# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 公益通報者保護法 (Whistleblower Protection Act), 平成十六年法律第百二十二号 - English title "Whistleblower Protection Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5031-36` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 令和三年五月一九日法律第三六号 suppl-5031-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-36/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、令和三年九月一日から施行する。ただし、附則第六十条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-5031-36/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of September 1, 2021;provided, however, that the provisions of Article 60 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十七条（処分等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-36/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-57 **第一項** 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。以下この条及び次条において「旧法令」という。）の規定により従前の国の機関がした認定等の処分その他の行為は、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。以下この条及び次条において「新法令」という。）の相当規定により相当の国の機関がした認定等の処分その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1 Unless otherwise provided for in laws and regulations, a disposition of certification and notice or any other act made by a former organ of the national government before the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before amendment by this Act (including orders based on these laws; referred to below as "former laws and regulations" in this Article and the following Article) is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be a disposition of certification and notice or any other act made by the corresponding organ of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws amended by this Act (including orders based on these laws; referred to below as "new laws and regulations" in this Article and the following Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法令の規定により従前の国の機関に対してされている申請、届出その他の行為は、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、新法令の相当規定により相当の国の機関に対してされた申請、届出その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-2 Unless otherwise provided for in laws and regulations, an application, notification, or any other act that has been filed with a former organ of the national government pursuant to the provisions of the former laws and regulations at the time of enforcement of this Act, is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be an application, notification, or any other act that has been filed with the corresponding organ of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に旧法令の規定により従前の国の機関に対して申請、届出その他の手続をしなければならない事項で、この法律の施行の日前に従前の国の機関に対してその手続がされていないものについては、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、これを、新法令の相当規定により相当の国の機関に対してその手続がされていないものとみなして、新法令の規定を適用する。 suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-3 For matters for which applications, notifications, or other procedures are to be made before the former organs of the national government before the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the former laws and regulations, if those procedures have not yet been made before the former organs of the national government before the date of enforcement of this Act, the provisions of the new laws and regulations apply after the enforcement of this Act, except those otherwise provided for by laws and regulations, by deeming that the procedures have not yet been made before the corresponding organs of the national government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十八条（命令の効力に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning the Effect of Orders) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-36/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-58 **第一項** 旧法令の規定により発せられた内閣府設置法第七条第三項の内閣府令又は国家行政組織法第十二条第一項の省令は、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、新法令の相当規定に基づいて発せられた相当の第七条第三項のデジタル庁令又は国家行政組織法第十二条第一項の省令としての効力を有するものとする。 suppl-5031-36/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-58/par-1 The Cabinet Office Order referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office or the Ministerial Order referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, which has been issued pursuant to the provisions of the former laws and orders, is to remain in force as the corresponding Order of the Digital Agency referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) or the Ministerial Order referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act, which has been issued based on the corresponding provisions of the new laws and orders, after the enforcement of this Act, unless otherwise provided for in laws and orders. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六十条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5031-36/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-60 **第一項** 附則第十五条、第十六条、第五十一条及び前三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（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-5031-36/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-60/par-1 In addition to what is provided for in Article 15, Article 16, Article 51, and the preceding three Articles of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-36/art-1/par-1: 附則第六十条 → 公益通報者保護法 附則第六十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 60), suppl-5031-36/art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-60 - suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1: この条 → 公益通報者保護法 附則第五十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 57), suppl-5031-36/art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-57 - suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1: 次条 → 公益通報者保護法 附則第五十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 58), suppl-5031-36/art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-58 - suppl-5031-36/art-58/par-1: 内閣府設置法第七条第三項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000089, 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — not held in this collection - suppl-5031-36/art-58/par-1: 国家行政組織法第十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000120, 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-1/par-1 - 公益通報者保護法 附則第五十七条第一項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-57/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 公益通報者保護法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/416AC0000000122/20260717_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-10-26 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Whistleblower Protection Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5109/tb), retrieved 2026-10-26 - This site's parser, version 218 — 公益通報者保護法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-26