Article 41This Ordinance comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) and Articles 13 through 36, the provisions of Articles 34 through 35 relating to Article 13, and the provisions of Article 40 relating to an act in violation of the provisions of Article 13 and the violation set forth in Article 36 are to come into effect as of March 11, 1946, and the effective date of the provisions of Articles 24 through 29 and Article 39, the provisions of Article 38 relating to a member or any other official of the Price Stability Committee or a member of the Price Surveillance Committee, or a person who was formerly in either of these positions, and the provisions of Article 40 relating to the violation set forth in Article 39 is to be provided for separately.

Article 42The Price, etc. Control Ordinance is to be repealed.

Article 43(1)Designation of the amount of a Price, etc. made by a relevant administrative authority pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance is to be deemed to be designation of a regulated amount made by the corresponding administrative authority pursuant to Article 4 or 31 with regard to said Price, etc.

(2) In designation that is deemed to be designation of a regulated amount pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the amount of the Price, etc. is designated as one that is only applied to performance provided by a specific person, said designation is deemed to be designation of a regulated amount, made by a corresponding administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or 31, for a Price, etc. paid for the same type of performance provided by a person other than said specific person in the area relating to said designation.

(3) In the case where the competent minister has designated a regulated amount pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 by the time this Ordinance comes into effect, the regulated amount in the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs for the Price, etc. relating to said designation is to be deemed to have been revised to a regulated amount designated by said designation.

Article 44(1)Approval of the amount of a Price, etc. made by a relevant administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 4-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance is deemed to be designation of a regulated amount made by the corresponding administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or 31 for said Price, etc.

(2) If a disposition has been made by a relevant administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (2) or Article 4-4, paragraph (3) of the Former Order with regard to a Price, etc. relating to the approval prescribed in the preceding paragraph, said disposition is to be deemed to be designation of a regulated amount made by the corresponding administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or 31 for the Price, etc. to be paid for performance provided by the person for whom said disposition was made.

(3) The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs.

Article 45(1)Designation of the amount of a Price, etc. made by a relevant administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Former Ordinance (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-3 of said Ordinance) is deemed to be designation of a regulated amount made by the corresponding administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or 31 for said Price, etc.

(2) The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 46In the case where a relevant administrative authority has designated the amount of a Price, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance, if the relevant administrative authority has made approval pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to said paragraph for said Price, etc., said approval is deemed to be approval made by the corresponding administrative authority for said Price, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 31.

Article 47In the case where a relevant administrative authority has approved the amount of a Price, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 4-4, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance, if the relevant administrative authority has made approval pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 2, paragraph (1) or the proviso to Article 4-4, paragraph (1) of said Ordinance for said Price, etc., said approval is deemed to be approval made by the corresponding administrative authority for said Price, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 31.

Article 48In the case where a relevant administrative authority has designated the amount of a Price, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Former Ordinance (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-3 of said Ordinance), if the relevant administrative authority has made approval pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 2, paragraph (1) of said Ordinance (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4-3 of said Ordinance) for said Price, etc., said approval is deemed to be approval made by the corresponding administrative authority for said Price, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the proviso to Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 31.

Article 49(1)Except for the cases prescribed in the preceding two Articles, if approval has been made by a relevant administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Former Ordinance for a Price, etc., the amount relating to said approval is deemed to be a regulated amount designated by the corresponding administrative authority pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 or 31 for said Price, etc.

(2) The provisions of Article 43, paragraph (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Article 50With regard to application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Ordinance, the provisions of the Former Ordinance remain in force after the enforcement of this Ordinance.

Article 141This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation.

Article 1This Act is to come into effect as of April 1, 1962.

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

Article 4With regard to designation of a regulated amount for a Price, etc. for which a regulated amount has been designated, by the time of enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Prices Control Ordinance prior to the amendment, the provisions then in force remain applicable until otherwise provided for by law, notwithstanding the provisions of said Article after the amendment.

