一Omitted

二The provisions of Article 1 amending the heading preceding Article 26 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment and Promotion of the Welfare of Female Workers, the provisions amending that Article (limited to the part adding ", as provided for by Ministry of Labour Order," after "a business operator" and the part replacing "must endeavor to give consideration so as to enable" with "must enable"), the provisions amending Article 27 of that Act (limited to the part replacing "must endeavor to take" with "must take" and the part adding two paragraphs to that Article), the provisions amending Article 34 of that Act (limited to the part replacing "and Article 12, paragraph (2)" with ", Article 12, paragraph (2) and Article 27, paragraph (3)", the part adding ", Article 27, paragraph (2)" after "Article 12, paragraph (1)", and the part replacing "Article 14 and" with "Article 14, Article 26 and") and the provisions amending Article 35 of that Act, the provisions of Article 3 amending Article 65, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act (limited to the part replacing "10 weeks" with "14 weeks"), the provisions of Article 7 amending Article 5, item (xli) of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Labour (limited to the part replacing "concerning the measures that are to be endeavored to be taken by" with "for"), and the provisions of Articles 5, 12 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions and the provisions of Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1), item (xxiv)-2-3 of the Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Transport (Act No. 157 of 1949) (limited to the part replacing "guidelines concerning the measures that are to be endeavored to be taken" with "guidelines, etc. concerning the measures that are to be taken"): April 1, 1998