# 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 — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4271-72`
- 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-4271-72
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4271-72
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## 附　則 平成二七年九月一八日法律第七二号
<sup>suppl-4271-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4271-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4271-72</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4271-72/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4271-72/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4271-72/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十七年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4271-72/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4271-72/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4271-72/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2015.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4271-72/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4271-72/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4271-72/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条第二号及び第三号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定）の施行前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-4271-72/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4271-72/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4271-72/art-18/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in Article 1, items (ii) and (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions) comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<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-20261018T205639-011, 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