# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-3579-25/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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<sup>suppl-3579-25/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この省令の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前にされた労働基準法（以下「法」という。）第三十六条の協定（当該協定を更新しようとする旨の協定が施行日以後にされるものを除く。次項において同じ。）については、改正後の労働基準法施行規則第十六条第一項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1</sup>
With respect to an agreement under Article 36 of the Labor Standards Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Act") that was concluded before the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date") (excluding an agreement for which an agreement to renew that agreement is concluded on or after the Effective Date; the same applies in the following paragraph), the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act after the amendment do not apply.
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**第二項**  施行日前にされた法第三十六条の協定を施行日以後に同条の規定により届け出る場合には、なお従前の様式によることができる。
<sup>suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2</sup>
In the case where an agreement under Article 36 of the Act that was concluded before the Effective Date is notified pursuant to the provisions of that Article on or after the Effective Date, the form then in force may still be used.
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**第三項**  施行日前にされた法第三十六条の協定を更新しようとする旨の協定を施行日以後最初にする場合における同条の規定による届出については、労働基準法施行規則第十七条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3</sup>
With respect to a notification under the provisions of Article 36 of the Act in the case where an agreement to renew an agreement under that Article that was concluded before the Effective Date is concluded for the first time on or after the Effective Date, the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act do not apply.
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## Cites
- suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1: 第三十六条 → 労働基準法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36
- suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2
- suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1: 労働基準法施行規則第十六条第一項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-16/par-1
- suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-2: 法第三十六条 → 労働基準法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36
- suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3: 法第三十六条 → 労働基準法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36
- suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-3: 労働基準法施行規則第十七条第二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-17/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3579-25/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3579-25/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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-013, 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
