Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions and Other Matters
第四条（処分等に関する経過措置）
Any license, permission, authorization, approval, designation or other dispositions given, or notification made, or other acts taken prior to effectuating this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts prior to revision by this Act (including orders pursuant thereto; hereinafter referred to as the "Former Laws and Regulations"), is deemed to be a license, permission, authorization, approval, designation or other dispositions given, or notification made, or other acts taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective Acts after revision by this Act (including orders pursuant thereto; hereinafter referred to as the "New Laws and Regulations"), except as otherwise specified in laws and orders.
この法律の施行前にこの法律による改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下「旧法令」という。）の規定によりされた免許、許可、認可、承認、指定その他の処分又は通知その他の行為は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下「新法令」という。）の相当規定によりされた免許、許可、認可、承認、指定その他の処分又は通知その他の行為とみなす。
Except as otherwise specified by laws and regulations, the filing of an application for licensing, the filing of a notification, or any comparable action that has been undertaken pursuant to the Former Laws and Regulations by the time this Act comes into effect, is deemed to constitute the filing of an application for licensing, the filing of a notification, or a comparable action that has been undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.
With respect to the particulars for which reports, notification, submission or other procedures must be made prior to effectuating this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations, for which such procedures have not yet been taken prior to the Effective Date of this Act, the provisions of the New Laws and Regulations apply after effectuating this Act, deeming that such procedures have not yet been taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations, except as otherwise specified in laws and orders.