# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20)

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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: 第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20)（労働基準法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-3401-130/art-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第二十条（労働基準法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Labor Standards Act
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<sup>suppl-3401-130/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3401-130/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3401-130/art-20</sup>

**第一項**  昭和四十一年二月一日前に生じた事由に係る労働基準法第七十五条から第七十七条まで、第七十九条及び第八十条の規定による災害補償については、前条の規定による同法第七十九条及び第八十四条第一項の規定の改正にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1</sup>
With regard to accident compensation under the provisions of Articles 75 through 77, Article 79 and Article 80 of the Labor Standards Act pertaining to grounds that arose before February 1, 1966, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the amendment of the provisions of Article 79 and Article 84, paragraph (1) of that Act by the provisions of the preceding Article.
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## Cites
- suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1: 労働基準法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 労働基準法 第七十五条 (Article 75), art-75 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-75 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-75
- suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1: 労働基準法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 労働基準法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-76
- suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1: 労働基準法第七十五条から第七十七条まで → 労働基準法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-77
- suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1: 第七十九条 → 労働基準法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-79
- suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1: 第八十条 → 労働基準法 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-80
- suppl-3401-130/art-20/par-1: 第八十四条第一項 → 労働基準法 第八十四条第一項 (Article 84, paragraph (1)), art-84/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-84/par-1

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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-003, 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
