# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4141-35/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4141-35/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。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-4141-35/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一**  第十三条の次に二条を加える改正規定、第十四条の二第一項の改正規定、同条の次に一条を加える改正規定、第十五条第三項の改正規定、第十七条に一項を加える改正規定、第二十九条第七項の改正規定及び第三十九条の十の改正規定並びに附則第四条第一項の改正規定（子会社及び関係会社に係る部分に限る。）　平成十四年十月一日
  <sup>suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions adding two Articles after Article 13, the provisions amending Article 14-2, paragraph (1), the provisions adding an Article after that Article, the provisions amending Article 15, paragraph (3), the provisions adding a paragraph to Article 17, the provisions amending Article 29, paragraph (7), and the provisions amending Article 39-10, and the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the part pertaining to subsidiaries and related companies): October 1, 2002;
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  **二**  第三十八条第一項の改正規定、第四十三条第一項及び第二項の改正規定並びに附則第五条を附則第六条とする改正規定、附則第四条第一項の改正規定（子会社及び関係会社に係る部分を除く。）、同条を附則第五条とする改正規定、附則第三条第五項の改正規定、同条を附則第四条とする改正規定、附則第二条の次に一条を加える改正規定及び附則第五条の規定　平成十六年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4141-35/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions amending Article 38, paragraph (1), the provisions amending Article 43, paragraphs (1) and (2) and the provisions making Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions into Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the part pertaining to subsidiaries and related companies), the provisions making Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions into Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions making Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions into Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions adding an Article after Article 2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 2004.
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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act-20261018T205639-007, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18