①Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (including orders based on it) prior to amendment by Article 2 before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of the preceding Article, those respective provisions; the same applies in the following Article and Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out under the corresponding provisions of the Labor Standards Act (including orders based on it) as amended by that Article.

②The provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2 do not apply to a woman for whom the day on which six weeks after childbirth elapse falls before this Act comes into effect.

③With regard to a woman who came to be engaged in work pursuant to the proviso to Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by Article 2 before this Act comes into effect and for whom six weeks after childbirth have not elapsed at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2.

④With regard to the bearing of travel expenses in the case where a woman 18 years of age or older who was dismissed before this Act comes into effect returns home, the provisions then in force continue to govern.