# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第七十条 (Article 70)

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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: 第七十条 (Article 70)（職業訓練に関する特例） — address `art-70`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第七十条（職業訓練に関する特例） — (Special Provisions Regarding Vocational Training)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-70</sup>

**第一項**  職業能力開発促進法（昭和四十四年法律第六十四号）第二十四条第一項（同法第二十七条の二第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の認定を受けて行う職業訓練を受ける労働者について必要がある場合においては、その必要の限度で、第十四条第一項の契約期間、第六十二条及び第六十四条の三の年少者及び妊産婦等の危険有害業務の就業制限、第六十三条の年少者の坑内労働の禁止並びに第六十四条の二の妊産婦等の坑内業務の就業制限に関する規定について、厚生労働省令で別段の定めをすることができる。ただし、第六十三条の年少者の坑内労働の禁止に関する規定については、満十六歳に満たない者に関しては、この限りでない。
<sup>art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-70/par-1</sup>
If it is necessary for a worker receiving vocational training which has received recognition provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (2) of that Act), the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) concerning the contract period, the provisions of Article 62 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for minors, the provisions of Article 64-3 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for expectant and postnatal mothers and others, the provisions of Article 63 concerning the ban on underground work by minors, and the provisions of Article 64-2 concerning restrictions on underground work by expectant and postnatal mothers may be otherwise provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that this is necessary; provided, however, that regarding the ban on underground work by minors referred to in Article 63, this does not apply to persons under 16 years of age.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If it is necessary for a worker receiving vocational training which has received recognition provided for in Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act (Act No. 64 of 1969) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (2) of that Act), the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) concerning the contract period, the provisions of Articles 62 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for minors, the provisions of Article 64-3 concerning restrictions on dangerous and hazardous operations for expectant and postnatal mothers and others, the provisions of Article 63 concerning the ban on underground work by minors, and the provisions of Article 64-2 concerning restrictions on underground work by expectant and postnatal mothers may be otherwise provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the extent that this is necessary; provided, however, that regarding the ban on underground work by minors referred to in Article 63, this does not apply to persons under 16 years of age." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-70/par-1: 職業能力開発促進法（昭和四十四年法律第六十四号）第二十四条第一項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000064, 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-70/par-1: 同法第二十七条の二第二項 → e-Gov law 344AC0000000064, 第二十七条の二第二項 (Article 27-2, paragraph (2)), art-27-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-70/par-1: 第十四条第一項 → 労働基準法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14/par-1
- art-70/par-1: 第六十二条 → 労働基準法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-62
- art-70/par-1: 第六十四条の三 → 労働基準法 第六十四条の三 (Article 64-3), art-64-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-3
- art-70/par-1: 第六十三条 → 労働基準法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-63
- art-70/par-1: 第六十四条の二 → 労働基準法 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2), art-64-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-64-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-64-2

## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 第七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-71/par-1
- 労働基準法 第七十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-72/par-1
- 労働基準法 第七十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-73/par-1
- 労働基準法 第百十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-118/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-118/par-2
- 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-4
- 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of eight provisions that cite one provision as several or put "a" before a plural, written 2026-10-07
- 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 (労働基準法), Article 70, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), 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
