# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二十三条 (Article 23)

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- Law: 労働基準法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年厚生省令第二十三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23) — address `art-23`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二十三条
<sup>art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-23</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、宿直又は日直の勤務で断続的な業務について、様式第十号によつて、所轄労働基準監督署長の許可を受けた場合は、これに従事する労働者を、法第三十二条の規定にかかわらず、使用することができる。
<sup>art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-23/par-1</sup>
When an employer has obtained the permission from the Director of the Labor Standards Office Concerned according to Form No. 10 with respect to night- or day-duty intermittent work, the worker may employ workers who are engaged in such work, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32 of the Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-23/par-1: 様式第十号 → 労働基準法施行規則 様式第十号 (Form No. 10), form-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-10
- art-23/par-1: 法第三十二条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32 (e-Gov law ID 322AC0000000049)

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322M40000100023/20260401_508M60000100057), retrieved 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2605/tb), retrieved 2026-09-10
- This site's parser, version 222 — 労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-10