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

Article 159In addition to what is provided for in the respective Acts prior to the amendment by this Act, affairs to be managed or performed by an organ of a local government on behalf of the national government, another local government, or other public entity pursuant to Acts or Cabinet Orders based thereon prior to the enforcement of this Act (hereinafter referred to as "Affairs of the National Government, etc." in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions) are, after the enforcement of this Act, to be processed by the local government as its own affairs pursuant to Acts or Cabinet Orders based thereon.

Article 160(1)With regard to dispositions to grant licenses, etc. and other acts conducted, prior to the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions), pursuant to the respective Acts prior to the amendment (hereinafter referred to as "Dispositions and Other Acts" in this Article) or applications for licenses, etc. and other acts conducted, prior to the enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the respective Acts prior to the amendment (hereinafter referred to as "Applications and Other Acts" in this Article), if administrative affairs pertaining to these acts come under the jurisdiction of different persons on the date of enforcement of this Act, these acts, except those prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article or in the provisions of the respective amended Acts (including orders issued based thereon) concerning transitional measures, are deemed, with regard to the application of the respective amended Acts after the date of enforcement of this Act, as Dispositions and Other Acts or Applications and Other Acts conducted pursuant to the relevant provisions of the respective amended Acts.

(2)With regard to matters for which reports, notification, submission or any other procedures are required to be made or taken with organs of the national government or local governments, prior to the enforcement of this Act, pursuant to the respective Acts prior to the amendment, if these procedures have not yet been taken by the date of enforcement of this Act, the provisions of the respective Acts amended by this Act apply to such procedures, except those otherwise provided by this Act or Cabinet Order based thereon, by deeming that reports, notification, submission or any other procedures have not yet been made or taken with regard to matters for which such procedures are to be taken with the corresponding organs of the national government or local governments pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective amended Acts.

Article 161(1)With regard to an appeal filed under the Administrative Appeal Act against a disposition pertaining to Affairs of the National Government, etc. prior to the enforcement date of this Act by an administrative authority (hereinafter referred to as an "administrative authority having made the disposition" in this Article) that has been subordinated to a higher administrative authority as prescribed by said Act (hereinafter referred to as a "higher administrative authority" in this Article) prior to the enforcement date of this Act, the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act apply to said appeal, by deeming that the administrative authority having made the disposition remains subordinate to the higher administrative authority after the enforcement date of this Act.In this case, the administrative authority that is deemed to be the higher administrative authority of the administrative authority having made the disposition is to be the administrative authority which had been the higher administrative authority of the administrative authority having made the disposition prior to the enforcement date of the Act.

(2)In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the administrative authority that is deemed to be a higher administrative authority is an organ of a local government, the affairs to be processed by said organ pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Appeal Act are to be the item (i) statutory entrusted functions as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act.

Article 162With regard to any fees which should have been paid, prior to the enforcement date of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the respective Acts (including orders based thereon) prior to the amendment by this Act, the provisions then in force remain applicable, unless otherwise provided for by this Act or Cabinet Order based thereon.

Article 163With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force remain applicable.

Article 164(1)In addition to what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are prescribed by Cabinet Order.

(2)Matters necessary for application of the provisions of Articles 18, 51, and 184 of the Supplementary Provisions are prescribed by Cabinet Order.

Article 250Adding new functions to the "item (i) statutory entrusted functions" prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act is to be avoided as much as possible, and the functions set forth in appended table 1 of the new Local Autonomy Act and those provided by Cabinet Order based on the new Local Autonomy Act are to be reviewed from the perspective of promoting decentralization and to be revised as appropriate whenever necessary.

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

Article 252In line with reforms of the medical insurance system, the pension system, and other systems, the government is to review an ideal administrative processing system for social insurance and a desirable personnel system therefor from the viewpoint of ensuring convenience for the insured and increasing efficiency in administrative processing, and take measures as required based on the review results when it finds it necessary.

Article 1This Act (excluding Articles 2 and 3) comes into effect as of January 6, 2001.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2007; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items: