Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Applications for Childcare Leave
第三条（育児休業の申出に関する経過措置）
A worker who intends to make an application under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3) of the new Act, as applied by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act, in order to take childcare leave under those provisions on or after the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"), may make that application even before the effective date, in accordance with those provisions and the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (4) of the new Act, as applied by replacing the relevant terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the new Act.
この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後において新法第九条の二第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する新法第五条第一項又は第三項の規定による育児休業をするため、これらの規定による申出をしようとする労働者は、施行日前においても、これらの規定及び新法第九条の二第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する新法第五条第四項の規定の例により、当該申出をすることができる。