Article 3. The provisions of Articles 17, 21 to 23, 26, 27, 124 to 135, of the Accounting Regulations which have heretofore been in force, up till the day when the Constitution of Japan shall come into force; the provisions of Articles 14, 16, and 41, of the Accounting Regulations which have heretofore been in force, up till the day when the provisions of Article 34 of the Finance Law shall be put into force, shall respectively retain their validity, provided, however, that the phrasing "the second reserve funds" as occurring in Articles 21 and 23, shall respectively read "reserve expenses," whereas the phrasing "paragraph 1, Article 11, of the Finance Law" shall read "paragraph 2, Article 15, of the Finance Law."