# 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)（施行前の準備） — address `suppl-4251-46/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-4251-46/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2
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### 第二条（施行前の準備） — Preparations before Enforcement
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  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。）第三十六条第一項に規定する差別の禁止に関する指針の策定及び新法第三十六条の五第一項に規定する均等な機会の確保等に関する指針の策定並びにこれらに関し必要な手続その他の行為は、前条第二号に掲げる規定の施行の日前においても、新法第三十六条及び第三十六条の五の規定の例により行うことができる。
<sup>suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1</sup>
The formulation of the guidelines on the prohibition of discrimination prescribed in Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") and the formulation of the guidelines on ensuring equal opportunities prescribed in Article 36-5, paragraph (1) of the New Act, and the procedures and other acts necessary in relation to them, may be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Articles 36 and 36-5 of the New Act even before the date on which the provisions set forth in item (ii) of the preceding Article come into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 第三十六条第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 新法第三十六条の五第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の五第一項 (Article 36-5, paragraph (1)), art-36-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-5/par-1
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 前条第二号 → 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二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 新法第三十六条 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36
- suppl-4251-46/art-2/par-1: 第三十六条の五 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第三十六条の五 (Article 36-5), art-36-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-36-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-36-5

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4251-46/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261018T205639-010, 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
