# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第十三条 (Article 13)

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- Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号
- English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（この法律違反の契約） — address `art-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-13
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### 第十三条（この法律違反の契約） — (Contracts in Violation of This Act)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  この法律で定める基準に達しない労働条件を定める労働契約は、その部分については無効とする。この場合において、無効となつた部分は、この法律で定める基準による。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-13/par-1</sup>
Any part of a labor contract that prescribes working conditions not meeting the standards of this Act is invalid. In this case, the part of the contract that is invalid is governed by the standards prescribed in this Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27