# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

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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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（検討） — address `suppl-3621-99/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第七条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後三年を経過した場合において、新法の規定の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、新法の規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-3621-99/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3621-99/art-7/par-1</sup>
In the case where three years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to take into consideration the status of enforcement of the provisions of the New Act and, when it finds it necessary, is to review the provisions of the New Act and take necessary measures based on the results of that review.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-005, 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