# Short name (略称規定, りゃくしょうきてい)

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

A shorthand the law introduces so it does not have to repeat a long phrase — （以下「新法」という）, "hereinafter referred to as the new Act". It means whatever the sentence introducing it describes.

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## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Labor Standards Act, Art. 9 and Suppl. Prov.](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act
- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 法令における用語の定義](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column052.htm)

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## Sources

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