# Not yet in force (未施行, みしこう)

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- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/unenforced
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/unenforced
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

A law or amendment that has been promulgated but whose enforcement date has not arrived. The text in force today does not include it yet. It is due to change the text on that date, though it can still be amended, or even repealed, before then.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 公布後施行前の法律の改廃](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column026.htm)

## Related

- [Promulgation (公布, こうふ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/promulgation)
- [Coming into force (施行, しこう)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/enforcement)
- [Amendment (改正, かいせい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/amendment)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)