# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第五十六条 (Article 56) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56. 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 (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: 第五十六条 (Article 56)（最低年齢） — address `art-56` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十六条（最低年齢） — (Minimum Age) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56 **第一項** 使用者は、児童が満十五歳に達した日以後の最初の三月三十一日が終了するまで、これを使用してはならない。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56/par-1 An employer must not employ a child until the end of the first 31st of March that falls on or after the day on which the child reaches 15 years of age. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、別表第一第一号から第五号までに掲げる事業以外の事業に係る職業で、児童の健康及び福祉に有害でなく、かつ、その労働が軽易なものについては、行政官庁の許可を受けて、満十三歳以上の児童をその者の修学時間外に使用することができる。映画の製作又は演劇の事業については、満十三歳に満たない児童についても、同様とする。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, outside of school hours, an employer may employ a child of at least 13 years of age in an occupation involved in a business other than a business stated in items (i) through (v) of Appended Table 1 which involves light labor that is not injurious to the child's health and welfare, with the permission of the relevant government agency. The same applies to a child under 13 years of age employed in the business of film production and theatrical performance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-2: 別表第一第一号から第五号まで → 労働基準法 別表第一第一号 (Appended Table 1, item (i)), appdx-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-1 - art-56/par-2: 別表第一第一号から第五号まで → 労働基準法 別表第一第二号 (Appended Table 1, item (ii)), appdx-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-2 - art-56/par-2: 別表第一第一号から第五号まで → 労働基準法 別表第一第三号 (Appended Table 1, item (iii)), appdx-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-3 - art-56/par-2: 別表第一第一号から第五号まで → 労働基準法 別表第一第四号 (Appended Table 1, item (iv)), appdx-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-4 - art-56/par-2: 別表第一第一号から第五号まで → 労働基準法 別表第一第五号 (Appended Table 1, item (v)), appdx-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/appdx-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/appdx-1/item-5 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令 第五条第一項第一号（法第十九条の二十六第一項第二号の出入国又は労働に関する法律の規定であって政令で定めるもの） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/410CO0000000178/art-5/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 第五十六条第二項（最低年齢） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56/par-2 - 労働基準法 第五十七条第二項（年少者の証明書） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-57/par-2 - 労働基準法 第六十条第二項（労働時間及び休日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-2 - 労働基準法 第六十一条第五項（深夜業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-61/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-61/par-5 - 労働基準法 第百十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-118/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第六条第三項（最低年齢に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4101-112/art-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4101-112/art-6/par-3 --- ## 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