# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-28/art-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（労働時間に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4119-28/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-28/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-28/art-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（労働時間に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Working Hours caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4119-28/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-28/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-28/art-2 **第一項** 平成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、この省令による改正後の労働基準法施行規則（以下「新規則」という。）第二十五条の二第一項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-1 With respect to the working hours pertaining to the week that includes March 31, 2001, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25-2, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "new Rules"). machine translation, not official **第二項** この省令の施行の際使用者がこの省令による改正前の労働基準法施行規則（以下「旧規則」という。）第二十五条の二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協定による、又は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一箇月以内の一定の期間又は旧規則第二十五条の二第三項の規定に基づく協定による、又は協定による定めをしている同項第二号の清算期間のうち平成十三年三月三十一日を含む旧規則による協定等の期間に係る労働時間については、新規則第二十五条の二第二項及び第三項の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-2 With respect to a worker whom, at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect, an employer has arranged to have work pursuant to the provisions of Article 25-2, paragraph (2) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act prior to the amendment by this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "former Rules"), with respect to the working hours pertaining to the period of an agreement, etc. under the Former Rules that includes March 31, 2001, from among the fixed periods of not more than one month specified by an agreement based on the provisions of that paragraph or by the rules of employment or an equivalent instrument, or the settlement periods referred to in item (ii) of Article 25-2, paragraph (3) of the Former Rules specified by an agreement based on the provisions of that paragraph or by an agreement, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 25-2, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the New Rules. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-1: 第二十五条の二第一項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-25-2/par-1 - suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-2: 新規則第二十五条の二第二項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十五条の二第二項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-25-2/par-2 - suppl-4119-28/art-2/par-2: 第三項 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十五条の二第三項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (3)), art-25-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-25-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-25-2/par-3 --- ## 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-016, translated 2026-09-11 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance-20260918T121515-002, translated 2026-09-18 - 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