# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31)

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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: 第三十一条 (Article 31) — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第三十一条
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-31</sup>

**第一項**  法別表第一第四号、第八号、第九号、第十号、第十一号、第十三号及び第十四号に掲げる事業並びに官公署の事業（同表に掲げる事業を除く。）については、法第三十四条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-31/par-1</sup>
The provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 34 of the Act shall not apply to the businesses designated in any of items (iv),(viii),(ix),(x),(xi), (xiii), and (xiv) of appended table 1 of the Act and businesses of public agencies (except the businesses designated in said appended table 1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-31/par-1: 法別表第一第四号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第四号 (Appended Table 1, item (iv)), appdx-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-4
- art-31/par-1: 第八号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第八号 (Appended Table 1, item (viii)), appdx-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-8
- art-31/par-1: 第九号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第九号 (Appended Table 1, item (ix)), appdx-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-9
- art-31/par-1: 第十号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第十号 (Appended Table 1, item (x)), appdx-1/item-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-10
- art-31/par-1: 第十一号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第十一号 (Appended Table 1, item (xi)), appdx-1/item-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-11
- art-31/par-1: 第十三号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第十三号 (Appended Table 1, item (xiii)), appdx-1/item-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-13
- art-31/par-1: 第十四号 → 労働基準法 別表第一第十四号 (Appended Table 1, item (xiv)), appdx-1/item-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-14
- art-31/par-1: 法第三十四条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-34/par-2

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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