①If a qualified recipient receiving the training extended benefits (limited to payment of the basic allowance under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2); the same applies in Article 32, paragraph (1)), the individual extended benefits, the wide area extended benefits, or the national extended benefits has refused, without legitimate grounds, to take up the employment which has been referred to by the Public Employment Security Office, to take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, or to receive the vocational guidance necessary for facilitating re-employment given by the Public Employment Security Office in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the basic allowance is not to be paid as from the date of the refusal; provided, however, that this does not apply when the person has newly obtained recipient qualification.

②The chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to certify whether or not there are legitimate grounds prescribed in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.