Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 9, and Articles 8 through 19 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation.

Article 2The Nutrition Improvement Act (Act No. 248 of 1952) is hereby repealed.

Article 3A person that has in place a specified food service facility that exists at the time when this Act comes into effect may continue to do business without filing the notification referred to in Article 20, paragraph (1) until the last day in the three-month period that follows the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date").

Article 4Unless otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, an administrative disposition such as permission or approval or a process such as the filing of an application that has been undertaken prior to the effective date pursuant to the provisions of the Nutrition Improvement Act before its repeal under Article 2 of these Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be an administrative disposition such as permission or approval or a process such as the filing of an application that has been undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of this Act.

Article 5Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions which a person takes before the effective date.

Article 6Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three Articles, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures occasioned by this Act's entry into effect.

Article 7Once five years have passed after this Act's entry into effect, if the government finds it to be necessary to do so in consideration of the status of this Act's entry into effect, it is to review the provisions of this Act and take the necessary measures based on the result of its review.

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

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding nine months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions that amend the table of contents (excluding the part revising "Article 39" to "Article 40"), the provisions that amend the title of Chapter VI, the provisions that add two Articles after Article 32, the provisions that amend Article 33, the provisions that add one Article after Article 36, and the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation.

Article 2A person seeking the registration under Article 26, paragraph (3) of the Health Promotion Act (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act") as amended by this Act may apply for it even before this Act comes into effect. The same applies to an application for authorization for the testing operations rules under the provisions of Article 26-8, paragraph (1) of the new Act.

Article 3Beyond what is provided for in the preceding Article, Cabinet Order prescribes the transitional measures that become necessary in connection with this Act's entry into effect.

Article 4Once five years have passed after this Act's entry into effect, if the government finds it to be necessary to do so in consideration of the status of this Act's entry into effect, it is to review the provisions of this Act and take the necessary measures based on the result of its review.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2006.

Article 55Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect, and to actions that a person takes after this Act comes into effect in a situation that the provisions of Article 9 of these Supplementary Provisions prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2006; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 131Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect (or, for the provisions set forth in items of Article 1 of these Supplementary Provisions, each relevant provision; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph); to actions that a person takes after this act comes into effect in a situation that the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws or in a situation regarding which the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions provide that prior laws remain in effect; and to actions that a person takes before the loss of effect of the provisions of the Act prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article that the provisions of that paragraph provide remain in effect after this Act comes into effect.

Article 132(1)Unless otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, a disposition, procedure, or other action taken pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant laws prior to amendment before this Act comes into effect (including orders issued thereunder; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), for which corresponding provisions exist in the amended law is deemed to be a disposition, procedure, or other action taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of that amended law.

(2)Unless otherwise prescribed in this Act or in an order based on this Act, a particular in connection with which, prior to this Act's entry into effect, a person must file a notification or undertake any other such procedure pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant Acts before its amendment by this Act, but in connection with which that procedure has not been undertaken before the day on which this Act comes into effect is deemed to be one for which that procedure has not been undertaken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the amended Act in question, and the provisions of that amended Act apply.

Article 133Beyond what is provided in Article 3 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures occasioned by this Act's entry into effect.

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

Article 141Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect (or, for the provisions set forth in items of Article 1 of these Supplementary Provisions, each relevant provision; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), and to actions that a person takes after this Act comes into effect in a situation that the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws.

Article 143Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures occasioned by this Act's entry into effect.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order in a period not later than April 1, 2010; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

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

Article 1This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2009.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Act for the Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission (Act No. 48 of 2009) comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 4(1)Beyond as otherwise provided by a law or regulation, licensure, permission, authorization, approval, designation, or any other such disposition, or the issuance of a notice or any other such action that has been taken, before this Act comes into effect, pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant Acts before its amendment by this Act (or pursuant to the provisions of an order based upon one of those Acts; hereinafter referred to as a "former Act or order") is deemed to be licensure, permission, authorization, approval, designation, or any other such disposition, or the issuance of a notice or any other such action that has been taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant amended Act (or pursuant to the provisions of an order based upon one of those amended Acts; hereinafter referred to as a "new Act or order") after this Act's entry into effect.

(2)Beyond as otherwise provided by a law or regulation, the filing of a licensing application, the filing of a notification, or any other such action that has been taken pursuant to the provisions of a former Act or order by the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to be the filing of a licensing application, the filing of a notification, or any other such action that has been taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of a new Act or order after this Act comes into effect.

