Supplementary Provisions, Article 131

①To apply the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) (excluding the cases as applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (2)) to businesses not larger than the scale specified by an order or businesses of the categories specified by an order, the term "40 hours" in Article 32, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "hours specified by an order within the range exceeding 40 hours but not more than 44 hours" until March 31, 1997.

②The order referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, is established taking into consideration workers' welfare, trends in working hours, and other circumstances.

③If an order referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is established or amended, transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) to the effect that the rules before the establishment or amendment of the order continue to govern businesses not larger than a certain scale, or businesses of a certain category, only for a certain period, may be prescribed by that order.

④The Minister of Labor must hear the opinions of the Central Labor Standards Council, before planning the establishment or amendment of the order referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).