Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 1988.
この法律は、昭和六十三年四月一日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Working Hours
第二条（労働時間に関する経過措置）
With regard to working hours for the week that includes March 31, 1988, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1), Article 33, Article 36, Article 37, Article 60, Article 64-2 and Article 66, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act").
With respect to a worker whom an employer, at the time this Act comes into effect, is to have work under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act"), with regard to working hours for the period that includes March 31, 1988 among the fixed periods of not more than four weeks provided for in the rules of employment or other equivalent instrument based on the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, Article 32-2, Article 33, Article 36, Article 37, Article 64-2 and Article 66, paragraph (2) of the New Act.
この法律の施行の際使用者がこの法律による改正前の労働基準法（以下「旧法」という。）第三十二条第二項の規定により労働させることとしている労働者に関しては、同項の規定に基づく就業規則その他これに準ずるものによる定めをしている四週間以内の一定の期間のうち昭和六十三年三月三十一日を含む期間に係る労働時間については、新法第三十二条、第三十二条の二、第三十三条、第三十六条、第三十七条、第六十四条の二及び第六十六条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第五条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect with respect to matters that are to be governed by the provisions then in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 and Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律の施行前にした行為並びに附則第二条及び第三条第一項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる事項に係るこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Delegation to Cabinet Order
第六条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
the New Actmachine translation
「新法」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 99 of 1987, the Labor Standards Act as amended by that Act.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Former Actmachine translation
「旧法」
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 99 of 1987, the Labor Standards Act as it stood before that Act amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)