# 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-5061-42`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42
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## 附　則 令和六年五月三一日法律第四二号
<sup>suppl-5061-42 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5061-42/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和七年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2025; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第三条中次世代育成支援対策推進法附則第二条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第三条、第八条、第十条及び第十三条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions in Article 3 amending Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, and the provisions of Articles 3, 8, 10 and 13 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十三条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-5061-42/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5061-42/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-13/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十三条 → 労働基準法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-5061-42/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/suppl-5061-42/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-13

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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-5061-42/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5061-42/art-1/par-1/item-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-012, 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
