# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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
- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3509-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3509-20
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## 附　則 昭和五〇年八月一日労働省令第二〇号
<sup>suppl-3509-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3509-20</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3509-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3509-20/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この省令は、法の施行の日（昭和五十年八月一日）から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3509-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3509-20/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date on which the Act comes into effect (August 1, 1975).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十三条（様式に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Forms
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3509-20/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3509-20/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  附則第六条の規定による改正前の労働基準法施行規則第五十二条の規定による証票、附則第七条の規定による改正前の労働安全衛生規則第九十五条の三の規定による証票及び附則第十一条の規定による改正前の産業安全専門官及び労働衛生専門官規程第五条の規定による証票は、当分の間、それぞれ、附則第六条の規定による改正後の労働基準法施行規則第五十二条の規定による証票、附則第七条の規定による改正後の労働安全衛生規則第九十五条の三の規定による証票及び附則第十一条の規定による改正後の産業安全専門官及び労働衛生専門官規程第五条の規定による証票とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3509-20/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-20/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3509-20/art-13/par-1</sup>
An identification card under the provisions of Article 52 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act before the amendment by the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, an identification card under the provisions of Article 95-3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health before the amendment by the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions, and an identification card under the provisions of Article 5 of the Regulations on Industrial Safety Specialists and Industrial Health Specialists before the amendment by the provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions are, for the time being, deemed to be, respectively, an identification card under the provisions of Article 52 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act after the amendment by the provisions of Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, an identification card under the provisions of Article 95-3 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health after the amendment by the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions, and an identification card under the provisions of Article 5 of the Regulations on Industrial Safety Specialists and Industrial Health Specialists after the amendment by the provisions of Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3509-20/art-13/par-1: 労働基準法施行規則第五十二条 → 労働基準法施行規則 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-52

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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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-012, translated 2026-09-11
- 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
