1　This Law shall come into force as from the day of enforcement of the Agricultural Commission Law (Law No.88 of 1951).

2　The city, town or village agricultural land commission (including the divisional agricultural land commission;hereinafter the same) shall, regardless of the provisions of Art.1, continue to exist until the day (in respect to the city, town or village where, under the provision of Art.2 par.3 of the same Law, no city, town or village agricultural commission is established, the day of public notice under par.5 of the same Article;hereinafter the same) when, under the provisions of the Agricultural Commission Law, one or two or more city, town or village agricultural commissions are to be established over the jurisdictional area of the commission concerned, and the To, Do, Fu, or prefectural agricultural land commission shall, regardless of the provisions of Art.1, continue to exist until the day when, under the provisions of the same Law, the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission of the To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned is to be established and, so far as the city, town or village agricultural land commission or the To, Do, Fu, or prefectural agricultural land commission is concerned, the laws and orders as enumerated in Art.1 to Art.8 inclusive shall apply as before.

3　The disposition made, the procedure taken, and other acts done by the city, town or village agricultural land commission or the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural land commission, or the disposition made, the procedure taken, and other acts done to the said commission, under the provisions of the laws and orders enumerated in Art.1 to Art.8 inclusive or the provisions of the orders issued thereunder, shall, on and after the day, when, under the provisions of the Agricultural Commission Law, one or two or more city, town or village agricultural commissions have been established over the area of the city, town or village agricultural land commission concerned (in respect to the city, town or village where, under the provision of Art.2 par.3 of the same Law, no city, town or village agricultural commission is established, the day of public notice under par.5 of the same Article;hereinafter the same), or the day, when the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission of the To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned has been established, be regarded respectively as the disposition made, the procedure taken, and other acts done by the city, town or village agricultural commission concerned (when two or more city, town or village agricultural commissions have been established, the one to be designated by the governor of To, Do, Fu or prefecture, and in respect to the city, town or village where, under the provision of Art.2 par.3 of the same Law, no city, town or village agricultural commission is established, the mayor of the city, town or village) or the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission concerned, or the disposition made, the procedure taken, and other acts done to the said commission under the provisions of laws and orders enumerated in Art.1 to Art.8 inclusive or the orders issued thereunder or the provisions of the Agricultural Commission Law or the orders issued thereunder which correspond to the provisions of the said laws and orders.

4　During the period from the day when, under the provisions of the Agricultural Commission Law, the city, town or village agricultural commission has been established, to the day when, under the provisions of the same Law, the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission is established, the procedure to be taken and other acts to be done, under the provisions of laws and orders, to the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission as regards the functions of the city, town or village agricultural commission concerned (in respect to the city, town or village where, under the provision of Art.2 par.3 of the same Law, no city, town or village agricultural commission is established, the mayor of the city, town or village;hereinafter the same in this paragraph), shall, regardless of the provisions of the laws and orders enumerated in Art.1 to Art.8 inclusive, be taken or done to the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural land commission, and the procedure to be taken and other acts to be done, under the provisions of laws and orders, by the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural land commission to the city, town or village agricultural land commission shall be taken or done to the city, town or village agricultural commission.

5　In the case where the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission has been established under the provisions of the Agricultural Commission Law, the procedure to be taken and other acts to be done by the city, town or village agricultural land commission concerned to the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural land commission under the provision of par.2, shall, if the city, town or village agricultural land commission still continues to exist under the provision of the same paragraph in the area of the To, Do, Fu or prefecture concerned, be taken or done to the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission, and as regards the matters under the jurisdiction of the city, town or village agricultural land commission concerned, the procedure to be taken and other acts to be done, under the provisions of laws and orders, by the To, Do, Fu or prefectural agricultural commission to the city, town or village agricultural commission (in respect to the city, town or village where, under the provision of Art.2 par.3 of the same Law, no city, town or village agricultural commission is established, the mayor of the city, town or village), shall be taken or done to the city, town or village agricultural land commission concerned.