# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4029-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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## 附　則 平成二年一二月一八日労働省令第二九号
<sup>suppl-4029-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この省令は、平成三年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of April 1, 1991.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（暫定措置） — Interim Measures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  平成五年三月三十一日までの間は、改正後の労働基準法施行規則第二十六条の規定の適用については、同条中「四十四時間」とあるのは、「四十六時間」とする。
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-2/par-1</sup>
Until March 31, 1993, with respect to the application of the provisions of Article 26 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act after the amendment, the term "44 hours" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "46 hours".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三条
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  使用者は、消防職員及び常勤の消防団員については、平成四年三月三十一日までの間は、労働基準法第三十二条の規定にかかわらず、一週間について四十六時間、一日について八時間まで労働させることができる。
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1</sup>
Until March 31, 1992, an employer may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 32 of the Labor Standards Act, have fire defense personnel and full-time members of fire corps work up to 46 hours per week and up to eight hours per day.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、就業規則その他これに準ずるものにより、八週間以内の一定の期間を平均し一週間当たりの労働時間が四十六時間を超えない定めをした場合には、前項に規定する者については、同項の規定にかかわらず、その定めにより、特定された週において四十六時間又は特定された日において八時間を超えて、労働させることができる。
<sup>suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-2</sup>
If an employer has established, through the rules of employment or anything equivalent thereto, that the working hours per week averaged over a fixed period not exceeding eight weeks will not exceed 46 hours, the employer may, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, have the persons prescribed in that paragraph work more than 46 hours in a specified week or more than eight hours on a specified day, in accordance with that provision.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4029-29/art-2/par-1: 労働基準法施行規則第二十六条 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-26
- suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1: 労働基準法第三十二条 → 労働基準法 第三十二条 (Article 32), art-32 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32
- suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4029-29/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4029-29/art-3/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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-015, translated 2026-09-11
- 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