# 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 — 第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31)

- 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: 第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-5021-14/art-31`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-31
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### 第三十一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-5021-14/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-31</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1</sup>
Concerning the application of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Act (concerning the provisions listed in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) and acts committed after the enforcement of this Act, as in cases where the provisions then in force remain applicable pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force remain applicable.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1: 附則第一条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-5021-14/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-1
- suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1: この条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 31), suppl-5021-14/art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-31
- suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1: 次条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第三十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 32), suppl-5021-14/art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-32

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-1/par-1/item-1
- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 附則第三十一条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-5021-14/art-31/par-1

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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
- 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
