# 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-4181-82`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82
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## 附　則 平成一八年六月二一日法律第八二号
<sup>suppl-4181-82 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4181-82/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十九年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4181-82/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2007.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第四条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4181-82/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-4</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-4181-82/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-4/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>

### 第五条（検討） — Review
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4181-82/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、新法及び第二条の規定による改正後の労働基準法第六十四条の二の規定の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、これらの規定について検討を加え、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-4181-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4181-82/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4181-82/art-5/par-1</sup>
If five years have elapsed since this Act came into effect, the government is to take into consideration the status of enforcement of the new Act and of the provisions of Article 64-2 of the Labor Standards Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2, and, when it finds it necessary, is to review those provisions and take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-82/art-5/par-1: 労働基準法第六十四条の二 → 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

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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