# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

- Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（帳簿の保存に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4051-61/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第二条（帳簿の保存に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Related to Preservation of Account Books
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4051-61/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4051-61/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4051-61/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）前に帳簿閉鎖がされた帳簿及びその関係書類については、施行日において当該帳簿閉鎖の時から一年を経過していないものに限り、改正後の社会保険労務士法（以下「新法」という。）第十九条第二項の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-4051-61/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4051-61/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4051-61/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to account books closed before the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") and the documents related thereto, the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") apply, limited to those for which one year has not elapsed on the Effective Date from the time of that closing of the account books.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4051-61/art-2/par-1: 第十九条第二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-19/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-017, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
