Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect, on the dates specified in each item:

Article 2A person who is an employee of any of the following institutes at the time of establishment of the Agency, is to become an employee of the Agency on the date of establishment, unless a written appointment is issued separately:

Article 3Regarding the application of Article 82, paragraph (2) of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) to an employee of an inter-university research institute or NAL who became an employee of the Agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the employee of the Agency is deemed to be a national public employee in the special service as prescribed in that paragraph, and the loss of status as a national public employee pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article is deemed to be due to retirement upon the request of an appointing authority, to become a national public employee in the special service as prescribed in that paragraph.

Article 4(1)When an employee of an inter-university research institute or NAL becomes an employee of the Agency pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, severance pay is not paid to that employee under the Act on National Public Officers' Retirement Allowance (Act No. 182 of 1953).

(2)When the Agency intends to pay severance pay to an employee of the Agency to whom the provisions of the preceding paragraph have been applied upon that employee's retirement, the Agency is to handle that severance pay by deeming the employee's continuous period of holding office as an employee as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on National Public Officers' Retirement Allowance (including a person who is deemed to be an employee pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article) as their period of service as an employee of the Agency.

(3)If an employee who holds office as an employee of an inter-university research institute or NAL on the date preceding the day of establishment of the Agency becomes an employee of the Agency without interruption pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and after holding office as an employee of the Agency without interruption, becomes an employee as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on National Public Officers' Retirement Allowance without interruption, regarding calculation of the length of service that serves as the basis for calculation of severance pay to be paid to that employee based on that Act, that employee's period of holding office as an employee of the Agency is deemed to be the continuous period of holding office as prescribed in that paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply if that employee has received severance pay (including an equivalent payment) due to retirement from the Agency.

(4)If an employee who holds office as an employee of an inter-university research institute or NAL on the date preceding the day of establishment of the Agency becomes an employee of the Agency without interruption pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and retires from the Agency during the period from the day of establishment of the Agency until the time of obtaining the qualification to receive benefits for unemployment under the Employment Insurance Act (Act No. 116 of 1974), and if the employee would have been entitled to receive payment of severance pay under Article 10 of the Act on National Public Officers' Retirement Allowance if the employee had held office as an employee of the inter-university research institute or NAL until the day of the retirement, the Agency is to pay the employee an amount equivalent to the amount of severance pay calculated in the same way as the provisions of that Article.

Article 5If an employee of an inter-university research institute who becomes an employee of the Agency pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions and who obtains approval under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act (Act No. 73 of 1971) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7, paragraph (4), or Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; the same applies below in this Article) from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology or from a person who has been entrusted by the minister on the day preceding the day of establishment of the Agency satisfies the requirements for receiving payment of child allowance or the benefits referred to in Article 6, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1), or Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (referred to below as "special benefits and other benefits") on the day of establishment of the Agency, the approval of the mayor of a municipality (including of the mayor of a special ward) is deemed to have been given on the day of establishment of the Agency pursuant to Article 7, item 1 of that Act regarding payment of child allowance, or special benefits and other benefits to that employee. In this case, the payment of child allowance or special benefits and other benefits for which approval is deemed to have been granted, starts in the month following that with the day preceding the day of establishment of the Agency, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2), Article 7, paragraph (4), or Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act).

Article 6(1)If the employee prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958) is a member of a national public employee mutual aid association that has been organized by the employees prescribed in that item who belong to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the employees prescribed in that item of incorporated administrative agencies, under the jurisdiction of the ministry pursuant to Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act (referred to below as the "mutual aid association of MEXT" in this Article) on the day preceding the day of establishment of the Agency (limited to an employee who belongs to an inter-university research institute or NAL on that day), and the employee becomes an officer or employee (limited to an employee who is as prescribed in that item; referred to below as an "officer or employee" in this Article) of the Agency on the day of establishment of the Agency and continues to be an officer or employee of the Agency on and after the day of establishment, and the employee makes a request to the mutual aid association of MEXT by the date on which twenty days have elapsed from the day of establishment (if the mutual aid association of MEXT finds that there are reasonable grounds, by the date of recognition of those grounds), that officer or employee is an employee as prescribed in that item constituting a member of the mutual aid association of MEXT during the period in which the employee continues to be officer or employee after the day of establishment of the Agency.

(2)If the officer or employee prescribed in the preceding paragraph dies without making the request by the time limit prescribed in that paragraph, that request may be made by a surviving family member (limited to a person who corresponds to the surviving family member prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) of that officer or employee within that time limit.

(3)If the employee prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, who is a member of the mutual aid association of MEXT on the day preceding the day of establishment of the Agency (limited to an employee who belongs to an inter-university research institute or NAL on that day) becomes an officer or employee of the Agency on the day of establishment of the Agency, and if the officer or employee or a surviving family member fails to make a request under paragraph (1), that officer or employee is deemed to have retired (meaning the retirement as prescribed in paragraph (1), item (iv) of that Article) on the day preceding the day of establishment of the Agency.

