# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- Law: 電気工事士法 (Electricians Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百三十九号
- English title "Electricians Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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-4161-94`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94
- 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.

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## 附　則 平成一六年六月九日法律第九四号
<sup>suppl-4161-94 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十七年四月一日から施行する。ただし、附則第七条及び第二十八条の規定は公布の日から、附則第四条第一項から第五項まで及び第九項から第十一項まで、第五条並びに第六条の規定は平成十六年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2005; provided, however, that the provisions of Articles 7 and 28 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation, and the provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (1) through (5) and (9) through (11), Article 5 and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of October 1, 2004.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二十六条（処分等に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions and Other Matters
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-26</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定によってした処分、手続その他の行為であって、改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定に相当の規定があるものは、この附則に別段の定めがあるものを除き、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当の規定によってしたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-26/par-1</sup>
Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of each Act prior to amendment (including orders based on it; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), for which there are equivalent provisions in each Act as amended, are deemed, unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, to have been carried out pursuant to the equivalent provisions of each Act as amended.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二十七条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前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。
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-27/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二十八条（政令委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-28</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4161-94/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-28/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4161-94/art-1/par-1: 第二十八条 → 電気工事士法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4161-94/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-28
- suppl-4161-94/art-26/par-1: この条 → 電気工事士法 附則第二十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 26), suppl-4161-94/art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-26

## Cited by

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

- 電気工事士法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-1/par-1
- 電気工事士法 附則第二十六条第一項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-4161-94/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-4161-94/art-26/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 電気工事士法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000139/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 電気工事士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1788), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-008, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 電気工事士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
