# Form (様式, ようしき)

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/form. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

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

A prescribed form — the notification or application someone actually has to submit. Forms are usually set out at the end of a Ministerial Order (省令), such as the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act (労働基準法施行規則), and e-Gov provides them as PDF files rather than text, so this site links to the form itself on e-Gov.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [労働基準法施行規則, Art. 16 and forms](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance
- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 法令中の「図」・「表」](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column027.htm)

## Related

- [Ministerial Order (省令, しょうれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/ministerial-ordinance)

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## Sources

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