# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第六十五条の五 (Article 65-5)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health 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: 第六十五条の五 (Article 65-5)（作業時間の制限） — address `art-65-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第六十五条の五（作業時間の制限） — (Restrictions on Working Hours)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-65-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-65-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-65-5</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、潜水業務その他の健康障害を生ずるおそれのある業務で、厚生労働省令で定めるものに従事させる労働者については、厚生労働省令で定める作業時間についての基準に違反して、当該業務に従事させてはならない。
<sup>art-65-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-65-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-65-5/par-1</sup>
An employer must not have a worker who engages in underwater operations or any operations that could cause the worker's health to be impaired and that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, engage in those operations in violation of the standards concerning working hours specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-1
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第三項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-3
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第六項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-6

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
