noun
supplementary provisions; additional rules; by-laws
Refers to supplementary clauses or rules attached to a main law, regulation, or contract. Common in legal and official documents.
この法律の付則には施行期日が定められている。
The supplementary provisions of this law specify the effective date.
契約書の付則をよく読んでください。
Please read the additional clauses of the contract carefully.
本則 refers to the main body of rules or principal provisions, while 付則 are the supplementary or additional provisions attached to them.
Compound of 付 (attach, add) and 則 (rule, law). The alternative form 附則 uses the older character 附 (attach).