" in that paragraph to be replaced with "submitting a recording medium that contains the electronic or magnetic record".

①The provisions of Article 160 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to proof of the preparation and recording of a record of oral arguments and of observance of the provisions concerning the formalities of oral arguments in cases after the Article 2 amendment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern proof of the preparation and entry of a record of oral arguments and of observance of the provisions concerning the formalities of oral arguments in cases before the Article 2 amendment.

②With regard to the correction of a record of oral arguments in cases before the Article 2 amendment, the provisions of Article 160-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply by deeming the phrase "an electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article" in paragraph (1) of that Article to be replaced with "the entries in a record", and the phrase "by recording an indication of this in the court's computer files" in paragraph (2) of that Article to be replaced with "by preparing a record".

The provisions of Article 205, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 278, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) and Article 215, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 218, paragraph (1) and Article 278, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) apply, in cases after the Article 2 amendment, to the submission of a paper document in lieu of the examination of a witness or one of the parties themselves and of a paper document in lieu of the statement of an opinion by an expert, to the formalities of an expert's statement of an opinion in lieu of a statement of an opinion in writing, and to the submission of a written expert report by a person who has received a request for expert testimony.

With regard to examinations of evidence that involve the content of information recorded in electronic or magnetic records in cases before the Article 2 amendment, the provisions of Article 231-2 and Article 231-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply by deeming the phrase "submitting a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been recorded or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" in Article 231-2, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment to be replaced with "submitting a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been recorded", and the phrase "submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored or by using an electronic data processing system as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" in Article 231-3, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment to be replaced with "submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored".

①The provisions of Articles 252 through 255, Article 256, paragraph (3) and Article 280 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the formalities of the rendition of judgment, the matters to be recorded in an electronic judgment, the rendition of judgment not based on an electronic judgment, the service of an electronic judgment and of an electronic record made in lieu of preparing an electronic judgment, the summons to the date for rendition of a judgment for modification, and the matters to be recorded in an electronic judgment in cases of a summary court, in cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the formalities of the rendition of judgment, the matters to be stated in a written judgment, the rendition of judgment not based on the original of a written judgment, the service of a written judgment and of a record entered in lieu of preparing a written judgment, the summons to the date for rendition of a judgment for modification, and the matters to be stated in a written judgment in cases of a summary court, in cases pertaining to an action that were filed before the Effective Date.

②The provisions of Articles 252 and 253 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the preparation of an electronic ruling (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared pursuant to the provisions of Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 122 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) in cases after the Article 2 amendment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the preparation of a written ruling in cases before the Article 2 amendment.

The provisions of Article 261, paragraph (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 292, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) and paragraph (5) of that Article apply to the recording in the electronic record for the court date, and the service of that record, in the case where the withdrawal of an action or of an appeal to the court of second instance is made orally in cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the entry in the record for the court date, and the service of that record, in the case where the withdrawal of an action or of an appeal to the court of second instance is made orally in cases pertaining to an action that were filed before the Effective Date.

①The provisions of Article 267, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the effect of an electronic record pertaining to a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim in cases after the Article 2 amendment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the effect of a record pertaining to a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim in cases before the Article 2 amendment.

②The provisions of Article 267, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the service of an electronic record recording a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim in cases after the Article 2 amendment.

③With regard to the correction of a record pertaining to a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim in cases before the Article 2 amendment, the provisions of Article 267-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply by deeming the phrase "an electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in that paragraph to be replaced with "a record stating a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim".

The provisions of Article 285 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 313 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) apply to the time frame for filing an appeal to the court of second instance or a final appeal against a judgment in cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the time frame for filing an appeal to the court of second instance or a final appeal against a judgment in cases pertaining to an action that were filed before the Effective Date.

The provisions of Article 355, paragraph (2) and Article 357 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 367, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment) apply to the denial of an action without oral arguments and to the filing of an objection against the final judgment in an action on a bill or note or action on a check that is filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the denial of an action without oral arguments and the filing of an objection against the final judgment in an action on a bill or note or action on a check that was filed before the Effective Date.

The provisions of Article 374, paragraph (2) and Article 378, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the rendition of judgment in a small claims action that is filed on or after the Effective Date and to the filing of an objection against the final judgment, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the rendition of judgment in a small claims action that was filed before the Effective Date and the filing of an objection against the final judgment.

The provisions of Part VII of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to cases pertaining to an action that are filed on or after the Effective Date.

①The provisions of Articles 387, 388, 391 and 393 of the Code of Civil Procedure After the Article 2 Amendment apply to the recorded matters, service, declaration of provisional enforceability and objection to a demand after a declaration of provisional enforceability pertaining to a demand for payment for which a petition is filed on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the matters to be stated, service, declaration of provisional enforceability and objection to a demand after a declaration of provisional enforceability pertaining to a demand for payment for which a petition was filed before the Effective Date.

②With regard to demand procedures pertaining to an application for a demand for payment that was filed before the Effective Date using an electronic data processing system pursuant to the provisions of the main clause of Article 132-10, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure Before the Article 2 Amendment, the provisions of Articles 397 through 401 of the Code of Civil Procedure Before the Article 2 Amendment remain in force even on or after the Effective Date.

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

In the case where five years have passed after this Act comes into effect, the Government is to review the status of enforcement of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure or any other Act as amended by this Act and, if it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the results.