# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第十六条 (Article 16)
- Law: 電気工事士法 (Electricians Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百三十九号
- English title "Electricians Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第十六条 (Article 16) — address `art-16`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-16
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### 第十六条
art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-16
**第一項** 次の各号の一に該当する者は、一万円以下の過料に処する。
art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-16/par-1
A person who falls under any of the following is subject to a civil fine of 10,000 yen or less:
machine translation, not official
**一** 正当な理由なく、第四条第六項の規定による命令に違反して電気工事士免状を返納しなかつた者
art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-16/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-16/par-1/item-1
a person who, without justifiable grounds, has failed to return an electrician license in violation of an order under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (6);
machine translation, not official
**二** 正当な理由なく、第四条の二第六項の規定による命令に違反して特種電気工事資格者認定証又は認定電気工事従事者認定証を返納しなかつた者
art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-16/par-1/item-2
a person who, without justifiable grounds, has failed to return a qualified special electrical worker certificate or a certified electrical worker certificate in violation of an order under the provisions of Article 4-2, paragraph (6).
machine translation, not official
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## Cites
- art-16/par-1/item-1: 第四条第六項 → 電気工事士法 第四条第六項 (Article 4, paragraph (6)), art-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4/par-6
- art-16/par-1/item-2: 第四条の二第六項 → 電気工事士法 第四条の二第六項 (Article 4-2, paragraph (6)), art-4-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-6
## Cited by
1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 電気工事士法 附則第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/suppl-3351-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-3351-139/par-1
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## Sources
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 電気工事士法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000139/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 電気工事士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1788), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-005, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-005, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 電気工事士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19