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

Article 1This Act comes into effect on the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from January 6, 2001; provided, however, that the amending provisions adding three articles, four sections, and chapter titles after Article 4 (limited to the part concerning Article 13) and the provisions of Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the part concerning the provisions amending Article 37, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999)) come into effect on January 6, 2001.

Article 2A person who is actually an employee of an organ of the Cabinet Office specified by Cabinet Order at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan is to become a corresponding employee of the National Archives of Japan on the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, unless a written appointment is otherwise issued.

Article 3If a person has been actually employed by an organ specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the preceding Article at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, and continues to be employed by the National Archives of Japan after the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan (referred to as a "successional employee" in the following Article) and if that person has been certified by the Prime Minister or a person entrusted by the Prime Minister as provided for in the provisions of 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) on the day preceding the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, and satisfies the requirements for payment of child allowances or benefits stated 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, etc." in this Article) on the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, the certification of the mayor of a municipality (including the mayor of a special ward) under Article 7, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to have been made on the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan regarding the payment of child allowances or special benefits, etc. to that person. In this case, the payment of child allowances or special benefits, etc. for which that certification is deemed to have been made, starts from the month following the month that includes the day preceding the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, notwithstanding the provision 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 4(1)An employee organization as prescribed in Article 108-2, paragraph (1) of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) which actually exists at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, and the majority of whose members are successional employees, is to become a labor union to which the Act on Labor Relations between State Enterprises and Specified Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 257 of 1948) applies at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan. In this case, if that employee organization is a corporation, it is to become a corporate labor union.

(2)Any employee organization that has become a corporate labor union pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be dissolved by the day on which sixty days have elapsed from the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, unless it receives a certification from the labor relations commission that it complies with the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of 1949) and has registered at the location of its main office.

(3)The proviso to Article 2 of the Labor Union Act (limited to the part concerning item (i)) does not apply to an employee organization that has become a labor union pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) until the day on which sixty days have elapsed from the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan.

Article 5(1)At the time of its establishment, the National Archives of Japan succeeds to the rights and obligations actually held by the State at the time of its establishment in relation to the operations prescribed in Article 11 of the National Archives of Japan Act amended by this Act (referred to below as the "new Act"), which are specified by Cabinet Order.

(2)When the National Archives of Japan has succeeded to the rights and obligations held by the State, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an amount equivalent to the total value of the land, buildings, and other property specified by Cabinet Order concerning the rights succeeded to upon the succession, is deemed to have been contributed to the National Archives of Japan by the government.

(3)The value of the property stated in the preceding paragraph, which is deemed to have been contributed by the government pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, is to be the value evaluated by the evaluation committee members, based on the market value on the date of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan.

(4)The evaluation committee members and necessary matters concerning the evaluation as referred to in the preceding paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 6The State may allow the National Archives of Japan to use national government asset for its own purposes without charge, which is specified by Cabinet Order and that is actually being used by an organ specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, in order to provide that property for use by the National Archives of Japan, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

Article 7The public records and archives which are actually retained by an organ specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan, are deemed to have been transferred under Article 15, paragraph (4) of the New Act at the time of the establishment of the National Archives of Japan.

Article 8Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the establishment of the National Archives of Japan and transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 1This Act comes into effect on June 1, 2000.

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.

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

Article 28Dispositions, procedures, or other acts conducted or to be conducted before the enforcement of this Act under the respective Acts before the amendment by this Act (including orders based on them), for which the corresponding provisions exist in the respective Acts (including orders based on them; referred to below as the "new laws and regulations" in this Article) amended by this Act, are deemed to be dispositions, procedures, or other acts conducted or to be conducted under the corresponding provisions of the new laws and regulations except as otherwise provided for by law (including Cabinet Orders based on them).

Article 29Prior laws and regulations continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages in before this Act comes into effect and to conduct that a person engages in after this Act comes into effect, in cases that is to remain in force pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions.

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