# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 第二十四条 (Article 24) - Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号 - English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（手帳の失効） — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十四条（手帳の失効） — (Invalidation of a Pocketbook) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24 **第一項** 手帳は、公共職業安定所長が当該手帳の発給を受けた者が次の各号のいずれかに該当すると認めたときは、その効力を失う。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1 When the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office recognizes that a person who has received a Pocketbook falls under any of the following items, the Pocketbook becomes invalidated: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 新たに安定した職業に就いたとき。 art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-1 when the person has newly obtained stable employment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二十二条各号に掲げる要件のいずれかを欠くに至つたとき。 art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-2 when the person no longer fulfills any of the qualification requirements listed in each item of Article 22; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げるもののほか、厚生労働大臣が労働政策審議会の意見を聴いて定める要件に該当するとき。 art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-3 in addition to the provisions of the preceding two items, when the person meets any other requirements specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare after hearing the opinion of the Labour Policy Council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、公共職業安定所長は、その旨を当該手帳の発給を受けた者に通知するものとする。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to notify the person who has received the Pocketbook to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-24/par-1/item-2: 第二十二条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22 - art-24/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-2 - art-24/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-24/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-1 - art-24/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十四条第一項第三号（手帳の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-3 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十四条第二項（手帳の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09