# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百四十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 140)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第百四十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 140) — address `suppl-3221-49/art-140`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第百四十条
<sup>suppl-3221-49/art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-140 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-140</sup>

**第一項**  一般乗用旅客自動車運送事業（道路運送法（昭和二十六年法律第百八十三号）第三条第一号ハに規定する一般乗用旅客自動車運送事業をいう。）の業務、貨物自動車運送事業（貨物自動車運送事業法（平成元年法律第八十三号）第二条第一項に規定する貨物自動車運送事業をいう。）の業務その他の自動車の運転の業務として厚生労働省令で定める業務に関する第三十六条の規定の適用については、当分の間、同条第五項中「時間（第二項第四号に関して協定した時間を含め百時間未満の範囲内に限る。）並びに一年について労働時間を延長して労働させることができる時間（同号に関して協定した時間を含め七百二十時間を超えない範囲内に限る。）を定めることができる。この場合において、第一項の協定に、併せて第二項第二号の対象期間において労働時間を延長して労働させる時間が一箇月について四十五時間（第三十二条の四第一項第二号の対象期間として三箇月を超える期間を定めて同条の規定により労働させる場合にあつては、一箇月について四十二時間）を超えることができる月数（一年について六箇月以内に限る。）を定めなければならない」とあるのは、「時間並びに一年について労働時間を延長して労働させることができる時間（第二項第四号に関して協定した時間を含め九百六十時間を超えない範囲内に限る。）を定めることができる」とし、同条第六項（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1</sup>
To apply the provisions of Article 36 to the services of vehicle transportation businesses serving general passengers (meaning vehicle transportation businesses serving general passengers as defined in Article 3, item (i), (c) of the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951)), the services of motor truck transportation businesses (the motor truck transportation business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act (Act No. 83 of 1989)), and other services that involve vehicle operation prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrase "(limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv)), as well as the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per year (limited to a range not exceeding 720 hours, including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with that item). In this case, the agreement referred to in paragraph (1) must also prescribe the number of months (up to six months per year) in the applicable period referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii) during which the number of hours by which the employer extends the working hours it has a worker work, may exceed 45 hours per month (or 42 hours per month, if the employer has a worker work pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-4, after setting a period exceeding three months as the applicable period referred to in Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii))" in Article 36, paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "and the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per year (limited to a range not exceeding 960 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement concerning paragraph (2), item (iv))", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "To apply the provisions of Article 36 to the services of vehicle transportation businesses serving general passengers (meaning vehicle transportation businesses serving general passengers as defined in Article 3, item (i), (c) of the Road Transportation Act (Act No. 183 of 1951)), the services of motor truck transportation businesses (the motor truck transportation business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Motor Truck Transportation Business Act (Act No. 83 of 1989)), and other services that involve vehicle operation prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrase "(limited in range to less than 100 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with paragraph (2), item (iv)), as well as the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per year (limited in range to less than 720 hours, including the hours prescribed in the agreement in connection with that item). If it needs to temporarily have a worker work more than the maximum amount of overtime referred to in paragraph (3) due to an ordinarily unforeseeable, significant increase in the volume of work at the workplace. In this case, the agreement referred to in paragraph (1) must also prescribe the number of months (up to six months per year) in the applicable period referred to in paragraph (2), item (ii) during which the number of hours by which the employer extends the working hours it has a worker work, may exceed 45 hours per month (or 42 hours per month, if the employer has a worker work pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-4, after setting a period exceeding three months as the applicable period referred to in Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii))" in Article 36, paragraph (5) is deemed to be replaced with "and the number of hours by which the employer may extend the working hours it has a worker work per year (limited in range to less than 960 hours including the hours prescribed in the agreement concerning paragraph (2), item (iv))", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until otherwise provided for by law." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、同項に規定する業務については、令和六年三月三十一日（同日及びその翌日を含む期間を定めている第三十六条第一項の協定に関しては、当該協定に定める期間の初日から起算して一年を経過する日）までの間、同条第二項第四号中「一箇月及び」とあるのは、「一日を超え三箇月以内の範囲で前項の協定をする使用者及び労働組合若しくは労働者の過半数を代表する者が定める期間並びに」とし、同条第三項から第五項まで及び第六項（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, concerning services provided for in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period established by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement as stated in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraph (6) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement as stated in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, concerning services provided for in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "month, and" in Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "period established by the employer and the labor union or a person representing a majority of the workers in the agreement as stated in the preceding paragraph, of more than one day but not more than three months, and", and the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (iii) through (v) and paragraph (vi) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply, until March 31st, 2024 (or, if an agreement as stated in Article 36, paragraph (1) establishes a period that includes the previously mentioned date and the date immediately following it, until one year has passed from the start date of that period)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 道路運送法（昭和二十六年法律第百八十三号）第三条第一号 → e-Gov law 326AC0000000183, 第三条第一項第一号 (Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-3/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 貨物自動車運送事業法（平成元年法律第八十三号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000083, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/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-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 同条第五項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第五項 (Article 36, paragraph (5)), art-36/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-5
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 第二項第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第四号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-36/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 第二項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-36/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-2
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 第三十二条の四第一項第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四第一項第二号 (Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-32-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4/par-1/item-2
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 同条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四 (Article 32-4), art-32-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 同条第六項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項 (Article 36, paragraph (6)), art-36/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-36/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-2
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1: 第三号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第三号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-36/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-3
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 附則第百四十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 140, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-1
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 第三十六条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-1
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 同条第二項第四号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第二項第四号 (Article 36, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-36/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-2/item-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 同条第三項から第五項まで → 労働基準法 第三十六条第三項 (Article 36, paragraph (3)), art-36/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-3
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 同条第三項から第五項まで → 労働基準法 第三十六条第四項 (Article 36, paragraph (4)), art-36/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-4
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 同条第三項から第五項まで → 労働基準法 第三十六条第五項 (Article 36, paragraph (5)), art-36/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-5
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 第六項 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項 (Article 36, paragraph (6)), art-36/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 第二号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第二号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-36/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-2
- suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2: 第三号 → 労働基準法 第三十六条第六項第三号 (Article 36, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-36/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-36/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36/par-6/item-3

## Cited by

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- 労働基準法 附則第百四十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-140/par-2
- 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（時間外及び休日の労働に係る協定に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4301-71/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4301-71/art-2/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項（中小事業主に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4301-71/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4301-71/art-3/par-1
- 労働基準法 附則第十二条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4301-71/art-12/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第六十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-69/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-69/par-2
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第七十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3229-23/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-3229-23/art-70/par-1
- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-34/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of supplementary provisions, written 2026-10-07
- 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
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