# 労働基準法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)

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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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-5079-62/art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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<sup>suppl-5079-62/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5079-62/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5079-62/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この省令の施行前にした行為に対する懲役、禁錮若しくは刑法等の一部を改正する法律第二条の規定による改正前の刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）第十六条に規定する拘留（以下この条において「旧拘留」という。）の刑の執行のため刑事施設（少年法（昭和二十三年法律第百六十八号）第五十六条第三項の規定により少年院において刑を執行する場合における当該少年院を含む。）に拘置されている場合又は留置施設に留置されて懲役、禁錮若しくは旧拘留の刑の執行を受けている場合におけるこの省令による改正後の次に掲げる省令の規定の適用については、拘禁刑若しくは拘留の刑の執行のため刑事施設に拘置され、又は留置施設に留置されて拘禁刑若しくは拘留の刑の執行を受けているものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of the provisions of the following Ministerial Orders as amended by this Ministerial Order in the case where a person is detained in a penal institution (including, in the case where a sentence is executed in a juvenile training school pursuant to the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (3) of the Juveniles Act (Act No. 168 of 1948), that juvenile training school) for the execution of a sentence of imprisonment with work, imprisonment without work, or penal detention prescribed in Article 16 of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 2 of the Act Partially Amending the Penal Code and Other Acts (hereinafter referred to as "former penal detention" in this Article) imposed for an act committed before this Ministerial Order comes into effect, or in the case where a person is detained in a detention facility and undergoing the execution of a sentence of imprisonment with work, imprisonment without work, or former penal detention, the person is deemed to be detained in a penal institution for the execution of a sentence of imprisonment or penal detention, or to be detained in a detention facility and undergoing the execution of a sentence of imprisonment or penal detention.
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  **一及び二**  略
  <sup>suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-1-to-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-1-to-2</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  労働基準法施行規則第三十七条の二第一号
  <sup>suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  Article 37-2, item (i) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-5079-62/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5079-62/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5079-62/art-2
- suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1: 少年法（昭和二十三年法律第百六十八号）第五十六条第三項 → 少年法 第五十六条第三項 (Article 56, paragraph (3)), art-56/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/juvenile-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000168/art-56/par-3
- suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1/item-3: 労働基準法施行規則第三十七条の二第一号 → 労働基準法施行規則 第三十七条の二第一項第一号 (Article 37-2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-37-2/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-37-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/art-37-2/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

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

- 労働基準法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-5079-62/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322M40000100023/suppl-5079-62/art-2/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-021, 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
