# 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)（年少者の労働時間に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4101-112/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第七条（年少者の労働時間に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Working Hours of Minors
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<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の際旧法第六十条第三項に規定する者を労働させることとしている使用者については、同項第二号の規定に基づき旧法第三十二条の四第一項第二号の規定の例による対象期間として定められている期間（平成十一年三月三十一日を含む期間に限る。）が終了するまでの間、新法第六十条第三項第二号中「第三十二条の四及び第三十二条の四の二の規定」とあるのは、「労働基準法の一部を改正する法律（平成十年法律第百十二号）による改正前の第三十二条の四の規定」として、同項の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1</sup>
With regard to an employer who, at the time this Act comes into effect, is to have a person prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (3) of the Former Act work, until the end of the period set as the applicable period in accordance with the provisions of Article 32-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Former Act based on the provisions of item (ii) of that paragraph (limited to a period that includes March 31, 1999), the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (3) of the New Act apply by deeming the term "the provisions of Article 32-4 and Article 32-4-2" in item (ii) of that paragraph to be replaced with "the provisions of Article 32-4 prior to amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 112 of 1998)".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1: 新法第六十条第三項第二号 → 労働基準法 第六十条第三項第二号 (Article 60, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-60/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-3/item-2
- suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1: 第三十二条の四 → 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-4101-112/art-7/par-1: 第三十二条の四の二 → 労働基準法 第三十二条の四の二 (Article 32-4-2), art-32-4-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-32-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32-4-2
- suppl-4101-112/art-7/par-1: 同項 → 労働基準法 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 附則第十条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-10/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-006, 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
