# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（名称使用の制限に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3621-41/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3621-41/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3621-41/art-2
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### 第二条（名称使用の制限に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Restrictions on Name Use
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3621-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3621-41/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3621-41/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際現にその名称中に障害者職業総合センター又は障害者職業センターという文字を用いているものについては、この法律による改正後の障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律（以下「新法」という。）第九条の六の規定は、この法律の施行後六月間は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3621-41/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3621-41/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3621-41/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to an entity that, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually using the words "National Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation" or "vocational center for persons with disabilities" in its name, the provisions of Article 9-6 of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") do not apply for six months after this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律の施行の際現にその名称中に日本障害者雇用促進協会という文字を用いているものについては、新法第四十二条第二項の規定は、この法律の施行後六月間は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3621-41/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3621-41/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3621-41/art-2/par-2</sup>
With regard to an entity that, at the time this Act comes into effect, is actually using the words "Japan Association for the Employment Promotion of Persons with Disabilities" in its name, the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (2) of the New Act do not apply for six months after this Act comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-20261018T205639-003, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