(3)Beyond as otherwise provided by a law or regulation, information that, before this Act comes into effect, a person must report, file, submit, or undertake any other such process for pursuant to the provisions of a former Act or order, but for which that process has not been undertaken before the effective date of this Act, is deemed to be information that a person must report, file, submit, or undertake any other such process for pursuant to the corresponding provisions of a new Act or order after this Act comes into effect, but for which that process has not been undertaken; and the provisions of a new Act or order apply.

Article 5Unless otherwise provided by a law or regulation, a Cabinet Office Order as referred to in Article 7, paragraph 3 of the Act for the Establishment of the Cabinet Office or a Ministerial Order as referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act that has been issued pursuant to the provisions of a former Act or order is to be effective as the corresponding Cabinet Office Order referred to in Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Act for the Establishment of the Cabinet Office or Ministerial Order as referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) of the National Government Organization Act that has been issued pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new Act or order after this Act comes into effect.

Article 8Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect, and to actions that a person takes after this Act comes into effect in a situation that the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws.

Article 9Beyond what is provided in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

Article 1This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2012; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 2Approximately five years after this Act's entry into effect, the government is to review the status of entry into effect of the provisions amended by the provisions of this Act, and is to take the necessary measures based on the result of the review if it finds this to be necessary.

Article 51Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions a person takes before this Act comes into effect (or for the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (i) of these Supplementary Provisions, before the relevant provisions come into effect).

Article 52Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

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

Article 81Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions a person takes before this Act comes into effect (or for the provisions set forth in items of Article 1 of these Supplementary Provisions, before the relevant provisions come into effect; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), and to actions that a person takes after this Act comes into effect in a situation that the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws.

Article 82Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article and Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

Article 16An administrative disposition or other such action that a person has taken before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the Food Sanitation Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 4 of these Supplementary Provisions, the Act on Standardization and Proper Quality Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry Products before its amendment by the provisions of Article 6 of these Supplementary Provisions, or the Health Promotion Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 11 of these Supplementary Provisions, and for which corresponding provisions exist in this Act, is deemed to be an action that the person has taken pursuant to those corresponding provisions.

Article 17Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect.

Article 18Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date prescribed by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2015; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items comes into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 7(1)To apply the relevant Acts amended by this Act on and after the day this Act comes into effect, with the exception of what is prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article and the provisions on transitional measures in the relevant Acts after their amendment (including orders thereunder), a disposition or any other such action regarding something such as permission that is taken, pursuant to one of the relevant Acts before its amendment, before this Act comes into effect (for the provisions set forth in items of Article 1 of these Supplementary Provisions, this means before those provisions come into effect; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition or other such action" in this paragraph), or the filing of an application or any other such action regarding something such as permission that is taken, pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant Acts before its amendment, by the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as an "application or other such action" in this paragraph), which involves an administrative function that will start to be carried out by a different person on the day on which this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be a disposition or other such action or an application or other such action that is taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Act after its amendment by this Act.

(2)Beyond as otherwise provided for in this Act and Cabinet Order based hereupon, information that, before this Act comes into effect, a person must report to, file with, submit to, or otherwise undertake a process for with the national government or a local government agency pursuant to one of the relevant Acts before its amendment by this Act, but for which that process has not been undertaken before the date on which this Act comes into force, is deemed to be information that a person must report to, file with, submit to, or undertake any other such process for with the national government or the corresponding agency of the local government pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the relevant Act after its amendment by this Act, but for which that process has not been undertaken; and the relevant Act after its amendment by this Act applies.

Article 8Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect.

Article 9Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Act Partially Amending the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 66 of 2014; hereinafter referred to as the "Act Amending the Act on General Rules") comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 28Unless otherwise provided for by the Act in question (or by a Cabinet Order based on an Act), a disposition, procedure, or other action that was taken or should have been taken pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant Acts before its amendment by this Act (including an order issued based on one of these) before this Act comes into effect, for which corresponding provisions exist in that Act as amended by this Act (including an order issued based on it; hereinafter referred to as the "new Act or order" in this Article) is deemed to be a disposition, procedure, or other action that was taken or should have been taken pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new Act or order.

Article 29Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions that a person takes before this Act comes into effect, and to actions that a person takes after this act comes into effect in a situation regarding which the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions provide that prior laws remain in effect.

Article 30Beyond what is provided for in Article 3 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order (or rules of the National Personnel Authority, for matters under the jurisdiction of the National Personnel Authority) prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Administrative Appeal Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) comes into effect.

Article 5Unless otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, prior laws continue to govern an appeal against a disposition or other such action by an administrative agency if that appeal concerns a disposition or other such action by an administrative agency that has been taken before this Act's entry into effect; prior laws also continue to govern an appeal against the inaction of an administrative agency if that appeal concerns the inaction of an administrative agency in connection with an application that was filed before this Act's entry into effect.

