# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4109-45/art-2` - 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-4109-45/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4109-45/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2 **第一項** この省令による改正前の労働基準法施行規則第十二条の四第三項、第六十五条及び第六十六条の規定は、労働基準法の一部を改正する法律による改正前の労働基準法（昭和二十二年法律第四十九号。以下この条及び次条において「旧法」という。）第三十二条の四第一項の協定（労働時間の短縮の促進に関する臨時措置法（平成四年法律第九十号）第七条に規定する労働時間短縮推進委員会の決議を含む。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）であって、この省令の施行の際旧法第三十二条の四第一項第二号の対象期間として平成十一年三月三十一日を含む期間を定めているものについては、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 The provisions of Article 12-4, paragraph (3), Article 65 and Article 66 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Order remain in force with respect to an agreement under Article 32-4, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act prior to the amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947; hereinafter referred to as the "former Act" in this Article and the following Article) (including a resolution of a committee for the promotion of shorter working hours prescribed in Article 7 of the Act on Temporary Measures for Promotion of Shorter Working Hours (Act No. 90 of 1992); the same applies hereinafter in this Article and the following Article) that, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, specifies a period including March 31, 1999 as the applicable period referred to in Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Former Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の協定をこの省令の施行の日以後に労働基準法の一部を改正する法律附則第三条の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる旧法第三十二条の四第四項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。 suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-2 In the case where the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is notified on or after the date on which this Ministerial Order comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-4, paragraph (4) of the Former Act, which remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Labor Standards Act, the former Forms may still be used. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4109-45/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2 - suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1: 次条 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4109-45/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-3 - suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1: 労働時間の短縮の促進に関する臨時措置法（平成四年法律第九十号）第七条 → e-Gov law 404AC0000000090, 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — not held in this collection - suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite 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-4109-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-1 - 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4109-45/art-2/par-2 --- ## 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-016, 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