# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-72. 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72) — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条 art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-72 **第一項** 第七十条の規定に基づく厚生労働省令の適用を受ける未成年者についての第三十九条の規定の適用については、同条第一項中「十労働日」とあるのは「十二労働日」と、同条第二項の表六年以上の項中「十労働日」とあるのは「八労働日」とする。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-72/par-1 To apply the provisions of Article 39 to minors who are subject to the application of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare based on the provisions of Article 70, the phrase "10 working days" in Article 39, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "12 working days", and the phrase "10 working days" in the "6 years or more" column of the table in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "8 working days". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1: 第七十条 → 労働基準法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-70 - art-72/par-1: 第三十九条 → 労働基準法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39 - art-72/par-1: 同条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-1 - art-72/par-1: 同条第二項 → 労働基準法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-39/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-1 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-135/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-135/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