Article 6(1)Prior laws continue to govern the filing of an action regarding a matter for which, pursuant to the provisions of laws before their amendment by this Act, it is provided that an action may not be filed until after the matter has passed through an administrative agency's determination, decision, or other such action concerning an appeal, and for which the period of time during which an action must be filed has expired before this Act comes into effect without such an appeal having been filed (if it is prescribed that the appeal in question may not be filed until after the matter has passed through an administrative agency's determination, decision, or other such action concerning an appeal, this includes any matter for which the period of time during which an action must be filed has expired, without that other appeal having been filed, before this Act comes into effect).

(2)Prior laws continue to govern an action for revocation concerning a disposition or other such action against which an objection has been filed pursuant to the provisions of laws before their amendment by the provisions of this Act (including cases that the provisions of the preceding Article prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws) and for which an action for revocation may not be filed until after a determination on a request for review has been made pursuant to the provisions of the laws amended by the provisions of this Act.

(3)Prior laws continue to govern an action filed before this Act comes into effect concerning the revocation of a determination, decision, or other such action taken by an administrative agency concerning an appeal.

Article 9Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions a person takes before this Act comes into effect, and to actions that a person takes after this Act comes into effect in a situation that the provisions of Article 5 or the preceding two Articles of these Supplementary Provisions prescribe as continuing to be governed by prior laws.

Article 10Beyond what is provided for in Article 5 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

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

Article 48Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2020; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:

Article 2(1)To apply the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1), item (ii), Article 33 and Article 34 of the new Act to existing specified eating and drinking facilities during the period from the effective date of this Act to the date specified separately by law in consideration of awareness about the prevention of passive smoking (meaning passive smoking as provided in Article 28, item (iii) of the Health Promotion Act as amended pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act"); hereinafter the same applies except for in Article 5, paragraph (1) of these Supplementary Provisions) and the status of efforts to prevent passive smoking in existing specified eating and drinking facilities, the terms and phrases set forth in the middle column of the table below in the provisions of the new Act set forth in the left-hand column of the same table are replaced with those set forth in the right-hand column of that table.

(2)The term "existing specified eating and drinking facility" referred to in the preceding paragraph means a type II facility (meaning a type II facility as provided in Article 28, item (vi) of the new Act) that is in existence as of the time this Act comes into effect, in which a restaurant, coffee shop, or other facility has been set up and business is taking place that allows customers to eat and drink (excluding a facility operated by either of the companies set forth in the following items or a facility with a floor area more than 100 square meters in the customer seating area):

(3)The managing authority (meaning the managing authority provided in Article 26 of the new Act; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article and Article 4 of these Supplementary Provisions) of a facility with a room where smoking is allowed (meaning a as facility with a room where smoking is allowed as provided in Article 33, paragraph (4) of the new Act following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 4, paragraph (2), item (iii) of these Supplementary Provisions) must prepare and keep documents prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as documents proving that the facility falls under the category of an existing specified eating and drinking facility provided for in the preceding paragraph.

(4)When the managing authority or manager (meaning the managing authority or manager provided for in Article 30, paragraph (1) of the new Act; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraphs (2) and (3) of the following Article) of a facility with a room where smoking is allowed advertises or promotes the business of that facility, it must make it clear that the facility is a facility with a room where smoking is allowed, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(5)To the extent that is necessary to bring the provisions of this Article into effect, the prefectural governor (or the mayor of the city or the ward, for a city that has a health center or for a special ward; the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following paragraph) may have the managing authority or manager of a facility with a room where smoking is allowed report on the conditions of the facility and other necessary particulars, and may have a prefectural official enter the facility to inspect the status of the facility or books, documents, and other articles, or have such an official question the relevant persons.

(6)An official conducting an on-site inspection or questioning pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it to the relevant persons.

(7)The authority under the provisions of paragraph (5) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.

(8)A person falling under either of the following items is subject to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen:

Article 3(1)To apply the provisions of Article 29, paragraph (1), Article 33 and Article 34 of the new Act to a type II facility or equivalent place provided for in Article 33, paragraph (1) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as "type II facility or equivalent place" in this paragraph and paragraph (1), items (i) and (iv) of the following Article) if the managing authority of that type II facility or equivalent place seeks to designate an area that constitutes part of an indoor or interior space of the type II facility or equivalent place as an area where people may smoke (meaning to smoke as provided in Article 28, item (ii) of the new Act) only designated tobacco (meaning tobacco as provided in Article 28, item (i) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as "tobacco" in this paragraph) that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates as tobacco generating smoke (or vapor) whose potential harm to other persons' health is unclear; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), until otherwise provided by law, the terms and phrases set forth in the center column of the table below in the provisions of the new Act set forth in the left-hand column of that table are replaced by those set forth in the right-hand column of the table, in consideration of the scientific knowledge at the time of promulgation of this Act concerning the human health effects of passive smoking involving designated tobacco.

