Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 1991; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (3) and the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the provisions amending Article 5, item (xxviii) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Act No. 151 of 1949)) come into effect as of the date of promulgation; and the provisions of Article 13, item (iii), Chapter 4 (excluding Article 16, paragraphs (1), (2), (8), and (9) and Article 17, paragraph (1), item (iv) (limited to the part related to the notification concerning a notified processed meat sales business operator prescribed in that item)), Article 25, Article 26, paragraph (3), Article 32, Article 35, Article 41, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 42, Article 45, items (iii) and (iv), Article 46, items (iii) through (vi), Article 50, item (ii) and the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the provisions amending Article 5 of the Food Sanitation Act) come into effect as of April 1, 1992.

Article 2(1)If a person who is already running a poultry slaughtering business at the time of the enforcement of this Act has obtained a license for the poultry slaughtering business under Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Food Sanitation Act before the amendment by this Act, the person may continue running the poultry slaughtering business for one year from the date of enforcement of this Act without obtaining a license under Article 3, in accordance with prior laws. The same applies if the person files an application for a license under that Article during that period, until the day on which the person receives a notice to the effect that the license is granted, or until the day on which the person receives a notice to the effect that the license is not granted after the lapse of that period.

(2)A person who may continue running the poultry slaughtering business pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph in accordance with prior laws may also obtain a license under Article 3 during the period prescribed in the same paragraph. If the person obtains a license under that Article during that period, the license under Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Food Sanitation Act before the amendment by this Act (limited to the part related to poultry slaughtering business) ceases to be effective.

(3)While a person prescribed in paragraph (1) continues running the poultry slaughtering business pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph after April 1, 1992, the provisions of Article 17 do not apply to a poultry slaughterer or certified small-scale poultry slaughterer when the poultry slaughterer transfers a poultry carcass to the person after undergoing post-plucking inspection or when the certified small-scale poultry slaughterer transfers a poultry carcass to the person after having a poultry slaughtering sanitation manager perform the verification prescribed in Article 16, paragraph (5) concerning conformity to the criteria specified by Ministry of Health and Welfare Order as referred to in that paragraph, regarding the condition of the living poultry and regarding the condition of the surface of the poultry carcass.

Article 4Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act, and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act in cases where prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the date of enforcement of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993).

Article 2Before the enforcement of this Act, if a consultation or other request has been made under laws and regulations to a council or any other body with a council system, with respect to the implementation of procedures corresponding to the procedure for hearings, the procedure for granting of an opportunity for explanation and other procedures for a statement of opinion prescribed by Article 13 of the Administrative Procedure Act, prior laws continue to govern the procedures for adverse dispositions in relation to that consultation or other request, notwithstanding the provisions of relevant laws as amended by this Act.

Article 13Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 14Hearings (excluding those related to adverse dispositions) held pursuant to the provisions of law before the enforcement of this Act or the relevant procedures are deemed to have been conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of relevant laws as amended by this Act.

Article 15Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 3 amending Article 18 of the Maternal and Child Health Act (excluding the part replacing "or a city with a health center" with ", a city with a health center, or a special ward") come into effect as of January 1, 1995; the provisions of Article 2, Article 4, Article 5, Article 7, Article 9, Article 11, Article 13, Article 15, Article 17, Article 18 and Article 20, and the provisions of Articles 3 to 11 of the Supplementary Provisions, Articles 23 through 37 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 39 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of April 1, 1997.

Article 13Dispositions of permissions, etc. or any other acts conducted before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions for the relevant provisions; the same applies below in this Article and in the following Article) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment (referred to below as "dispositions and other acts" in this Article) or applications for permissions, etc. or any other acts already conducted at the time of the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment (referred to below as "applications and other acts" in this Article) are deemed as dispositions and other acts or applications, and other acts conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective amended laws, with regard to the application of the respective amended laws on or after the date of enforcement of this Act, except those specified in the provisions of Articles 5 through 10 of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions of the respective amended laws (including orders under it) concerning transitional measures.

Article 14Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act for cases in which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the Supplementary Provisions to this Act.

