# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61. 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 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号 - English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61)（深夜業） — address `art-61` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十一条（深夜業） — (Late Night Work) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61 **第一項** 使用者は、満十八才に満たない者を午後十時から午前五時までの間において使用してはならない。ただし、交替制によつて使用する満十六才以上の男性については、この限りでない。 art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-1 An employer must not have a person under 18 years of age work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.;provided, however, that this does not apply to males aged 16 years or more who are employed under a shift-work system. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、必要であると認める場合においては、前項の時刻を、地域又は期間を限つて、午後十一時及び午前六時とすることができる。 art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-2 Whenever finding it necessary to do so, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may alter the hours referred to in the preceding paragraph to the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., in limited areas or for limited periods. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 交替制によつて労働させる事業については、行政官庁の許可を受けて、第一項の規定にかかわらず午後十時三十分まで労働させ、又は前項の規定にかかわらず午前五時三十分から労働させることができる。 art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-3 For a business in which the employer has workers work under a shift-work system, the employer may have a worker work until 10:30 p.m., notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1); or may have a worker work from 5:30 a.m., notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with the permission of the relevant government agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項の規定は、第三十三条第一項の規定によつて労働時間を延長し、若しくは休日に労働させる場合又は別表第一第六号、第七号若しくは第十三号に掲げる事業若しくは電話交換の業務については、適用しない。 art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply if the employer extends working hours, or has a worker work on days off, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 33, nor do they apply to businesses stated in item (vi), item (vii) or item (xiii) of Appended Table 1 or to telephone exchange operations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項及び第二項の時刻は、第五十六条第二項の規定によつて使用する児童については、第一項の時刻は、午後八時及び午前五時とし、第二項の時刻は、午後九時及び午前六時とする。 art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-5 Regarding children employed pursuant to the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (2), the hours referred to in paragraph (1) are the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., and the hours referred to in paragraph (2) are the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-1 - art-61/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-1 - art-61/par-3: 前項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第二項 (Article 61, paragraph (2)), art-61/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-2 - art-61/par-4: 前三項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-1 - art-61/par-4: 前三項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第二項 (Article 61, paragraph (2)), art-61/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-2 - art-61/par-4: 前三項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第三項 (Article 61, paragraph (3)), art-61/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-3 - art-61/par-4: 第三十三条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33/par-1 - art-61/par-4: 別表第一第六号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第六号 (Appended Table 1, item (vi)), appdx-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-6 - art-61/par-4: 第七号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第七号 (Appended Table 1, item (vii)), appdx-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-7 - art-61/par-4: 第十三号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第十三号 (Appended Table 1, item (xiii)), appdx-1/item-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-13 - art-61/par-5: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-1 - art-61/par-5: 第二項 → 労働基準法 第六十一条第二項 (Article 61, paragraph (2)), art-61/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-2 - art-61/par-5: 第五十六条第二項 → 労働基準法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56/par-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第六十一条第二項（深夜業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-2 - 労働基準法 第六十一条第三項（深夜業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-3 - 労働基準法 第六十一条第四項（深夜業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-4 - 労働基準法 第六十一条第五項（深夜業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-5 - 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-1 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第二項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-2 - 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十四条第三項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27