# 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-4119-51/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-4119-51/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-51/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-51/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  平成十四年三月三十一日（以下「基準日」という。）においてその労働時間についてこの省令による改正後の労働基準法施行規則（以下「新規則」という。）第六十七条第一項の規定が適用されている労働者に関しては、基準日を含む一週間に係る労働時間については、同項の規定の例による。
<sup>suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-1</sup>
With respect to a worker to whose working hours the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "new Rules") apply as of March 31, 2002 (hereinafter referred to as the "base date"), the working hours pertaining to the week that includes the base date are governed by the provisions of that paragraph.
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**第二項**  基準日において使用者が新規則第六十七条第二項の規定により労働させることとしている労働者に関しては、同項に規定する協定による、又は就業規則その他これに準ずるものによる定めをしている一箇月以内の一定の期間のうち基準日を含むものに係る労働時間については、同項の規定の例による。
<sup>suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-2</sup>
With respect to a worker whom, as of the base date, an employer has arranged to have work pursuant to the provisions of Article 67, paragraph (2) of the New Rules, the working hours pertaining to the fixed period of not more than one month specified by an agreement prescribed in that paragraph or by the rules of employment or an equivalent instrument that includes the base date are governed by the provisions of that paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-1: 第六十七条第一項 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 67, paragraph (1)), suppl-3229-23/art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-67/par-1
- suppl-4119-51/art-2/par-2: 新規則第六十七条第二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 67, paragraph (2)), suppl-3229-23/art-67/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-67/par-2

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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-017, translated 2026-09-11
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-20260918T121515-002, translated 2026-09-18
- 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