Article 15Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 74Prior laws continue to govern requests for re-examination involving dispositions rendered by an administrative agency before the enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of Article 59-4, paragraph (2) of the Child Welfare Act; Article 12-4 of the Act on Practitioners of Massage, Finger Pressure, Acupuncture and Moxacauterization, etc.; Article 29-4 of the Food Sanitation Act; Article 9-3 of the Hotel Business Act; Article 7-3 of the Public Bath Houses Act; Article 71-3 of the Medical Care Act; Article 43-2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Person; Article 51-12, paragraph (2) of the Act on Mental Health and Welfare for Persons with Mental Disorders or Disabilities; Article 14-2, paragraph (2) of the Laundries Act; Article 25-2 of the Rabies Prevention Act; Article 83-2, paragraph (2) of the Social Welfare Services Act; Article 69 of the Tuberculosis Prevention Act; Article 20 of the Slaughterhouse Act; Article 27-2 of the Dental Technicians Act; Article 20-8-2 of the Act on Clinical Laboratory Technicians, Public Health Laboratory Technicians, etc.; Article 30, paragraph (2) of the Act on Welfare of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Act on Social Welfare for the Elderly; Article 26, paragraph (2) of the Maternal and Child Health Act; Article 23 of the Judo Therapists Act; Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act on Maintenance of Sanitation in Buildings; Article 24 of the Waste Management and Public Cleaning Act; Article 41, paragraph (3) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act; or Article 65 of the Act on Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients Suffering Infectious Diseases; before amendment under the provisions of Articles 149 through 151, Article 157, Article 158, Article 165, Article 168, Article 170, Article 172, Article 173, Article 175, Article 176, Article 183, Article 188, Article 195, Article 201, Article 208, Article 214, Articles 219 through 221, Article 229, or Article 238.

Article 159Beyond what is prescribed in respective laws before amendment by this Act, the administrative affairs of the national government, other local governments, and other public entities, which, before the enforcement of this Act, are managed or executed by the organs of local governments pursuant to relevant laws or Cabinet Order under those laws (the affairs referred to as "administrative affairs of the national government, etc." in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions) are to be handled by the local government pursuant to laws or Cabinet Order under those laws as administrative affairs of the local government.

Article 160(1)Dispositions of permission, etc. or any other acts conducted before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies below in this Article and in Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment (referred to below as "dispositions and other acts" in this Article) or applications for permission, etc. or any other acts already conducted at the time of the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment (referred to below as "applications and other acts" in this Article), for which the persons who handle the administrative affairs related to these acts are different persons on the date of the enforcement of this Act, are deemed as dispositions and other acts or applications and other acts conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective amended laws, with regard to the application of the respective amended laws on or after the date of enforcement of this Act, except those specified in the provisions of Article 2 through to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions of the respective amended laws (including orders issued under those laws) concerning transitional measures.

(2)Particulars for which procedures such as reporting, notification, and submission must be taken with a national or local government organ before the enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of respective laws before the amendment by this Act but for which the procedures have not been taken before the date of enforcement of this Act, are deemed to be matters for which procedures such as reporting, notification, and submission with the corresponding organ of the national or local government must be taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of respective laws after amendment by this Act but for which the procedures have not been taken, and the provisions of respective laws amended by this Act apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Act or Cabinet Order under it.

Article 161(1)For appeals filed under the Administrative Complaint Review Act against dispositions related to the administrative affairs of the national government, etc. rendered before the enforcement of this Act, by an administrative agency (referred to below as the "administrative agency reaching the disposition" in this Article) which had a higher administrative agency provided for in this Act (referred to below as the "higher administrative agency" in this Article) before enforcement of this Act, the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act continue to apply, with the administrative agency reaching the disposition being deemed to still have the higher administrative agency on and after the enforcement of this Act. In this case, the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency reaching the disposition is the administrative agency that was the higher administrative agency of the agency reaching the disposition before the enforcement of this Act.

(2)In the case of the preceding paragraph, if an administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency is a local government organ, the administrative affairs required to be handled by the agency pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act are regarded as Type I statutory entrusted functions stated in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act.

Article 162Prior laws continue to govern any fees that should have been paid pursuant to the provisions of respective laws (including orders issued under those laws) before amendment by this Act, before the date of enforcement, unless otherwise provided for in this Act or Cabinet Order under it.

Article 163Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 164Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are prescribed by Cabinet Order.

Article 250Type 1 statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act are to be created to the minimum possible extent, and the processes stated in Appended Table I of the new Local Autonomy Act and those provided for by Cabinet Order under the new Local Autonomy Act are to be examined from the perspective of promoting decentralization and reviewed as appropriate.

Article 251In order to enable local governments to execute their duties and services autonomously and independently, the national government is to review how to secure adequate sources of local tax revenue based on the division of roles between the national government and local governments, taking into account the prevailing economic trends and other factors, and take necessary measures based on the results of the review.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2000;

Article 3For the application of the provisions amended by this Act concerning a person with limited legal capacity and their curators to which the provisions then in force remain applicable under Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on the Partial Amendment of the Civil Code (Act No. 149 of 1999), the provisions then in force remain applicable, except for the following amended provisions:

Article 4Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 1This Act (excluding Article 2 and Article 3) comes into effect as of January 6, 2001; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order, within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 8A training institute or training session that is already designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (5), item (iii) or (iv) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 8 at the time of the enforcement of the provisions stated in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be a training institute or training session that is registered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (5), item (iii) or (iv) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act amended by the provisions of Article 8.

