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Act on Special Provisions of the Postal Act attendant upon the Enforcement of the "Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan" 1952 - Act No. 122 of 1952

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Act on Special Provisions of the Postal Act attendant upon the Enforcement of the "Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan" (Act No. 122 of 1952)

(as amended last by Act No. 102 of October 21, 2005)

The Government of Japan hereby promulgates the Act on Special Provisions of the Postal Act attendant upon enforcement of the "Administrative Agreement under Article III of the Security Treaty between Japan and the United States of America"(Treaty No. 6 of 1952).

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5 of the Postal Act (Act No. 165 of 1947), the United States of America may establish, within the facilities and areas in use by the United States armed forces, United States military post offices for the use of members of the United States armed forces, the civilian component, and their dependents and, may transmit mail between United States military post offices in Japan and between such military post offices and other United States post offices, pursuant to the provision of Article 21 of the "Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan"(Treaty No. 7 of 1960).

Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 122 of 1952)

This Act shall come into force as from the day when the "Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America"(Treaty No. 4 of 1952) comes into force.

Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 102 of 1960) (Excerpts)

Article 1(Effective Date)

This Act shall come into force as from the day when the "Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America"(Treaty No. 6 of 1960) comes into force.

Supplementary Provisions (Act No. 102 of 2005) (Excerpts)

Article 1 (Effective Date)

This Act shall come into force as from the day when the Law of the Privatization of the Postal Services comes into force.

Article 117 (Transitional Measures on Penal Provisions)

With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Act, acts committed after the enforcement of this Act where the provisions previously in force remain applicable pursuant to the provision of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act, acts committed prior to lapsing the provision of Article 38-8 (limited to those parts specified in Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3) of the Former Postal Money Order Law where the provision is regarded as still in force pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1 of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act after the enforcement of this Act, acts committed prior to lapsing the provision of Article 70 (limited to those parts specified in Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3) of the Former Postal Transfer Law where the provision is regarded as still in force pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act after the enforcement of this Act, acts committed prior to lapsing the provision of Article 8 (limited to the part specified in Paragraph 2) of the Former Postal Transfer Deposit Contribution Entrust Act where the provision is regarded as still in force pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1 of Article 27 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act after the enforcement of this Act, acts committed prior to lapsing the provision of Article 70 (limited to the part specified in Paragraph 2) of the Former Japan Post Public Corporation Act where the provision is regarded as still in force pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 2 of Article 39 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act after the enforcement of this Act, acts committed prior to lapsing the provisions of Article 71 and Article 72 (limited to the part specified in Paragraph 15) of the Former Japan Post Public Corporation Act where the provisions are regarded as still in force pursuant to the provision of Paragraph 1 of Article 42 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act after the enforcement of this Act, and acts committed prior to specific date pertaining to the Postal Saving Bank stipulated in Article 104 of the Law of the Privatization of the Postal Services in the case that the provision of Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act is applied, the penal provisions shall remain applicable.