# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4151-104`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104
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## 附　則 平成一五年七月四日法律第一〇四号
<sup>suppl-4151-104 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-104/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4151-104/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-104/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-104/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to conduct engaged in before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第三条（検討） — Review
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-104/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後三年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後の労働基準法第十四条の規定について、その施行の状況を勘案しつつ検討を加え、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4151-104/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4151-104/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4151-104/art-3/par-1</sup>
If three years have elapsed since this Act came into effect, the government is to review the provisions of Article 14 of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Act while taking into consideration the status of their enforcement, and is to take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4151-104/art-3/par-1: 労働基準法第十四条 → 労働基準法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-14

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 附則第百三十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-3221-49/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-3221-49/art-137/par-1

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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-009, 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