Article 9Dispositions, procedures, and other acts conducted pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before amendment (including orders under those laws; the same applies below in this Article), before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items in Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in Article 12 of Supplementary Provisions), for which corresponding provisions are provided in the respective amended laws, are deemed to have been conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective amended laws unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions.

Article 10(1)　

(3)Even before the date of the enforcement of the provisions stated in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, in the cases listed in the following, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may publish the purpose, details, and other necessary matters and broadly seek the opinions of the public or seek the opinions of the Food Safety Commission:

Article 11The procedures for registration under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1) of the new Food Sanitation Act; approval of the amount of fees under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2) and Article 26, paragraph (6) of the new Food Sanitation Act; approval of operational rules under the provisions of Article 37, paragraph 1 of the new Food Sanitation Act; registration under the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (6), items (iii) and (iv) of the new Food Sanitation Act; and registration under the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (5), items (iii) and (iv) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act as amended by the provisions of Article 8 may be undertaken before the date of enforcement of the provisions stated in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 12Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 13Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 14When five years have elapsed after the enforcement of this Act, the national government is to review the provisions of this Act and, while taking into account the condition of enforcement of this Act, take necessary measures based on the results of the review when necessary.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as from the date specified by Cabinet Order, within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as from the date when 20 days have elapsed from the date of promulgation.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as from the date of promulgation;

Article 10Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions).

Article 11Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2015.

Article 7(1)Dispositions of permission, etc. or any other acts conducted before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies below in this Article and in the following Article) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before amendment by this Act (referred to below as "dispositions and other acts" in this paragraph) or applications for permission, etc. or any other acts already conducted at the time of the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment by this Act (referred to below as "applications and other acts" in this paragraph), for which persons who handle the administrative affairs related to these acts are different persons on the date of the enforcement of this Act, are deemed as dispositions and other acts or applications and other acts conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws amended by this Act, with regard to the application of the respective amended laws on or after the date of enforcement of this Act, except those specified in the provisions of Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions or in the provisions of the respective amended laws (including orders issued under those laws) concerning transitional measures.

(2)Particulars for which procedures such as reporting, notification, and submission must be taken with a national or local government organ before the enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of respective laws before amendment by this Act but for which the procedures have not been taken before the date of enforcement of this Act, are deemed to be particulars for which procedures such as reporting, notification, and submission with the corresponding organ of national or local government must be taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of respective laws after amendment by this Act but for which the procedures have not been taken, and the provisions of respective laws amended by this Act apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Act or Cabinet Order under it.

Article 8Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 9Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of the date of enforcement of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014).

Article 5Prior laws continue to govern appeals filed against dispositions or other acts that administrative agencies have rendered before the enforcement of this Act or against inaction by administrative agencies related to applications that have been filed before the enforcement of this Act, unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions.

Article 6(1)Prior laws continue to govern the filing of actions concerning matters for which an action may be filed pursuant to the provisions of laws before amendment by this Act only after a determination, decision or other act is made by an administrative agency regarding an appeal, and for which the period during which the filing should have been made has elapsed without the relevant appeal having been filed, before the enforcement of this Act (for cases in which the relevant appeal may be filed only after a determination, decision or other act is made by an administrative agency concerning another appeal, those matters include those for which the period during which that other appeal should have been filed has elapsed before the enforcement of this Act without the appeal having been filed).

(2)Prior laws continue to govern the filing of an action for revocation of a disposition or any other act against which an objection has been filed pursuant to the provisions of laws before amendment by the provisions of this Act (including cases which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article) and for which the provisions of laws amended by the provisions of this Act prescribe that an action for revocation may be filed only after a request for administrative review is made.

(3)Prior laws continue to govern an action for revocation of a determination, decision or any other act that has been made by an administrative agency in relation to an administrative appeal, for which the action has been filed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 9Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act in cases where prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 5 and the preceding two Articles of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 10Beyond what is provided for in Articles 5 through to the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2017; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 4(1)A person who intends to obtain designation under Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act as amended by the provisions of Article 9 (referred to below as the "new Poultry Slaughtering Act" in this Article) may apply for the designation in accordance with the same paragraph and Article 21, paragraph (2) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act before the date of its enforcement.

(2)When an application for designation is filed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor (including the mayor of a city as specified by Cabinet Order pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Community Health Act (Act No. 101 of 1947) and the mayor of a special ward; the same applies below in the following paragraph) may grant and issue a public notice of the designation in accordance with the provisions of Article 22 and Article 23, paragraph (1) of the new Poultry Slaughtering Act before the date of its enforcement. In this case, the designated person is deemed to be designated under Article 21, paragraph 1 of the new Poultry Slaughtering Act on the date of enforcement and the issued public notice pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the new Poultry Slaughtering Act on the date of enforcement.

