# 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-5081-62. 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-5081-62` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62 - 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 令和八年七月一七日法律第六二号 suppl-5081-62 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-62/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、防災庁設置法（令和八年法律第六十一号）の施行の日から施行する。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。 suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency (Act No. 61 of 2026) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following item come into effect as of the date specified in that item: machine translation, not official **一** 附則第八条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第八条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-5081-62/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-8 **第一項** 附則第二条から前条まで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-5081-62/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-8/par-1 In addition to what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第八条 → 公益通報者保護法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-5081-62/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-8 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 公益通報者保護法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5081-62/art-1/par-1/item-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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch whistleblower-protection-act-20261026T133420-002, translated 2026-10-27 - 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