# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)

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- Law: 食品衛生法 (Food Sanitation Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二百三十三号
- English title "Food Sanitation Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9)（施行前の準備） — address `suppl-4301-46/art-9`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4301-46/art-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4301-46/art-9
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### 第九条（施行前の準備） — Preparations before Enforcement
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4301-46/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4301-46/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4301-46/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  営業を営もうとする者は、第三号施行日前においても、第三号新食品衛生法第五十七条第一項の規定の例により、都道府県知事（地域保健法（昭和二十二年法律第百一号）第五条第一項の政令で定める市又は特別区にあっては、市長又は区長）に届出をすることができる。この場合において、当該届出をした者は、第三号施行日において第三号新食品衛生法第五十七条第一項の規定による届出をしたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4301-46/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4301-46/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4301-46/art-9/par-1</sup>
A person who intends to engage in business may, even before the item (iii) Effective Date, make notification to the prefectural governor (in the case of a city specified by Cabinet Order under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Community Health Act (Act No. 101 of 1947) or a special ward, the mayor or ward mayor), in accordance with the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (1) of the item (iii) New Food Sanitation Act. In this case, a person who has made that notification is deemed to have made the notification pursuant to Article 57, paragraph (1) of the item (iii) New Food Sanitation Act on the item (iii) Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4301-46/art-9/par-1: 第三号新食品衛生法第五十七条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-1
- suppl-4301-46/art-9/par-1: 地域保健法（昭和二十二年法律第百一号）第五条第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000101, 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 食品衛生法 附則第八条第一項（営業の届出に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4301-46/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4301-46/art-8/par-1
- 食品衛生法 附則第十三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4301-46/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4301-46/art-13/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 食品衛生法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000233/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-006, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-008, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
