# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

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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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-5059-39/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第五条
<sup>suppl-5059-39/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-39/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-39/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  新規則第二十四条の二の五の規定は、有効期間の始期を令和六年四月一日以降とする法第三十八条の四第一項の決議（以下単に「決議」という。）に係る報告について適用し、有効期間の始期を令和六年三月三十一日以前とする決議に係る報告については、なお従前の例による。ただし、有効期間の始期を令和六年三月三十一日以前とする決議であって、有効期間の終期が令和六年四月一日以降であるものに係る報告については、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。）第二十四条の二の五第一項中「が行われた日」とあるのは「の有効期間の始期」と、「六箇月以内に一回、及びその後一年以内ごとに一回」とあるのは「六箇月以内ごとに一回」と読み替えて同項の規定を適用する。
<sup>suppl-5059-39/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5059-39/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5059-39/art-5/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 24-2-5 of the New Rules apply to a report pertaining to a resolution under Article 38-4, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter simply referred to as a "resolution") whose validity period is set to begin on or after April 1, 2024, and with respect to a report pertaining to a resolution whose validity period is set to begin on or before March 31, 2024, the provisions then in force continue to govern; provided, however, that with respect to a report pertaining to a resolution whose validity period is set to begin on or before March 31, 2024 and whose validity period ends on or after April 1, 2024, the provisions of Article 24-2-5, paragraph (1) 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") apply by deeming the term "the day on which the resolution was adopted" in that paragraph to be replaced with "the first day of the validity period of the resolution", and the term "once within six months, and once within every year thereafter" to be replaced with "once within every six months".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5059-39/art-5/par-1: 新規則第二十四条の二の五 → 労働基準法施行規則 第二十四条の二の五 (Article 24-2-5), art-24-2-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-24-2-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-24-2-5
- suppl-5059-39/art-5/par-1: 法第三十八条の四第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十八条の四第一項 (Article 38-4, paragraph (1)), art-38-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-38-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-38-4/par-1

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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-20260918T121515-003, 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
