# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号
- English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4141-165/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。ただし、附則第六条（障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律第十四条第二項の改正規定（「第二十七条第三項」を「第五十四条第三項」に改める部分を除く。）を除く。）、第七条、第八条、第十条及び第十二条から第十九条までの規定は、平成十五年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the provisions amending Article 14, paragraph (2) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities (excluding the part replacing "Article 27, paragraph (3)" with "Article 54, paragraph (3)")), Articles 7, 8 and 10, and Articles 12 through 19 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on October 1, 2003.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1: 第八条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4141-165/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-8
- suppl-4141-165/art-1/par-1: 第十条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4141-165/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4141-165/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4141-165/art-10

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-employment-act-20261009T093722-004, translated 2026-10-09
- This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09