(3)The designation that is already granted to a person pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 9 at the time of the enforcement of this Act (referred to below as a "poultry inspection body" in this paragraph) is deemed to be a designation granted to the poultry inspection body by the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the new Poultry Slaughtering Act on the date of enforcement if the designation is granted to a poultry inspection body to which the prefectural governor has already delegated the whole or part of the poultry meat inspections pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article at the time of the enforcement of this Act. In this case, the prefectural governor must issue a public notice of this pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) of the new Poultry Slaughtering Act.

Article 7(1)Dispositions of approval, etc. or any other acts conducted before the date of enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies below in this Article and in the following Article) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before amendment by this Act (referred to below as "dispositions and other acts" in this paragraph) or applications for approval, etc. or any other acts already conducted at the time of the enforcement of this Act pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment by this Act (referred to below as "applications and other acts" in this paragraph), for which persons who handle the administrative affairs related to these acts are different persons on the date of the enforcement of this Act, are deemed to be dispositions and other acts or applications and other acts conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws amended by this Act, with regard to the application of the respective amended laws on or after the date of enforcement of this Act, except those specified in the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions or Cabinet Order based on the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions.

(2)Matters for which procedures such as notification must be taken with a national or local government organ before the date of enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before amendment by this Act but for which the procedures have not been taken before the date of enforcement of this Act, in addition to what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions or Cabinet Order under the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions, are deemed to be matters for which procedures such as notification with the corresponding organ of national or local government must be taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of respective laws after amendment by this Act but for which the procedures have not been taken, and the provisions of the respective laws amended by this Act apply.

Article 8Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act in cases where prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions.

Article 9Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2019; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article and of Article 48 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

Article 48Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as from the date specified by Cabinet Order, within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 7The criteria established pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 4 apply to measures necessary for public health prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions stated in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies below in this Article) (referred to below as the "new Poultry Slaughtering Act" in Article 11, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions) for one year from the date of enforcement.

Article 10Dispositions, procedures, and other acts made pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws (including orders issued under those laws; the same applies below in this Article) before amendment, before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions), for which corresponding provisions are provided in the respective laws after amendment, are deemed to have been conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws after amendment, unless otherwise provided for in these Supplementary Provisions.

Article 11Even before the date of enforcement, in the cases listed in the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may publish the purpose, details, and other necessary matters and broadly seek the opinions of the public or seek the opinions of the Food Safety Commission:

Article 12Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act in cases specified in Articles 5 through 7 of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 13Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 14When approximately five years have elapsed after the enforcement of this Act, the national government is to review the provisions of the respective laws after amendment by this Act, while taking into account the condition of enforcement of this Act, and take necessary measures based on the results of the review when considered necessary.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as from the date when three months have elapsed from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 2Prior laws continue to govern dispositions and other acts that administrative agencies conducted before the date of enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items of the preceding Article; the same applies below in this Article and in the following Article) based on the laws before amendment by this Act or the provisions of orders issued under it (limited to the provisions that provide for ineligibility clauses and other measures related to the restriction of rights) and the effects of disqualification arising from those provisions.

Article 3Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 7Within approximately one year from the promulgation of this Act, the national government is to review the provisions of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005) and the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 48 of 2006) that restrict a person's eligibility to be a corporate officer on the grounds of being an adult ward or a person under curatorship, and is to delete those provisions or take other necessary legislative measures based on the results of the review.

Article 1This Act comes into effect from the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding 6 months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

Article 2(1)　

(3)In addition to what is stated in the preceding two paragraphs, when three years have elapsed after the enforcement of this Act, the national government is to review the provisions of this Act and, while taking into account the status of enforcement of respective Acts revised by this Act, take necessary measures based on the results of the review when necessary.

Article 10(1)The provision of Article 7 of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act as amended by the provisions of Article 8 (referred to as the "new Poultry Slaughtering Act" in the following paragraph) do not apply to the assignee of a poultry slaughtering business prescribed in Article 2, item (v) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act (referred to as the "Poultry Slaughtering Business" in the following paragraph) in the case where there was a transfer of such business before the Date of Enforcement.

(2)Until otherwise provided for by law, the prefectural governor must investigate the status of the business of the person who has succeeded to the status of a poultry slaughtering business operator pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the new Poultry Slaughtering Act (limited to the person who has succeeded to such status by transfer of the poultry slaughtering business) at least once within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the succession of such status.

Article 11Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act for cases in which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 12Beyond what is provided for in Articles 3 through to the preceding Article of these Supplementary Provisions, necessary transitional measures related to the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.