# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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
- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3311-126`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3311-126
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3311-126
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## 附　則 昭和三一年六月四日法律第一二六号
<sup>suppl-3311-126 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3311-126 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3311-126</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行期日は、公布の日から起算して六箇月をこえない範囲内で、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-3311-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3311-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3311-126/par-1</sup>
The effective date of this Act is specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第十二項**  この法律の施行前に、改正前の労働基準法第八十六条の規定により労働者災害補償審査会がした審査又は仲裁の請求の受理その他の行為は、改正後の労働基準法第八十六条の規定により労働者災害補償保険審査官がした審査又は仲裁の請求の受理その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3311-126/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3311-126/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3311-126/par-12</sup>
The acceptance of a request for administrative review or arbitration and any other act done before this Act comes into effect by the workers' Accident Compensation Review Board pursuant to the provisions of Article 86 of the Labor Standards Act prior to the amendment are deemed to be the acceptance of a request for administrative review or arbitration and any other act done by a workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Examiner pursuant to the provisions of Article 86 of the Labor Standards Act as amended.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3311-126/par-12: 労働基準法第八十六条 → 労働基準法 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-86

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## 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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-002, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
