# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第七条 (Article 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第七条 (Article 7) — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条 art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7 **第一項** 法第十九条第二項の規定による認定又は法第二十条第一項但書前段の場合に同条第三項の規定により準用する法第十九条第二項の規定による認定は様式第二号により、法第二十条第一項但書後段の場合に同条第三項の規定により準用する法第十九条第二項の規定による認定は様式第三号により、所轄労働基準監督署長から受けなければならない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-7/par-1 A certification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article l9 of the Act; or a certification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 19 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis provided in the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 20 of the Act in the case of the first half of the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 20 of the Act shall be obtained according to Form No. 2, and a certification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 19 of the Act applied mutatis mutandis provided in the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 20 of the Act in the case of the second half of the proviso of paragraph (1) of Article 20 of the Act the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned shall be obtained according to Form No. 3, from the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-1: 法第十九条第二項 → 労働基準法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-19/par-2 - art-7/par-1: 法第二十条第一項 → 労働基準法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 同条第三項 → 労働基準法 第二十条第三項 (Article 20, paragraph (3)), art-20/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-20/par-3 - art-7/par-1: 様式第二号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第二号 (Form No. 2), form-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/form-2 - art-7/par-1: 様式第三号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第三号 (Form No. 3), form-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/form-3 --- ## 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