On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a decision on a person's status as an insured, standardized remuneration, insurance premiums, or insurance benefits, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the employer of an applicable place of business or of a place of business found to be an applicable place of business, or an employer that has given the consent referred to in Article 10, paragraph (2) (referred to in paragraph (4), Article 102, paragraph (2) and Article 103 as an "employer of an applicable place of business, etc."), to submit documents and other items or may have a competent official enter into the place of business and question those concerned or inspect books, documents and other items.
The provisions of Article 96, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to questioning and inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
The authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as being conferred for a criminal investigation.
第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured; nor do they apply to the employer of an applicable place of business, etc. of such a person.
第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者及びこれらの者に係る適用事業所等の事業主については、前三項の規定は、適用しない。