# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号 - English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": 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-5011-24` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 令和元年六月五日法律第二四号 suppl-5011-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5011-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。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。 suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the date specified in each item: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第三条中労働施策の総合的な推進並びに労働者の雇用の安定及び職業生活の充実等に関する法律第四条の改正規定並びに次条及び附則第六条の規定　公布の日 suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions in Article 3 that amend Article 4 of the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures, and Stabilizing the Employment of Workers, and Enriching Workers' Vocational Lives, and provisions of the following Article and Article 6 of these Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二条の規定　公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 2:the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5011-24/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-5 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5011-24/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-5/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct that a person engages in before this Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第六条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5011-24/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-6 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-5011-24/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-6/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第七条（検討） — (Review) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-5011-24/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-7 **第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後の規定の施行の状況について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。 suppl-5011-24/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-7/par-1 When five years have passed since this Act came into effect, the government is to conduct a review of the status of enforcement of the provisions as amended by this Act, and when found necessary, is to take necessary measures based on the findings of the review. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第六条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-5011-24/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-6 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/womens-engagement-act/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/suppl-5011-24/art-1/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/427AC0000000064/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19