# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第百三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131. 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: 第百三十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131) — address `suppl-3221-49/art-131` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百三十一条 suppl-3221-49/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131 **第一項** 命令で定める規模以下の事業又は命令で定める業種の事業に係る第三十二条第一項（第六十条第二項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を除く。）の規定の適用については、平成九年三月三十一日までの間は、第三十二条第一項中「四十時間」とあるのは、「四十時間を超え四十四時間以下の範囲内において命令で定める時間」とする。 suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 To apply the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) (excluding the cases as applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (2)) to businesses not larger than the scale specified by an order or businesses of the categories specified by an order, the term "40 hours" in Article 32, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "hours specified by an order within the range exceeding 40 hours but not more than 44 hours" until March 31, 1997. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により読み替えて適用する第三十二条第一項の命令は、労働者の福祉、労働時間の動向その他の事情を考慮して定めるものとする。 suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2 The order referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, is established taking into consideration workers' welfare, trends in working hours, and other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する第三十二条第一項の命令を制定し、又は改正する場合においては、当該命令で、一定の規模以下の事業又は一定の業種の事業については、一定の期間に限り、当該命令の制定前又は改正前の例による旨の経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）を定めることができる。 suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3 If an order referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is established or amended, transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) to the effect that the rules before the establishment or amendment of the order continue to govern businesses not larger than a certain scale, or businesses of a certain category, only for a certain period, may be prescribed by that order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 労働大臣は、第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する第三十二条第一項の命令の制定又は改正の立案をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、中央労働基準審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。 suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4 The Minister of Labor must hear the opinions of the Central Labor Standards Council, before planning the establishment or amendment of the order referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1), as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1: 第六十条第二項 → 労働基準法 第六十条第二項 (Article 60, paragraph (2)), art-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-60/par-2 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3: 第一項 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4: 第一項 → 労働基準法 附則第百三十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 131, paragraph (1)), suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-1 - suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4: 第三十二条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-32/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 附則第百三十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-2 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十一条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-3 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-131/par-4 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-2 - 労働基準法 附則第百三十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-132/par-3 - 労働基準法 附則第二条第一項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第二条第四項（労働時間に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4051-79/art-2/par-4 --- ## 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 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27