# 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 — 第二百五十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 251)

- 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: 第二百五十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 251) — address `suppl-4111-87/art-251`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4111-87/art-251
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### 第二百五十一条
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4111-87/art-251</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、地方公共団体が事務及び事業を自主的かつ自立的に執行できるよう、国と地方公共団体との役割分担に応じた地方税財源の充実確保の方途について、経済情勢の推移等を勘案しつつ検討し、その結果に基づいて必要な措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/suppl-4111-87/art-251/par-1</sup>
The government is to consider ways of enhancing and securing local tax revenue sources in accordance with the division of roles between the State and local governments so that local governments are able to carry out their affairs and business voluntarily and independently, while taking into consideration changes in economic conditions and other circumstances, and is to take necessary measures based on the results of that consideration.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch elderly-employment-act-20261009T093722-003, translated 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