# 少年法 / Juveniles Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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- Law: 少年法 (Juveniles Act), 昭和二十三年法律第百六十八号
- English title "Juveniles 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（労働時間に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3621-99/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二条（労働時間に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Working Hours
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<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  昭和六十三年三月三十一日を含む一週間に係る労働時間については、この法律による改正後の労働基準法（以下「新法」という。）第三十二条第一項、第三十三条、第三十六条、第三十七条、第六十条、第六十四条の二及び第六十六条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to working hours for the week that includes March 31, 1988, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1), Article 33, Article 36, Article 37, Article 60, Article 64-2 and Article 66, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act").
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**第二項**  この法律の施行の際使用者がこの法律による改正前の労働基準法（以下「旧法」という。）第三十二条第二項の規定により労働させることとしている労働者に関しては、同項の規定に基づく就業規則その他これに準ずるものによる定めをしている四週間以内の一定の期間のうち昭和六十三年三月三十一日を含む期間に係る労働時間については、新法第三十二条、第三十二条の二、第三十三条、第三十六条、第三十七条、第六十四条の二及び第六十六条第二項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-2</sup>
With respect to a worker whom an employer, at the time this Act comes into effect, is to have work under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) of the Labor Standards Act prior to amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act"), with regard to working hours for the period that includes March 31, 1988 among the fixed periods of not more than four weeks provided for in the rules of employment or other equivalent instrument based on the provisions of that paragraph, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32, Article 32-2, Article 33, Article 36, Article 37, Article 64-2 and Article 66, paragraph (2) of the New Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第三十三条 → 労働基準法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-33
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第三十六条 → 労働基準法 第三十六条 (Article 36), art-36 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-36
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第三十七条 → 労働基準法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第六十条 → 労働基準法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第六十四条の二 → 労働基準法 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2), art-64-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2
- suppl-3621-99/art-2/par-1: 第六十六条第二項 → 労働基準法 第六十六条第二項 (Article 66, paragraph (2)), art-66/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-66/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 少年法 附則第五条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-5/par-1
- 少年法 附則第六条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/suppl-3621-99/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/suppl-3621-99/art-6/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 少年法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000168/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Juveniles Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4827/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch juvenile-act-20261102T172711-003, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 少年法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
