# 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 — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4201-96/art-1`
- 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-4201-96/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4201-96/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十一年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2009; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第二条並びに次条及び附則第六条の規定　平成二十二年七月一日
  <sup>suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of Article 2, and the provisions of the following Article and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions: July 1, 2010
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  **二**  第三条の規定（次号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）及び附則第八条の規定　平成二十四年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 3 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in the following item), and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2012
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  **三**  第三条中附則第四条の改正規定並びに附則第三条及び第七条の規定　平成二十七年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  The provision in Article 3 amending Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Articles 3 and 7 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2015
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-1: 次条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4201-96/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-2
- suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-2: 次号 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3
- suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第三条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4201-96/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-3

## Cited by

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

- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第二条第一項（障害者雇用納付金及び障害者雇用調整金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-2/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4201-96/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4201-96/art-3/par-1

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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-20261018T205639-009, 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
