An administrative authority may, when it finds it necessary for paying the job applicant benefits, order a person who obtains or seeks to obtain the recognition of unemployment prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2) pursuant to the provisions of item (i) of the same paragraph, a person who has made a request pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) or a person who receives or seeks to receive payment of the injury and disease allowance, to undergo diagnosis by a designated physician.

①An administrative authority may, when it finds it necessary for the implementation of this Act, have its officials enter the place of business which belongs to the employer who is found to employ or to have employed an insured person, qualified recipient, etc., or educational training benefit recipient or the office of the labor insurance affairs association or the office of the organization which was a labor insurance affairs association, and question the persons concerned or inspect the books and documents (in the case where electronic or magnetic record (meaning record produced by an electronic form, magnetic form or any other form that cannot be perceived by human senses, which are used for information processing by a computer) are prepared and kept in lieu of those books and documents, including the electronic or magnetic record).

②The official who enters and makes an inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must carry an identification card and present it to the persons concerned.

③The authority to conduct on-site inspections under the provisions of paragraph (1) may not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation.

With regard to the unemployment of a person who is a mariner, the phrase "又は業として" (or ... in the course of trade) in Article 10-4, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "若しくは業として" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives, ... in the course of trade), and the phrase "excluding Public Employment Security Offices and other employment security agencies)" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "excluding Public Employment Security Offices and other employment security agencies), or a specified local government prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (4) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act, a free mariner employment placement business operator prescribed in paragraph (5) of the same Article, or a person who conducts, in the course of trade, the vocational guidance prescribed in paragraph (6) of the same Article (limited to guidance conducted in accordance with the aptitude, vocational experiences and other actual circumstances of a person seeking to become a mariner) (excluding District Transport Bureaus (including Transport Supervision Departments, District Transport Offices, and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices; the same applies in Article 15, paragraph (5)) and the Mariners' Employment Promotion Center (meaning the Mariners' Employment Promotion Center prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (2) of the Act on Special Measures concerning Employment Promotion of Mariners; the same applies hereinafter))"; the terms "Public Employment Security Office" and "chief of the Public Employment Security Office" in Article 15, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 19, paragraph (3), Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 20-2, Article 21, Article 24, Article 24-2, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 29, paragraph (2), Article 30, Article 31, paragraph (2), Article 32, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 33, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 37, paragraphs (1), (2) and (7), Article 37-3, paragraph (2), Article 37-4, paragraph (5), Article 39, paragraph (2), Article 40, paragraphs (3) and (4), Article 41, paragraph (1), Article 47, paragraph (2), Article 51, paragraph (1), Article 52, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 53, paragraph (1), Article 56-3, paragraph (1) and Article 59, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "Public Employment Security Office or District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)" and "chief of the Public Employment Security Office or Director of the District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)"; the phrase "given pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations, for assisting unemployed persons" in Article 15, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "given for assisting unemployed persons"; the term "employment security agencies" in paragraph (5) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "employment security agencies, District Transport Bureaus, specified local governments prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (4) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act, the Mariners' Employment Promotion Center"; the terms "the Public Employment Security Office" and "the chief of the Public Employment Security Office" in Article 29, paragraph (1), Article 32, paragraph (1), Article 43, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 58, paragraph (1) are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "the Public Employment Security Office or District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)" and "the chief of the Public Employment Security Office or Director of the District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)"; the term "the Public Employment Security Office" as the one conducting vocational guidance in Article 29, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the Public Employment Security Office or District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)"; the term "place of business" in Article 32, paragraph (1), item (iv) and Article 52, paragraph (1), item (iii) is deemed to be replaced with "place of business or vessel falling under the provisions of Article 22 (excluding the proviso of paragraph (2)) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act"; and in Article 58, paragraph (1), the phrase "a specified local government prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (9) of the Employment Security Act" is deemed to be replaced with "a District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), a specified local government prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (9) of the Employment Security Act, a specified local government prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (4) of the Mariners' Employment Security Act", the term "the same Act" with "the Employment Security Act", and the phrase "the chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds" with "the chief of the Public Employment Security Office or Director of the District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) finds".

The chief of the Public Employment Security Office or the Director of the District Transport Bureau (including Transport Supervision Departments, and the District Transport Offices and the offices of District Transport Bureaus, Transport Supervision Departments or District Transport Offices designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in consultation with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) who receives an application for employment pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (2) (including as applied following the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article) may, when finding it necessary, entrust the recognition of unemployment to another chief of a Public Employment Security Office or Director of a District Transport Bureau.

When Cabinet Order or Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is established, amended or repealed based on this Act, necessary transitional measures may be established by the Cabinet Order or Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, respectively, within the limit deemed to be reasonably necessary. The same applies when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare specifies, amends or repeals the amount subject to automatic changing referred to in Article 18, paragraph (4) and other matters.

①Part of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in this Act may be delegated to the Prefectural Labor Director, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The authority delegated to the Prefectural Labor Director pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Beyond what is provided for in this Act, procedures necessary for the implementation of this Act and other matters are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.