# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

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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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（検討） — address `suppl-5021-13/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第三条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-5021-13/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-3</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、この法律による改正後の規定について、その施行の状況を勘案しつつ検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、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-5021-13/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-standards-act/suppl-5021-13/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/suppl-5021-13/art-3/par-1</sup>
If five years have elapsed since this Act came into effect, the government is to review the provisions as amended by this Act while taking into consideration the status of their enforcement, and, when it finds it necessary, is to take the necessary measures based on the results of that review.
<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-011, 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