# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五十二条 (Article 52)

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- Law: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第五十二条 (Article 52) — address `art-52`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第五十二条
<sup>art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52</sup>

**第一項**  法第百一条第二項の規定によつて、労働基準監督官の携帯すべき証票は、様式第十八号に定めるところによる。
<sup>art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52/par-1</sup>
The Identification card which a labor standards inspector shall carry pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 101 of the Act shall be made according to Form No. 18.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-52/par-1: 法第百一条第二項 → 労働基準法 第百一条第二項 (Article 101, paragraph (2)), art-101/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-101/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)
- art-52/par-1: 様式第十八号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第十八号 (Form No. 18), form-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-18

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第九条第一項（労働基準法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3459-23/art-9/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第十三条第一項（様式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20/art-13/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第五条第一項（様式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4129-2/art-5/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第五条第一項（様式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4129-41/art-5/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（様式に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4219-113/art-2/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10
- This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10
