使用者は、満十八才に満たない者を午後十時から午前五時までの間において使用してはならない。ただし、交替制によつて使用する満十六才以上の男性については、この限りでない。
An employer must not have a person under 18 years of age work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.; provided, however, that this does not apply to males aged 16 years or more who are employed under a shift-work system.
厚生労働大臣は、必要であると認める場合においては、前項の時刻を、地域又は期間を限つて、午後十一時及び午前六時とすることができる。
On finding it to be necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may make the hours referred to in the preceding paragraph the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., in limited areas or for limited periods.
In a business in which the employer has workers work under a shift-work system, the employer may have a worker work until 10:30 p.m., notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1); or may have a worker work from 5:30 a.m., notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with the permission of the relevant government agency.
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if the employer extends working hours or has a worker work on days off pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 33, nor do they apply to businesses as set forth in Appended Table 1, item (vi), item (vii) or item (xiii) or to telephone exchange operations.
For children employed pursuant to the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (2), the hours referred to in paragraph (1) are the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., and the hours referred to in paragraph (2) are the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.