# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（労働基準法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-3601-45/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-2 - 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). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（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 caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3601-45/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-2 **第一項** この法律（前条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。次条及び附則第十九条において同じ。）の施行前に第二条の規定による改正前の労働基準法（これに基づく命令を含む。）の規定によりされた処分、手続その他の行為は、同条の規定による改正後の労働基準法（これに基づく命令を含む。）の相当規定によりされた処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-1 Dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act (including orders based on it) prior to amendment by Article 2 before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of the preceding Article, those respective provisions; the same applies in the following Article and Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect are deemed to be dispositions, procedures and other acts carried out under the corresponding provisions of the Labor Standards Act (including orders based on it) as amended by that Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 産後六週間を経過する日がこの法律の施行前である女子については、第二条の規定による改正後の労働基準法第六十五条第二項の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-2 The provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2 do not apply to a woman for whom the day on which six weeks after childbirth elapse falls before this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前に第二条の規定による改正前の労働基準法第六十五条第二項ただし書の規定により就業するに至つた女子で、この法律の施行の際産後六週間を経過していないものについては、第二条の規定による改正後の労働基準法第六十五条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-3 With regard to a woman who came to be engaged in work pursuant to the proviso to Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by Article 2 before this Act comes into effect and for whom six weeks after childbirth have not elapsed at the time this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 65, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by Article 2. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律の施行前に解雇された満十八才以上の女子が帰郷する場合における旅費の負担については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-4 With regard to the bearing of travel expenses in the case where a woman 18 years of age or older who was dismissed before this Act comes into effect returns home, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-1: 前条 → 労働基準法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-3601-45/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-1 - suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-1: 次条 → 労働基準法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-3601-45/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-3 - suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-1: 附則第十九条 → 労働基準法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-3601-45/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-19 - suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-2: 労働基準法第六十五条第二項 → 労働基準法 第六十五条第二項 (Article 65, paragraph (2)), art-65/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-65/par-2 - suppl-3601-45/art-2/par-3: 労働基準法第六十五条第二項 → 労働基準法 第六十五条第二項 (Article 65, paragraph (2)), art-65/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-65/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-65/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-1/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3601-45/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3601-45/art-3/par-1 --- ## 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-004, 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