# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4261-82/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-5
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### 第五条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures for Penal Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4261-82/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条第二号から第四号までに掲げる規定については、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為、前条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為及び改正前の労働安全衛生法第八十八条第一項の規定に違反する行為（一部施行日以後にした行為のうち、同項に規定する届出をせずに一部施行日から起算して二十九日を経過する日までに開始した工事に係るものに限る。）に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person has engaged before the entry into effect of this Act (or of the provisions set forth in items (ii) through (iv) of Article 1 of Supplementary Provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), to conduct in which a person has engaged after the entry into effect of this Act in a situation that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to the preceding Article, and to conduct that violates the pre-amendment provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (limited to conduct in which a person has engaged, after the partial effective date, in connection with construction that has been commenced by the final day in the twenty-nine-day period beginning on the partial effective day without a notification having been filed as prescribed in that paragraph).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to conduct in which a person has engaged before the entry into effect of this Act (or of the provisions set forth in items (ii) through (iv) of Article 1 of Supplementary Provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), to conduct in which a person has engaged after the entry into effect of this Act in a situation that prior laws continue to govern pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions, and to conduct that violates the pre-amendment provisions of paragraph (1) of Article 88 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (limited to conduct in which a person has engaged, after the partial effective date, in connection with construction that has been commenced before the final day in the twenty-nine-day period beginning on the partial effective day without a notification having been filed as prescribed in that paragraph)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条第二号から第四号まで → 労働安全衛生法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条第二号から第四号まで → 労働安全衛生法 附則第一条第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-3
- suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条第二号から第四号まで → 労働安全衛生法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-4
- suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1: この条 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4261-82/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-5
- suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1: 前条 → 労働安全衛生法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4261-82/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-4

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 労働安全衛生法 附則第五条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-5/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/suppl-4261-82/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/suppl-4261-82/art-6/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-18
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法), Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
