Article 7-2Disqualification Clause
第七条の二（欠格条項）
A person who falls under any of the following items may not receive the designation under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article:
次の各号の一に該当する者は、前条第一項の指定を受けることができない。
a person whose designation was revoked pursuant to the provisions of Article 7-13, paragraph (2), and for whom two years have not elapsed from the date of the revocation;
第七条の十三第二項の規定により指定を取り消され、その取消しの日から二年を経過しない者
a person among whose officers who conduct its business there is a person who falls under any of the following:
その業務を行う役員のうちに、次のいずれかに該当する者がある者
a person who has violated this Act or a disposition under this Act and been sentenced to a fine or a heavier punishment, and for whom two years have not elapsed from the date on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the person ceased to be subject to its execution;
この法律又はこの法律に基づく処分に違反し、罰金以上の刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から二年を経過しない者
a person who was dismissed by an order under the provisions of Article 7-8, and for whom two years have not elapsed from the date of dismissal.
第七条の八の規定による命令により解任され、解任の日から二年を経過しない者
Article 7-3Designation criteria
第七条の三（指定の基準）
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must not make a designation under Article 7, paragraph (1) unless no other person has received the designation under that paragraph and the Minister finds that the application for the designation under that paragraph conforms to each of the following items:
the plan for the conduct of examination administration, covering staff, facilities, the method of conducting examination administration and other matters, is appropriate for the accurate conduct of examination administration;
職員、設備、試験事務の実施の方法その他の事項についての試験事務の実施に関する計画が、試験事務の適確な実施のために適切なものであること。
the applicant has the financial basis and technical capability sufficient to carry out accurately the plan for the conduct of examination administration referred to in the preceding item;
the applicant is a general incorporated association or a general incorporated foundation;
一般社団法人又は一般財団法人であること。
if the applicant conducts business other than examination administration, there is no risk that conducting that business will make examination administration unfair.
試験事務以外の業務を行つている場合には、その業務を行うことによつて試験事務が不公正になるおそれがないものであること。
Article 7-4Examination administration rules
第七条の四（試験事務規程）
A designated examination body must establish rules concerning the conduct of examination administration (hereinafter referred to as "examination administration rules") and obtain the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. The same applies when it intends to change them.
Matters to be provided for in the examination administration rules are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
試験事務規程で定めるべき事項は、経済産業省令で定める。
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that examination administration rules approved under paragraph (1) have become inappropriate for the fair conduct of examination administration, the Minister may order the designated examination body to change the examination administration rules.
A designated examination body must not suspend or abolish all or part of examination administration without obtaining the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
第七条の六（事業計画等）
A designated examination body must, before the start of each business year (for the business year that includes the date on which it received the designation, without delay after receiving the designation), prepare a business plan and an income and expenditure budget for that business year and obtain the approval of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. The same applies when it intends to change them.
指定試験機関は、毎事業年度開始前に（指定を受けた日の属する事業年度にあつては、その指定を受けた後遅滞なく）、その事業年度の事業計画及び収支予算を作成し、経済産業大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。
A designated examination body must, within three months after the end of each business year, prepare a business report and a statement of income and expenditure for that business year and submit them to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
指定試験機関は、毎事業年度経過後三月以内に、その事業年度の事業報告書及び収支決算書を作成し、経済産業大臣に提出しなければならない。
Article 7-7Appointment and dismissal of officers
第七条の七（役員の選任及び解任）
The appointment and dismissal of officers of a designated examination body do not take effect unless approved by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
指定試験機関の役員の選任及び解任は、経済産業大臣の認可を受けなければ、その効力を生じない。
Article 7-8Orders for Dismissal of Officers
第七条の八（役員の解任命令）
If an officer of a designated examination body has violated this Act (including dispositions under this Act) or the examination administration rules, or has committed a grossly inappropriate act in relation to examination administration, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order the designated examination body to dismiss that officer.
Article 7-9Electrician Examiners
第七条の九（電気工事士試験員）
When conducting examination administration, a designated examination body must have the administration relating to the determination of whether a person has the knowledge and skills necessary as an electrician carried out by an electrician examiner (hereinafter referred to as an "examiner").
When a designated examination body intends to appoint an examiner, it must appoint the examiner from among persons who meet the requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
When a designated examination body has appointed an examiner, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to that effect, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The same applies when there has been a change of examiners.
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to examiners.
Article 7-10Obligation to maintain confidentiality
第七条の十（秘密保持義務等）
An officer or employee of a designated examination body (including an examiner; the same applies in the following paragraph), or a person who formerly held such a position, must not divulge any secret learned in relation to examination administration.
An officer or employee of a designated examination body who is engaged in examination administration is deemed to be an employee engaged in public service pursuant to laws and regulations for the purpose of the application of the Penal Code (Act No. 45 of 1907) and other penal provisions.
試験事務に従事する指定試験機関の役員又は職員は、刑法（明治四十年法律第四十五号）その他の罰則の適用については、法令により公務に従事する職員とみなす。
Article 7-11On-site Inspections
第七条の十一（立入検査）
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act, have the Minister's staff enter the offices of a designated examination body and inspect the status of its business or its books, documents and other articles, or question persons concerned.
経済産業大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、その職員に、指定試験機関の事務所に立ち入り、業務の状況若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させ、又は関係者に質問させることができる。
A staff member who conducts an on-site inspection or questioning pursuant to the preceding paragraph must carry a certificate showing the staff member's identity and present it to the persons concerned.
前項の規定により立入検査又は質問をする職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係者に提示しなければならない。
The authority prescribed in paragraph (1) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.
第一項に規定する権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。
If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that a designated examination body has ceased to conform to any of the items of Article 7-3 (excluding item (iii); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), the Minister may order the designated examination body to take the measures necessary to conform to those items.
In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, if the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it necessary for the enforcement of this Act, the Minister may issue to a designated examination body any order necessary for supervision in relation to examination administration.
Article 7-13Revocation of a Designation
第七条の十三（指定の取消し等）
If a designated examination body has ceased to conform to Article 7-3, item (iii), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must revoke its designation.
If a designated examination body falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may revoke its designation or order the suspension of all or part of its examination administration for a specified period:
when it has come to fall under Article 7-2, item (ii);
第七条の二第二号に該当するに至つたとき。
when it has conducted examination administration otherwise than in accordance with the examination administration rules approved under Article 7-4, paragraph (1);
when it has violated an order under Article 7-4, paragraph (3), Article 7-8 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-9, paragraph (4)) or the preceding Article;
when it has violated Article 7-5, Article 7-6, Article 7-9, paragraphs (1) through (3), or the following Article;
第七条の五、第七条の六、第七条の九第一項から第三項まで又は次条の規定に違反したとき。
when it has received the designation by wrongful means.
不正の手段により指定を受けたとき。