Supplementary Provisions [Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry  and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment No. 2 of June 21, 2004]  (1) This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which one year has  elapsed from the date of promulgation.  (2) When users of agricultural chemicals use agricultural chemicals with the  indication under Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of  the Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of  the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act (Order of the Ministry of  Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries No. 54 of 2004; hereinafter referred to as  the "Amendatory Ministerial Order") prior to the enforcement of this  Ministerial Order, in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Ministerial Order  to Provide Standards Which Users of Agricultural Chemicals Must Comply  With, the term "sowing (" is deemed to be replaced with "sowing and planting  (including preparation for the sowing or planting;" and the term," (...) the total  number of times of use prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the  Regulation" is deemed to be replaced with "(hereinafter referred to as the  "growing period" in this item), (...) the total number of using each type of  contained active ingredient (meaning the total number of times that an  agricultural chemical containing the relevant active ingredient may be used  during the growing period; when that is indicated for each category of the time  or mode of use, the total number for the each category and for each type of  contained active ingredient)."  (3) For the purpose of use of agricultural chemicals with the indication under  Article 7 of the Regulation for Enforcement of the Agricultural Chemicals  Regulation Act (Order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No. 21 of  1951) prior to amendment by the Amendatory Ministerial Order, the provisions  of Article 2 of the Ministerial Order to Provide Standards Which Users of  Agricultural Chemicals Must Comply With prior to amendment by this  Ministerial Order are to remain in force even after the enforcement of this  Ministerial Order.  (4) Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct  that a person engaged in prior to the enforcement of this Ministerial Order,  and to conduct that a person engaged in after the enforcement of this  Ministerial Order in the case for which prior laws remain in force pursuant to  the provisions of the preceding paragraph.  Supplementary Provisions [Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry  and Fisheries and Ministry of the Environment No. 1 of May 20, 2005]  5 