# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第七条の九 (Article 7-9)

- 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: 第七条の九 (Article 7-9)（電気工事士試験員） — address `art-7-9`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9
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### 第七条の九（電気工事士試験員） — Electrician Examiners
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-7-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9</sup>

**第一項**  指定試験機関は、試験事務を行う場合において、電気工事士として必要な知識及び技能を有するかどうかの判定に関する事務については、電気工事士試験員（以下「試験員」という。）に行わせなければならない。
<sup>art-7-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-1</sup>
When conducting examination administration, a designated examination body must have the administration relating to the determination of whether a person has the knowledge and skills necessary as an electrician carried out by an electrician examiner (hereinafter referred to as an "examiner").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  指定試験機関は、試験員を選任しようとするときは、経済産業省令で定める要件を備える者のうちから選任しなければならない。
<sup>art-7-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-2</sup>
When a designated examination body intends to appoint an examiner, it must appoint the examiner from among persons who meet the requirements specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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**第三項**  指定試験機関は、試験員を選任したときは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、経済産業大臣にその旨を届け出なければならない。試験員に変更があつたときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-7-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-3</sup>
When a designated examination body has appointed an examiner, it must notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry to that effect, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The same applies when there has been a change of examiners.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前条の規定は、試験員に準用する。
<sup>art-7-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-4</sup>
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to examiners.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7-9/par-4: 前条 → 電気工事士法 第七条の八 (Article 7-8), art-7-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-8

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 電気工事士法 第七条の十三第二項第三号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-13/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13/par-2/item-3
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十三第二項第四号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-13/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13/par-2/item-4
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十五第一項（聴聞の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15/par-1
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十五第二項（聴聞の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/electricians-act/art-7-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15/par-2
- 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-20261019T092227-003, 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
