Article 1This Act comes into effect as of 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 14With regard to dispositions to grant permission or any other actions 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 in this Article and in Article 16) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment (referred to as "dispositions and other acts" in this Article) or applications for permission, or any other acts already conducted at the time of the enforcement of this Act (referred to as "applications and other acts" in this Article) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws, if administrative affairs related to these acts are to be conducted by a different person on the date on which this Act comes into effect, these acts 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 the 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.

Article 16Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts engaged in before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of the provisions of Article 17, Article 22, Article 36, Article 37, or Article 39 if prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, Article 5, paragraph (5), Article 8, paragraph (2), Article 9, or Article 10 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 2If a consultation or other request has been made under laws and regulations before the enforcement of this Act 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 in 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 application of penal provisions to acts engaged in before the enforcement of this Act.

Article 14Hearings or meetings for hearings (excluding those regarding adverse dispositions) held pursuant to the provisions of law before the enforcement of this Act or related 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 Article 2 through 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 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 Moxibustion; 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; 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 laws or Cabinet Order (referred to as "administrative affairs of the national government" in Article 161 of the Supplementary Provisions) are to be handled by the local government pursuant to laws or Cabinet Order as administrative affairs of the local government.

Article 160(1)Dispositions of permission 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 in this Article and in Article 163 of the Supplementary Provisions) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws before the amendment (referred to as "dispositions and other acts" in this Article) or applications for permission or any other acts already conducted at the time of the enforcement of this Act (referred to as "applications and other acts" in this Article) pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws, if administrative affairs related to these acts are to be conducted by a different person on the date on which this Act comes into effect, these acts 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 the 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)Matters for which procedures such as reporting, notification, and submission must be taken with a national or local government organ before the enforcement to this Act, pursuant to the provisions of respective laws before amendment by this Act, but for which those 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 a 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 related Cabinet Orders.

Article 161(1)Appeals under the Administrative Complaint Review Act concerning dispositions regarding administrative affairs of the national government that were implemented before the date of coming into force by an administrative agency (referred to in this Article as "administrative agency reaching the disposition") which had a higher administrative agency as prescribed in the Act (referred to in this Article as "higher administrative agency") before the date of coming into force, are subject to the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act by deeming the administrative agency reaching the disposition as continuing to have a higher administrative agency even after the date of coming into force. In this case, the administrative agency deemed to be the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency reaching the disposition is to be the administrative agency that was the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency reaching the disposition before the date of coming into force.

(2)In cases falling under the preceding paragraph, if the administrative agency that is deemed to be the higher administrative agency is a local government organ, the processes to be handled by the organ under the provisions of the Administrative Complaint Review Act are Item 1 statutory entrusted functions as prescribed in Article 2 paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act.

Article 162Prior laws continue to govern any fees required to be paid under the provisions of the respective laws before revision by this Act (including orders based on these laws) before the date of the Act coming into effect, unless otherwise provided in this Act and related Cabinet Orders.

Article 163Prior laws continue to govern the application of penal provisions to actions engaged in before the enforcement of this Act.

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

Article 250Effort is to be made to avoid, as far as possible, creating additional functions as Item 1 statutory entrusted functions prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the new Local Autonomy Act, and those listed in Appended Table 1 of the new Local Autonomy Act and those indicated in Cabinet Orders based on the Act are to be reviewed and revised as and when appropriate, in order to promote decentralization.

Article 251To enable local governments to execute their affairs and projects autonomously and independently, the national government is to review means of enhancing and securing local tax revenues in accordance with the distribution of roles between the national and local governments, while taking account of trends in financial circumstances, and take necessary measures based on the results of that review.

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 6Persons who already engage in the management of the sanitation at slaughterhouses at the time of enforcement of this Act, as well as other persons specified as equivalent by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order, who have experience of working in the management of the sanitation of slaughterhouses for three years or more as of April 1, 1997 or later, may become sanitation managers prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Slaughterhouse Act as amended under the provisions of Article 5 (referred to as the "new Slaughterhouse Act" in the following Article), for three years from the date of enforcement of this Act, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (5).

Article 7Persons who already engage in the slaughtering or dressing of livestock at the time of enforcement of this Act, as well as other persons specified as equivalent by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order, who have experience of working in the slaughtering or dressing of livestock for three years or more as of April 1, 1997 or later, may become work sanitation managers prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1) of the new Slaughterhouse Act, for three years from the date of enforcement of this Act, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (5) as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 10, paragraph (2) of the new Slaughterhouse Act.

Article 9Dispositions, procedures, and other acts made pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws (including orders under those laws; the same applies below in this Article) before amendment, before the enforcement of this Act (or the respective provisions stated in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in Article 12 of 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 the Supplementary Provisions.

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(3)In the cases listed in the following, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may publicize the purpose, details, and other necessary matters and broadly seek the opinions of the public or seek the opinions of the Food Safety Commission even 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 application of penal provisions to actions engaged in before the enforcement of this Act.

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

Article 14The government is to review the provisions of this Act and take necessary measures based on the results of the review if five years have elapsed after the enforcement of this Act, considering the status of the enforcement of this Act, and the government finds it necessary to take those measures.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of 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 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 actions that administrative agencies have taken before the enforcement of this Act or against inactions by administrative agencies in relation to applications that have been filed before the enforcement of this Act, unless otherwise provided for in the 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 the enforcement of 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 filing the relevant appeal, 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 filing the appeal).

(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 under the provisions of this Act (including cases which prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article) and for which, pursuant to the provisions of laws amended under the provisions of this Act prescribe that an action for revocation may be filed only after a determination on a request for 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 application of penal provisions to acts engaged in before the enforcement of this Act and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act if 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 Article 5 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) is 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 prescribed in the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect as of 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 6(1)Measures necessary for public health, prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Slaughterhouse Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (excluding the amending provisions mentioned in Article 1, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies below in this paragraph) (the Act referred to as the "new Slaughterhouse Act" in the following paragraph and in Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions) are subject to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the Slaughterhouse Act before amendment under the provisions of Article 3 (referred to as the "former Slaughterhouse Act" in the following paragraph) for one year from the date of enforcement.

(2)Measures necessary for public health, prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (2) of the new Slaughterhouse Act are subject to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of the former Slaughterhouse Act 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 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 the Supplementary Provisions.

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

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

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

Article 14The government is to review the provisions of the respective laws after amendment by this Act, and take necessary measures based on the results of the review if five years have elapsed after the enforcement of this Act, considering the status of the enforcement of this Act, and the government finds it necessary to take those measures.