# 雇用保険法施行規則 / Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31)

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- Law: 雇用保険法施行規則 (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act), 昭和五十年労働省令第三号
- English title "Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
- Kind: MinisterialOrdinance — 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（受給期間延長の申出） — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-22
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### 第三十一条（受給期間延長の申出） — Application for Extension of the Benefit Period
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<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31</sup>

    **第一項**  法第二十条第一項の申出は、医師の証明書その他の同項に規定する理由に該当することを証明することができる書類及び受給資格者証（受給資格者証の交付を受けていない場合（受給資格通知の交付を受けた場合を除く。）には、離職票（二枚以上の離職票を保管するときは、その全ての離職票）。以下この条において同じ。）を添えて（当該申出を行う者が受給資格通知の交付を受けた場合にあつては、当該書類の添付に併せて個人番号カードを提示して）受給期間延長等申請書（様式第十六号）を管轄公共職業安定所の長に提出することによつて行うものとする。
    <sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1</sup>
    The application under Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act is to be made by submitting a written application for extension, etc. of the benefit period (Form No. 16) to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office, attaching a certificate from a physician or other documents capable of proving that the person falls under the reasons prescribed in that paragraph, and the qualified recipient's certificate (where the qualified recipient's certificate has not been issued (excluding where a notice of recipient qualification has been issued), the separation slip (where two or more separation slips are held, all of them); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) (and, where the person making the application has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, presenting the Individual Number Card together with attaching those documents).
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    **第二項**  受給資格者は、前項の規定にかかわらず、第八項の規定により準用する第二十二条第一項ただし書に規定するときのほか、職業安定局長が定めるところにより、受給資格者証を添えない（当該受給資格者が受給資格通知の交付を受けた場合にあつては、個人番号カードを提示しない）ことができる。
    <sup>art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-2</sup>
    Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a qualified recipient may, in addition to the case prescribed in the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (8), omit attaching the qualified recipient's certificate (or, where the qualified recipient has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, presenting the Individual Number Card), as specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau.
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    **第三項**  第一項の申出は、当該申出に係る者が法第二十条第一項に規定する者に該当するに至つた日の翌日から、当該者に該当するに至つた日の直前の同項第一号に規定する基準日の翌日から起算して四年を経過する日までの間（同項の規定により加算された期間が四年に満たない場合は、当該期間の最後の日までの間）にしなければならない。ただし、天災その他申出をしなかつたことについてやむを得ない理由があるときは、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-31/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-3</sup>
    The application under paragraph (1) must be made during the period from the day following the day on which the person concerned came to fall under the persons prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act until the day on which four years elapse counting from the day following the basis day prescribed in item (i) of that paragraph immediately preceding the day on which the person came to fall under those persons (where the period after the addition under that paragraph is less than four years, until the last day of that period); provided, however, that this does not apply where there is an unavoidable reason, such as a natural disaster, for not having made the application.
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    **第四項**  前項ただし書の場合における第一項の申出は、当該理由がやんだ日の翌日から起算して七日以内にしなければならない。
    <sup>art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-4</sup>
    The application under paragraph (1) in the case of the proviso to the preceding paragraph must be made within seven days counting from the day following the day on which that reason ceased.
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    **第五項**  第三項ただし書の場合における第一項の申出は、受給期間延長等申請書に天災その他の申出をしなかつたことについてやむを得ない理由を証明することができる書類を添えなければならない。
    <sup>art-31/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-5</sup>
    For the application under paragraph (1) in the case of the proviso to paragraph (3), documents capable of proving the unavoidable reason, such as a natural disaster, for not having made the application must be attached to the written application for extension, etc. of the benefit period.
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    **第六項**  管轄公共職業安定所の長は、第一項の申出をした者が法第二十条第一項に規定する者に該当すると認めたときは、その者に受給期間延長等通知書（様式第十七号）を交付しなければならない。この場合（第二項又は第八項の規定により準用する第二十二条第一項ただし書の規定により受給資格者証を添えないで第一項の申出を受けたとき（当該申出をした者が受給資格通知の交付を受けたことにより、受給資格者証を添えないで当該提出をしたときを除く。）を除く。）において、管轄公共職業安定所の長は、受給資格者証に必要な事項を記載した上、返付（当該者が受給資格通知の交付を受けた場合にあつては、受給資格通知に必要な事項を記載した上、交付）しなければならない。
    <sup>art-31/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-6</sup>
    When the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office finds that a person who has made the application under paragraph (1) falls under the persons prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act, the Chief must issue to that person a written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period (Form No. 17). In this case (excluding where the application under paragraph (1) is received without the qualified recipient's certificate attached pursuant to paragraph (2), or to the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (8) (excluding where the person who made the application has made that submission without attaching the qualified recipient's certificate because the person was issued a notice of recipient qualification)), the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office must, after entering the necessary particulars in the qualified recipient's certificate, return it (or, where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, after entering the necessary particulars in the notice of recipient qualification, issue it).
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    **第七項**  前項の規定により受給期間延長等通知書の交付を受けた者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、速やかに、その旨を管轄公共職業安定所の長に届け出るとともに、当該各号に掲げる書類を提出（当該者が受給資格通知の交付を受けた場合にあつては、併せて個人番号カードを提示）しなければならない。この場合において、管轄公共職業安定所の長は、提出を受けた書類に必要な事項を記載した上、返付（第二号に規定する場合であつて、当該者が受給資格通知の交付を受けたときは、提出を受けた受給期間延長等通知書に必要な事項を記載した上、返付するとともに、受給資格通知に必要な事項を記載した上、交付）しなければならない。
    <sup>art-31/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-7</sup>
    A person who has been issued a written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period under the preceding paragraph must, if falling under any of the following items, promptly report that fact to the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office and submit the documents listed in that item (and, where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, also present the Individual Number Card). In this case, the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office must, after entering the necessary particulars in the documents submitted, return them (or, in the case prescribed in item (ii) where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification, after entering the necessary particulars in the written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period submitted, return it, and after entering the necessary particulars in the notice of recipient qualification, issue it).
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      **一**  その者が提出した受給期間延長等申請書の記載内容に重大な変更があつた場合　交付を受けた受給期間延長等通知書
      <sup>art-31/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-7/item-1</sup>
      where there has been a material change in the particulars stated in the written application for extension, etc. of the benefit period that the person submitted: the written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period issued to the person;
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      **二**  法第二十条第一項に規定する理由がやんだ場合　受給資格者証（当該者が受給資格通知の交付を受けたときを除く。）及び交付を受けた受給期間延長等通知書
      <sup>art-31/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-7/item-2</sup>