Article 7(1)Any employee organization prescribed in Article 108-2, paragraph (1) of the National Public Service Act that actually exists at the time of establishment of the Agency and of which the majority of its members are employees who are succeeded to by the Agency pursuant to Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions is to become a labor union to which the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of 1949) applies upon establishment of the Agency. In this case, if the employee organization is a corporation, it is deemed to be a labor union which is a corporation.

(2)An employee organization that becomes a labor union which is a corporation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to obtain certification from the labor relations commission that the organization conforms to the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Labor Union Act by the date on which sixty days have elapsed from the date of establishment of the Agency, and is to register at the location of its principal office, or else the organization is to be deemed to be dissolved with the passage of that date.

(3)The proviso to Article 2 of the Labor Union Act (limited to the portion relating to item (i)) does not apply to an employee organization that becomes a labor union pursuant to paragraph (1) until the date on which sixty days have elapsed from the date of establishment of the Agency.

Article 8(1)Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the period for filing a petition with the Central Labor Relations Commission against dismissal by NAL, based on Article 18 of the Act on Labor Relationship of Specified Independent Administrative Agency, etc. (Act No. 257 of 1948; referred to below as the "Specified Labor Act" in this Article) before the establishment of the Agency, and the period for an order by the Central Labor Relations Commission.

(2)Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the matters prescribed in Chapter III (excluding the provisions of Articles 12 through 16) and Chapter VI of the Specified Labor Act concerning the cases related to mediation, conciliation, or arbitration, which the NAL and the labour union of its employees, to which the Specified Labour Act applies are the parties actually pending with the Central Labour Relations Commission, at the time of establishment of the Agency.

Article 9(1)Rights and obligations which are held by the national government regarding the operations prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1) at the time of establishment of the Agency and which are specified by Cabinet Order are succeeded to by the Agency at the time of its establishment.

(2)If any amount of money which the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has granted to the head of an inter-university research institute and had that head manage the accounting for that based on Article 17 of the National School Special Account Act (Act No. 55 of 1964) remains at the time of establishment of the Agency, the amount equivalent to that remainder is deemed to have been contributed to the Agency for scholarship on the day of establishment of the Agency. In such a case, necessary matters concerning the accounting of that contribution are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Article 10(1)NAL and NASDA are to dissolve at the time of establishment of the Agency, and all of their rights and obligations, excluding the assets to be succeeded to by the national government pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph, are to be succeeded to by the Agency at that time.

(2)Of the rights actually held by NAL and NASDA at the time of establishment of the Agency, assets other than those necessary for the Agency to securely implement its operations are to be succeeded by the national government at the time of establishment of the Agency.

(3)The scope of assets to be succeeded to by the national government pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and other necessary matters concerning the succession of the assets to the national government are specified by Cabinet Order.

(4)The business years of NAL and NASDA starting on April 1, 2003 are to end on the day preceding the day of the dissolution of NAL and NASDA, respectively.

(5)For a business year starting on April 1, 2003, the settlement of accounts of NAL and NASDA and preparation and other activities, of NAL's financial statements and business reports prescribed in Article 38 of the Act on General Rules and NASDA's financial statements, a detailed statement annexed to them, and business reports prescribed in Article 28 of the Act on the National Space Development Agency of Japan (Act No. 50 of 1969; referred to below as the "former NASDA Act") before the repeal under the provisions of Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions are to be carried out by the Agency, as governed by prior laws and regulations. In this case, the time limit for the completion of that settlement of accounts of NASDA is to be the day when two months have passed since the date of dissolution.

(6)Regarding the performance of the operations of NAL for a business year starting on April 1, 2003, the Agency is to receive an evaluation of them. In this case, any recommendation under Article 32, paragraph (3) of the Act on General Rules is to be made to the Agency.

(7)The processing of any profit or loss of NAL for the business year starting on April 1, 2003 is to be carried out by the Agency, continuing to be governed by prior laws and regulations.

(8)The disposal of accumulated funds of NAL is to be carried out by the Agency, continuing to be governed by prior laws and regulations, by deeming that the period for the medium-term objectives has terminated on the day preceding the day of dissolution of NAL. In this case, the term "the preceding Article for the next period for the medium-term objectives" in Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act on the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (Act No. 175 of 1999; referred to below as the "former NAL Act") before the repeal under Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions is to be replaced with "Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Independent Administrative Agency during the first period for the medium-term objectives of the Agency."

(9)Regarding the dissolution of NASDA, the distribution of residual assets under Article 38, paragraph (1) of the former NASDA Act is not to be carried out.

(10)The registration of dissolution when NAL and NASDA dissolve pursuant to paragraph (1) is specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 11(1)If the Agency succeeds to the rights and obligations held by the national government pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, an amount equivalent to the total amount of values of the land, buildings, and any other property specified by Cabinet Order is deemed to have been contributed by the government to the Agency at the time of the succession.

(2)Rights contributed under the preceding paragraph are to belong to the general account.

(3)If the Agency succeeds to rights and obligations of NAL pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, an amount obtained by deducting the amount of liabilities from the value of assets succeeded to by the Agency (if any amount has been approved under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the former NAL Act of which terms are deemed to have been replaced pursuant to paragraph (8) of the preceding Article, excluding an amount equivalent to that amount) is deemed to have been contributed by the government to the Agency at the time of the succession.

