# 労働者災害補償保険法 / Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act — 第三条 (Article 3)

- Law: 労働者災害補償保険法 (Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act), 昭和二十二年法律第五十号
- English title "Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act": 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: 第三条 (Article 3) — address `art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-3
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### 第三条
<sup>art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  この法律においては、労働者を使用する事業を適用事業とする。
<sup>art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-3/par-1</sup>
In this Act, the insurance covers businesses that hire workers.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、国の直営事業及び官公署の事業（労働基準法（昭和二十二年法律第四十九号）別表第一に掲げる事業を除く。）については、この法律は、適用しない。
<sup>art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-3/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, this Act does not apply to businesses managed directly by the State and businesses managed by public agencies (excluding the businesses specified in Appended Table 1 of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947)).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働者災害補償保険法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-3/par-1
- art-3/par-2: 別表第一 → 労働基準法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1

## Cited by

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

- 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 第三条第一項（保険関係の成立） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-3/par-1
- 労働者災害補償保険法 第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-3/par-2
- 労働者災害補償保険法 第三十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-35/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-35/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働者災害補償保険法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000050/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-29
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3879/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-accident-insurance-act-20260929T171226-001, translated 2026-09-30
- This site's parser, version 211 — 労働者災害補償保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29
