# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4201-89` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成二〇年一二月一二日法律第八九号 suppl-4201-89 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4201-89/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十二年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-4201-89/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2010. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4201-89/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-2 **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。 suppl-4201-89/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-2/par-1 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. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（検討） — Review caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4201-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3 **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（以下この条において「新法」という。）第三十七条第一項ただし書及び第百三十八条の規定の施行の状況、時間外労働の動向等を勘案し、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。 suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 If three years have elapsed since this Act came into effect, the government is to review the proviso to Article 37, paragraph (1) and the provisions of Article 138 of the Labor Standards Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as "the New Act" in this Article) while taking into consideration the status of enforcement of those provisions, trends in off-hours work and other circumstances, and is to take the necessary measures based on the results of that review. machine translation, not official **第二項** 政府は、前項に定めるものを除くほか、この法律の施行後五年を経過した場合において、新法の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、新法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。 suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-2 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, 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, when it finds it necessary, is to review the provisions of the New Act and take the necessary measures based on the results of that review. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1: この条 → 労働基準法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4201-89/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3 - suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1: 第三十七条第一項 → 労働基準法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-37/par-1 - suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 附則第三条第一項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-1 - 労働基準法 附則第三条第二項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-4201-89/art-3/par-2 --- ## 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-010, 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