(4)If the Agency succeeds to rights and obligations of NASDA pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, an amount obtained by deducting the amount of liabilities succeeded to by the Agency (if that amount deducted exceeds the amount of NASDA's stated capital, the amount equivalent to the amount of the stated capital) from the total value of NASDA's assets to be succeeded to by the national government and the Agency and multiplying the result by the percentage of the amount of contributions made to NASDA by entities other than the government is deemed to have been contributed to the Agency by those entities other than the government at the time of succession.

(5)If the Agency succeeds to rights and obligations of NASDA pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, an amount obtained by deducting the amount of liabilities from the value of NASDA's assets succeeded to by the Agency, and further deducting the amount deemed to have been contributed to the Agency by entities other than the government pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been contributed by the government to the Agency at the time of the succession.

(6)The value of property prescribed in paragraph (1) and the value of assets prescribed in the preceding three paragraphs are to be the value evaluated by evaluation committee members on the basis of the market value on the date of establishment of the Agency.

(7)The evaluation committee members prescribed in the preceding paragraph and other necessary matters concerning the evaluation are specified by Cabinet Order.

(8)A pledge existing on investment securities issued by NASDA exists on investment securities of the Agency to be received by contributors pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1).

Article 12(1)Regarding the amount deemed to be contributed to the Agency by entities other than the government pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, those entities may request the refund of their equity interests from the Agency only within one month from the date of the establishment of the Agency.

(2)When the Agency receives a request under the preceding paragraph, it must refund an amount equivalent to the amount of contributions related to those equity interests, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1). In this case, the Agency is to reduce its stated capital by the amount thus refunded.

Article 13The provisions of Article 11 apply mutatis mutandis to nomination of a person as the president and the persons to be auditors of the Agency under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules.

Article 14Regarding the term of office of the president who is deemed to have been appointed at the time of establishment of the Agency pursuant to Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act on General Rules, the term "date of appointment" in Article 12, paragraph (1) is to be replaced with "date of establishment of the Agency."

Article 15Deleted.

Article 16The following Acts are to be repealed:

Article 17Any dispositions, procedures and acts conducted pursuant to the provisions of the former NAL Act and the former NASDA Act (excluding Articles 12 and 20) before the date on which the provisions of the preceding Article come into effect are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of this Act or the Act on General Rules.

Article 18Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts conducted before the date on which the provisions of Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect, and to acts conducted after this Act comes into effect, regarding matters for which prior laws and regulations are to continue to govern, pursuant to Article 10, paragraphs (5), (7), and (8) of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 19Beyond what is provided for in Articles 2 through 14 and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions and the preceding Article, any necessary transitional measures for the establishment of the Agency and other necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Agreement comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the days respectively specified in those items:

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the date on which the Agreement comes into effect; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the days respectively specified in those items:

Article 1This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2004; provided, however, that the provisions stated in the following items come into effect on the days respectively specified in those items:

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

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation (referred to below as the "enforcement date").

Article 34Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the date on which this Act comes into effect.

Article 35Beyond what is provided for in the Supplementary Provisions, any necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

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

Article 4Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the date on which this Act comes into effect.

Article 6Beyond what is provided for in the Supplementary Provisions, any necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

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

Article 27According to the provisions of the individual laws provided for in Article 1, paragraph (1) of the New Act on General Rules and the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New Act on General Rules, no registration and license tax is imposed when an incorporated administrative agency, prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the New Act on General Rules, the specified name of which includes the words "国立研究開発法人"(with a pronunciation of "Kokuritsu-Kenkyu-Kaihatsu-Hojin" and with a literal meaning of "National Research and Development Agency") registers the name of a nominal person that will be changed.

Article 28Dispositions, procedures and other acts that have been conducted, or should be conducted before the provisions of this Act come into effect, pursuant to the provisions of individual laws (including orders based on them) before their amendment by this Act, and that are provided for in the corresponding provisions of the respective individual laws (including orders based on them; referred to below as "new laws and regulations" in this Article) following their amendment by this Act are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts that have been conducted or should be conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new laws and regulations (including Cabinet Orders based on them), unless otherwise provided in the laws.

Article 29Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts conducted before the date on which this Act comes into effect, and to acts conducted after this Act comes into effect, in cases that are to remain in effect pursuant to the provisions of the Supplementary Provisions.

Article 30Beyond what is provided for in Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions through the preceding Article, any necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures on penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order (or for matters under the jurisdiction of the National Personnel Authority, under the Rules of the National Personnel Authority).

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the day 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 days respectively specified in those items:

Article 7Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts that were committed before the date on which this Act comes into effect, in violation of the provisions of the Act on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, National Research and Development Agency, before amendment under the preceding Article.

Article 10Beyond what is provided for in the Supplementary Provisions, any necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures on penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

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

Article 35Any necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures on penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2021; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.

Article 6Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, any necessary transitional measures concerning the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.