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略称(りゃくしょう)

The short form people use for a law's title — 労基法 (Rōki-hō) for the Labor Standards Act, 労働基準法. It is a popular name used outside the law, not its title, and one law can have more…

Written by AI using Upper House Legislative Bureau: 法令の題名、件名及び略称 and e-Gov law data: 労働基準法 as a reference.

略称規定(りゃくしょうきてい)

A shorthand the law introduces so it does not have to repeat a long phrase — (以下「新法」という), "hereinafter referred to as the new Act". It means whatever the sentence introducing it de…

Written by AI using Labor Standards Act, Art. 9 and Suppl. Prov. and Upper House Legislative Bureau: 法令における用語の定義 as a reference.

総称(そうしょう)

A name for several laws taken together. The three labor Acts (労働三法) are the Labor Standards Act, the Labor Union Act and the Labor Relations Adjustment Act. A name like this names…

Written by AI using Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: 労働法制と社会保障制度 and e-Gov law data: 労働組合法 as a reference.

旧題名(きゅうだいめい)

The title (題名) a law had before an amending Act renamed it. A renamed law is the same law, with the same law number: what changes is what it is called. Other laws, official guidanc…

Written by AI using e-Gov law data: 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 (revisions) as a reference.

Special Measures Act

特別措置法(とくべつそちほう)

Short name for this Act, the Act on Special Measures for Securing the Financial Resources Necessary to Implement Measures for Reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake (Act No. 117 of 2011), in the wording that the table in Article 33, paragraph (1) substitutes into Article 8-4, paragraph (3), item (iv) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation.

M-MVL

中型免許(ちゅうがためんきょ)

A mid-sized motor vehicle license (中型自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a mid-sized motor vehicle (中型自動車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers semi-mid-sized and standard motor vehicles, special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.

SM-MVL

準中型免許(じゅんちゅうがためんきょ)

A semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license (準中型自動車免許), one of the kinds of class 1 license (第一種免許) that Article 84, paragraph (3) sets out; the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 40 of 2015 use the term for that license as that Act left Article 84, when deeming licenses held under the earlier wording to be licenses of the new kinds.

S-MVL

普通免許(ふつうめんきょ)

A standard motor vehicle license (普通自動車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a standard motor vehicle (普通自動車); under Article 85, paragraph (2) it also covers special small motor vehicles and general motorized bicycles.

Worker Dispatching Act

労働者派遣法(ろうどうしゃはけんほう)

Short name for this Act, the Act on Ensuring the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Services and Protecting Dispatched Workers (Act No. 88 of 1985), used in the wording it writes into other Acts and in the supplementary provisions of Acts that amended it.

business

事業(じぎょう)

In Section 4 of Chapter III, a business (事業) as referred to in Article 9 of the Labor Standards Act — the business or office (事業又は事務所) at which a worker is employed.

Act on Special Provisions for the Enforcement of Tax Treaties

租税条約等実施特例法(そぜいじょうやくとうじっしとくれいほう)

Short name for the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties, etc. (Act No. 46 of 1969).

2019 Amendment Act

平成三十一年改正法(へいせいさんじゅういちねんかいせいほう)

the Act on Access to Administrative Organs' Information

行政機関情報公開法(ぎょうせいきかんじょうほうこうかいほう)

Short name for the Act on Access to Information Held by Administrative Organs (Act No. 42 of 1999).

the Public Records Management Act

公文書管理法(こうぶんしょかんりほう)

Short name for the Public Records and Archives Management Act (Act No. 66 of 2009).

Technical Intern Training Act

技能実習法(ぎのうじっしゅうほう)

Short name for the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016).

Special Accounts Act

特別会計法(とくべつかいけいほう)

Asset Securitization Act

資産流動化法(しさんりゅうどうかほう)

Short name in Article 67-14(1) for the Act on the Securitization of Assets (Act No. 105 of 1998).

pseudonym

変名(へんめい)

A pen name, art name, abbreviated name or any other name used in place of a person's true name (実名).

class 2 M-MVL

中型第二種免許(ちゅうがただいにしゅめんきょ)

A class 2 mid-sized motor vehicle license (中型自動車第二種免許), the class 2 license (第二種免許) that Article 86, paragraph (1) requires for driving a mid-sized or semi-mid-sized motor vehicle (中型自動車, 準中型自動車) used for passenger motor carrier services (旅客自動車運送事業) in order to carry its passengers.

class 2 S-MVL

普通第二種免許(ふつうだいにしゅめんきょ)

A class 2 standard motor vehicle license (普通自動車第二種免許), one of the kinds of class 2 license (第二種免許) that Article 84, paragraph (4) sets out; the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 90 of 2004 and Act No. 40 of 2015 use the term for that license as each of those Acts left Article 84, when deeming licenses held under the earlier wording to be licenses of the new kinds.

Organized Crime Punishment Act

組織的犯罪処罰法(そしきてきはんざいしょばつほう)

Short name for the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes and Control of Proceeds of Crime (Act No. 136 of 1999).

MBL

原付免許(げんつきめんきょ)

A motorized bicycle license (原動機付自転車免許), the class 1 license (第一種免許) needed under Article 85, paragraph (1) to drive a general motorized bicycle (一般原動機付自転車).

provisional M-MVL

中型仮免許(ちゅうがたかりめんきょ)

A provisional mid-sized motor vehicle license (中型自動車仮免許), the provisional license (仮免許) that under Article 87 lets a person who does not hold the full license drive a mid-sized motor vehicle (中型自動車), a semi-mid-sized motor vehicle or a standard motor vehicle for practice, or in a driving test or skills evaluation (技能検定).

provisional SM-MVL

準中型仮免許(じゅんちゅうがたかりめんきょ)

A provisional semi-mid-sized motor vehicle license (準中型自動車仮免許), one of the four kinds of provisional license (仮免許) that Article 84, paragraph (5) sets out.