# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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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
- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（命令の効力に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5051-36/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-36/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-36/art-3
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### 第三条（命令の効力に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Effect of Orders
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<sup>suppl-5051-36/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-36/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-36/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  旧法令の規定により発せられた国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）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内閣府設置法（平成十一年法律第八十九号）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としての効力を有するものとする。
<sup>suppl-5051-36/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-36/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-36/art-3/par-1</sup>
A Ministerial Order set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948) issued pursuant to the provisions of the Former Laws and Regulations is to remain in force, except as otherwise provided by laws and regulations, after this Act comes into effect, as the corresponding Cabinet Office Order set forth in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999) or the corresponding Ministerial Order set forth in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act issued pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the New Laws and Regulations.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5051-36/art-3/par-1: 国家行政組織法（昭和二十三年法律第百二十号）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
- suppl-5051-36/art-3/par-1: 内閣府設置法（平成十一年法律第八十九号）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

## Cited by

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

- 食品衛生法 附則第二条第一項（処分等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-36/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-36/art-2/par-1
- 食品衛生法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-36/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-36/art-6/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-20261102T225259-007, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-009, 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
