# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号 - English title "Industrial Safety and Health 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4131-153` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成一三年一二月一二日法律第一五三号 suppl-4131-153 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-153/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-4131-153/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order, within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十二条（処分、手続等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Dispositions and Procedure) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-153/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-42 **第一項** この法律の施行前に改正前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定によってした処分、手続その他の行為であって、改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定に相当の規定があるものは、この附則に別段の定めがあるものを除き、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当の規定によってしたものとみなす。 suppl-4131-153/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-42/par-1 Except as otherwise provided in the Supplementary Provisions a disposition, procedure, or other action that a person undertakes before the entry into effect of this Act pursuant to the provisions of one of the relevant Acts prior to its amendment (including orders issued thereunder; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) and with regard to which the relevant amended Act contains corresponding provisions, is deemed to be one that the person has undertaken pursuant to the relevant provisions of the amended Act,. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十三条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-153/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-43 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後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。 suppl-4131-153/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-43/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person has engaged before the entry into effect this Act, and to conduct in which a person has engaged after the entry into effect of this Act in a situation that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十四条（経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4131-153/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-44 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4131-153/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-44/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures connected with the entry into effect of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4131-153/art-42/par-1: この条 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第四十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 42), suppl-4131-153/art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-42 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 附則第四十二条第一項（処分、手続等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4131-153/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4131-153/art-42/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17