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Supplement: Law for Punishing Acts Related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and for Protecting Children

Supplementary Provisions

Article 1 Effective date

This Law shall come into force on the date to be specified by a Cabinet Order within the scope not exceeding six months counting from the ate of its promulgation .

Article 2 - Relation with local governments' ordinances

1. Upon enforcement of this Law, any provision of the local government's ordinances which provides punishments to the crimes under this Law shall be superceded by this Law and lose its effect.
2. Even when a provision of local government's ordinance loses effect upon enforcement of this Law in accordance with the paragraph 1 of this Article, any illegal act which was committed prior to such invalidation shall be punished under the provision in question, unless the local government rules otherwise in its ordinance.

Article 3 - Partial revision of the Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses

Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses (Law No. 122 1948) shall be partially revised as follows:

• The following description shall be added to Article 4.1.2, in the position after "crimes controlled under Article 2": "as well as the crimes under the Law for Punishing the Acts related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and for Protecting Children who are Suffering from Such Activities (Law No. __, 1999)
• The existing description, "or the crimes under Chapter 2 of the Anti-Prostitution Law," in Article 30.1, Article 31quinquies, and Article 31sexies.2.2 shall be replaced by the following description: ", the crimes under Chapter 2 of the Anti-Prostitution Law or the crimes under Law for Punishing the Acts related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and for Protecting Children who are Suffering from Such Activities"
• The existing description, "or the crimes under Article 175," in Article 35 shall be replaced by the following description: ", the crimes under Article 175 or under Article 7 of the Law for Punishing the Acts related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and for Protecting Children who are Suffering from Such Activities"

Article 4 - Partial revision of the Hotel Business Law

Hotel Business Law (Law No. 138, 1948) shall be partially revised as follows:

• The existing description, "paragraph 1 of Article 3," in Article 8 shall be replaced by "paragraph 1 of the said Article." Also, following description shall be added to Article 8: "4. Crimes under the Law for Punishing the Acts related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and for Protecting Children who are Suffering from Such Activities (Law No. __, 1999)"

Article 5 - Partial revision of the Law for Prevention of Illegal Acts by Crime Group Members

Law for Prevention of Illegal Acts by Crime Group Members (Law No. 77, 1991) shall be partially revised as follows:

• The following description shall be added to Schedule in the position after No. 31: "No.31-2 Crimes under the Law for Punishing the Acts related to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography and for Protecting Children who are Suffering from Such Activities (Law No. __, 1999)"

Article 6 - Further efforts

Considering the situation of the implementation of this Law, international trends concerning the protection of the rights of the child, etc., review shall be made, by the end of a three years' period after the enactment of this Law, on the control of child prostitution and child pornography and other systems in force for protecting children from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, and necessary measures should be taken on the basis of the results of such review.

The English language version of this law is a translation of an original document produced in Japanese. Any questions that may arise about the interpretation of the law shall be resolved with regard to the original Japanese document.