Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。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。
Omitted
略
Article 16 (excluding the provisions amending the table of contents of the Payment Services Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 51" with "Article 51-2"), the provisions adding one Article after Article 51 in Section 2 of Chapter III of that Act, and the provisions adding one paragraph to Article 91 of that Act): the date on which the Payment Services Act comes into effect or the Effective Date, whichever is later
第十六条の規定（資金決済に関する法律目次の改正規定（「第五十一条」を「第五十一条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三章第二節中第五十一条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び同法第九十一条に一項を加える改正規定を除く。） 資金決済に関する法律の施行の日又は施行日のいずれか遅い日
Article 16 (limited to the provisions amending the table of contents of the Payment Services Act (limited to the part replacing "Article 51" with "Article 51-2"), the provisions adding one Article after Article 51 in Section 2 of Chapter III of that Act, and the provisions adding one paragraph to Article 91 of that Act): the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date on which the provisions set forth in the preceding item come into effect
第十六条の規定（資金決済に関する法律目次の改正規定（「第五十一条」を「第五十一条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三章第二節中第五十一条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び同法第九十一条に一項を加える改正規定に限る。） 前号に掲げる規定の施行の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 19Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
第十九条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) 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.
この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後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 20Delegation to Cabinet Order
第二十条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through 5 and the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
附則第二条から第五条まで及び前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 21Review
第二十一条（検討）
The Government is to, within three years after this Act comes into effect, taking into account the status of designation of designated dispute resolution organizations prescribed in the respective Acts as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the respective Acts as amended") (hereinafter simply referred to as "designated dispute resolution organizations"), the status of performance of dispute resolution services prescribed in the respective Acts as amended, and other socioeconomic conditions, etc., and also in light of the status of review pertaining to paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Establishing the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission (Act No. 48 of 2009), review the systems pertaining to alternative dispute resolution procedures by designated dispute resolution organizations, including the manner of involvement of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the manner of a cross-sectoral and comprehensive dispute resolution framework, and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results.
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Government is to, within five years after this Act comes into effect, review the status of implementation of the provisions as amended by this Act, and, if it finds it necessary, take required measures based on the results.
政府は、前項に定める事項のほか、この法律の施行後五年以内に、この法律による改正後の規定の実施状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。