(2)When the managing authority or manager of a facility that has a smoking room for designated tobacco (meaning a facility that has a smoking room for designated tobacco provided in Article 33, paragraph (4) of the new Act following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and paragraph (2), item (iv) of the following Article) advertises or promotes the business of that facility, it must make it clear that the facility is a facility that has a smoking room for designated tobacco, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)To the extent that is necessary to bring the provisions of this Article into effect, the prefectural governor may have the managing authority or manager of a facility that has a smoking room for designated tobacco report on the status of the facility and other necessary matters, and may have a prefectural official enter a facility that has a smoking room for designated tobacco to inspect the status of the facility and the books, documents, and other articles, or have such an official question the relevant persons.

(4)An official conducting an on-site inspection or questioning pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it to the relevant persons.

(5)The authority under the provisions of paragraph (3) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of a criminal investigation.

(6)A person that fails to make a report under the provisions of paragraph (3) or makes a false report; that refuses, hinders, or evades an inspection under the provisions of that paragraph; or that fails to answer questions under the provisions of that paragraph or gives false answers to those questions is subject to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen.

Article 4(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (1) of the new Act, it is prohibited for any person to post in a specified facility or equivalent place provided for in Article 27, paragraph (1) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "specified facility or equivalent place" in paragraph (2) of the following Article) a smoking room sign as provided in Article 33, paragraph (2) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "smoking room sign" in this Article), sign indicating that the facility has a smoking room as provided in Article 33, paragraph (3) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "sign indicating that the facility has a smoking room" in this Article), smoking lounge sign as provided in Article 35, paragraph (2) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "smoking lounge sign" in this Article), sign indicating that the facility has a smoking lounge as provided in Article 35, paragraph (3) of the new Act (hereinafter referred to as a "sign indicating that the facility has a smoking lounge" in this Article), smoking allowed sign as provided in Article 33, paragraph (2) of the new Act following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of these Supplementary Provisions (herein after referred to as a "smoking allowed sign" in this Article), sign indicating that the facility has a room where smoking is allowed as provided in Article 33, paragraph (3) of the new Act following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of these Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to as a "sign indicating that the facility has a room where smoking is allowed" in this Article), designated tobacco smoking room sign as provided in Article 33, paragraph (2) of the new Act following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "designated tobacco smoking room sign" in this Article), or sign indicating that the facility has a smoking room for designated tobacco as provided in Article 33, paragraph (3) of the new Act following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "sign indicating that the facility has a smoking room for designated tobacco" in this Article) (hereinafter any one of these signs is referred to as a "smoking sign" in this Article) or signs similar to a smoking sign, except in the following cases:

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (2) of the new Act, it is prohibited for any person to remove or deface a smoking sign or otherwise make it difficult to identify such a sign, except in the following cases:

(3)A person violating the positions of the preceding two paragraphs is subject to a civil fine of not more than 500,000 yen.

Article 5(1)A person employing persons who, at the time the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of these Supplementary Provisions come into effect, are engaging in operations at a specified facility as provided in Article 25-4, item (iv) of the Health Promotion Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2, must endeavor to take appropriate measures tailored to the actual conditions of the person employing those persons or of the specified facility, in order to prevent the persons engaging in those operations from having unwanted exposure to passive smoke (meaning exposure to passive smoke as provided in Article 25-4, item (iii) of the Health Promotion Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2).

(2)A person employing persons who, at the time this Act comes into effect, are engaging in operations at a specified facility or equivalent place (other than a type I facility as provided in Article 28, item (v) of the new Act) must endeavor to take appropriate measures tailored to the actual conditions of the person employing those persons or of the specified facility or equivalent place, in order to prevent the persons engaging in those operations from having unwanted exposure to passive smoke.

Article 6Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to actions a person takes before this Act comes into effect (or for the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iii) of these Supplementary Provisions, before the relevant provisions come into effect).

Article 7Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

Article 8Once five years have passed since this Act's entry into effect, the government is to review the extent to which the provisions amended by the provisions of this Act have entered into effect, and is to take the necessary measures based on the result of its review, if it finds this to be necessary.

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

Article 4Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two Articles, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures related to this Act's entry into effect (including transitional measures for penal provisions).

Article 8The Act Partially Amending the Health Promotion Act (Act No. 78 of 2018) is partially amended as follows: