# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21)

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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
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- Provision: 第二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 21) — address `suppl-3401-130/art-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第二十一条
<sup>suppl-3401-130/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3401-130/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3401-130/art-21</sup>

**第一項**  附則第八条第一項の規定によりなお効力を有することとされる第一条の規定による改正前の労働者災害補償保険法第十七条から第十九条の二までの規定により保険給付の全部又は一部が支給されない場合において使用者が行なうべき災害補償については、なお附則第十九条の規定による改正前の労働基準法第八十四条第一項の規定の例による。
<sup>suppl-3401-130/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3401-130/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3401-130/art-21/par-1</sup>
With regard to accident compensation to be provided by an employer in the case where all or part of an insurance benefit is not paid pursuant to the provisions of Articles 17 through 19-2 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 1, which remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 84, paragraph (1) of the Labor Standards Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions continue to be followed.
<sup>machine translation, not official</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
- claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch labor-standards-act-003, translated 2026-09-11
- This site's parser, version 224 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27