      where the reason prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) of the Act has ceased: the qualified recipient's certificate (excluding where that person has been issued a notice of recipient qualification) and the written notice of extension, etc. of the benefit period issued to the person.
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    **第八項**  第十七条の二第四項の規定は、第一項及び前項の場合並びに第三項ただし書の場合における第一項の申出に、第二十二条第一項ただし書の規定は、第一項及び前項の場合について準用する。
    <sup>art-31/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-8</sup>
    The provisions of Article 17-2, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph and to the application under paragraph (1) in the case of the proviso to paragraph (3), and the provisions of the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to the cases of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph.
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## Cites
- art-31/par-1: 法第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)
- art-31/par-1: この条 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31
- art-31/par-1: 様式第十六号 → 雇用保険法施行規則 様式第十六号 (Form No. 16), form-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-16
- art-31/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-2: 第八項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第八項 (Article 31, paragraph (8)), art-31/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-8
- art-31/par-2: 第二十二条第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-22/par-1
- art-31/par-3: 第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-3: 法第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)
- art-31/par-3: 同項第一号 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項第一号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-20/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1/item-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)
- art-31/par-4: 前項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-3
- art-31/par-4: 第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-5: 第三項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-3
- art-31/par-5: 第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-6: 第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-6: 法第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)
- art-31/par-6: 様式第十七号 → 雇用保険法施行規則 様式第十七号 (Form No. 17), form-17 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/form-17
- art-31/par-6: 第二項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第二項 (Article 31, paragraph (2)), art-31/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-2
- art-31/par-6: 第八項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第八項 (Article 31, paragraph (8)), art-31/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-8
- art-31/par-6: 第二十二条第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-22/par-1
- art-31/par-7: 前項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第六項 (Article 31, paragraph (6)), art-31/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-6
- art-31/par-7: 第二号 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第七項第二号 (Article 31, paragraph (7), item (ii)), art-31/par-7/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-7/item-2
- art-31/par-7/item-2: 法第二十条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act/art-20/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 349AC0000000116)
- art-31/par-8: 第十七条の二第四項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第十七条の二第四項 (Article 17-2, paragraph (4)), art-17-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-17-2/par-4
- art-31/par-8: 第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-8: 前項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第七項 (Article 31, paragraph (7)), art-31/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-7
- art-31/par-8: 第三項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第三項 (Article 31, paragraph (3)), art-31/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-3
- art-31/par-8: 第二十二条第一項 → 雇用保険法施行規則 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-22/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 雇用保険法施行規則 第十九条第一項（受給資格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-19/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第一項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第二項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-2
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第三項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-3
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第四項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-4
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第五項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-5
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第六項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-6
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第七項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-7
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条第八項（受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31/par-8
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条の三第四項（定年退職者等に係る受給期間延長の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31-3/par-4
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第三十一条の六第六項（支給の期間の特例の申出） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-31-6/par-6
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第六十三条第三項（傷病手当の認定手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-63/par-3
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第六十五条の五第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-65-5/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第六十九条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-69/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第七十七条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-77/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 第百四十四条の二第一項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/art-144-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二十七条第一項第一号（教育訓練支援給付金の受給資格の決定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-3/art-27/par-1/item-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二十八条第三項（法附則第十一条の二第二項に規定する厚生労働省令で定める失業の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-3/art-28/par-3
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第三十二条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3509-3/art-32/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3569-17/par-3
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（雇用保険法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3599-17/art-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第二項（雇用保険法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-3599-17/art-2/par-2
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4079-1/art-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第五条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4119-6/art-5/par-1
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第二項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4189-124/art-2/par-2
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第十項（雇用保険法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4199-97/art-2/par-10
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第六条第七項（雇用保険法施行規則の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4219-168/art-6/par-7
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4229-17/par-4
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第十項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4269-52/art-2/par-10
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第三項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4279-60/art-2/par-3
- 雇用保険法施行規則 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance/suppl-4299-55/art-2/par-1

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- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-10-22 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/350M50002000003/20261022_508M60000100149), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance-20261106T171536-009, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch employment-insurance-act-enforcement-ordinance-20261106T171536-009, translated 2026-11-07
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