# Appended Table (別表, べっぴょう)

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- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/appended-table
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/appended-table
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

A table or list placed at the end of a law and referred to from its articles — the list of industries in Appended Table 1 of the Labor Standards Act (労働基準法別表第一), for example. It is part of the law itself, just as the articles are.

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## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Labor Standards Act, Art. 41, Appended Table 1](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act
- [Wikipedia: 日本の法令の基本形式](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E6%B3%95%E4%BB%A4%E3%81%AE%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E5%BD%A2%E5%BC%8F)

## Related

- [Special permanent resident (特別永住者, とくべつえいじゅうしゃ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/special-permanent-resident)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)