# 公益通報者保護法 / Whistleblower Protection Act — 第五十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 58) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-58. 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: 第五十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 58)（命令の効力に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-36/art-58` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/whistleblower-protection-act/suppl-5031-36/art-58 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/416AC0000000122/suppl-5031-36/art-58 - 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. --- ### 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/ja/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/ja/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 --- ## Cites - 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 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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/ja/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