Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2004; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
この法律は、平成十六年十月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
Omitted
略
the provisions of Article 5, Article 12, Article 19, Article 20-2, Article 23-2, Article 25, Article 30, Article 33, Article 44, Article 44-3 through Article 44-5, Article 47 and Article 53, and Article 41 through Article 46, Article 48 and Article 55 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2007;
第五条、第十二条、第十九条、第二十条の二、第二十三条の二、第二十五条、第三十条、第三十三条、第四十四条、第四十四条の三から第四十四条の五まで、第四十七条及び第五十三条並びに附則第四十一条から第四十六条まで、第四十八条及び第五十五条の規定 平成十九年四月一日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Review
第三条（検討）
The government is, based on the deliberations of the Diet concerning the social security system, to conduct an integrated review of the social security system as a whole, including the state of the burden of taxes, premiums, etc. and of benefits, and, ensuring consistency with that review, to make the necessary review of the public pension system.
政府は、社会保障制度に関する国会の審議を踏まえ、社会保障制度全般について、税、保険料等の負担と給付の在り方を含め、一体的な見直しを行いつつ、これとの整合を図り、公的年金制度について必要な見直しを行うものとする。
In conducting the review of the public pension system under the preceding paragraph, the state of the system is to be reviewed with a view to the unification of the public pension system.
前項の公的年金制度についての見直しを行うに当たっては、公的年金制度の一元化を展望し、体系の在り方について検討を行うものとする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 73Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第七十三条（罰則に関する経過措置）
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act (or, for the provisions prescribed in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect.
この法律（附則第一条ただし書に規定する規定については、当該規定）の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 74Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order
第七十四条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary incidental to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
the Diet
国会
Japan's parliament, and under Article 41 the only body that can make an Act (法律). It has two chambers, the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, both made up of elected members (Articles 42 and 43). It designates the Prime Minister, approves the budget and treaties, and can start the process of amending the Constitution. A Cabinet Order (政令) or Ministerial Order (省令) may impose a duty or a penalty only where an Act the Diet passed says it may.
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 41, 42, 43 and Wikipedia: National Diet as a reference.