# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第五十六条 (Article 56) - Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号 - English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56)（納付金の納付等） — address `art-56` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十六条（納付金の納付等） — (Payment of the Levy) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56 **第一項** 事業主は、各年度ごとに、当該年度に係る納付金の額その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を記載した申告書を翌年度の初日（当該年度の中途に事業を廃止した事業主にあつては、当該事業を廃止した日）から四十五日以内に機構に提出しなければならない。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 For each fiscal year, an employer must submit to JEED a reporting form that specifies the amount of the levy for that fiscal year and other particulars provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, within 45 days after the first day of the following fiscal year (if an employer has discontinued business operations in the middle of the relevant fiscal year, within 45 days after the date on which they discontinued those business operations). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業主は、前項の申告に係る額の納付金を、同項の申告書の提出期限までに納付しなければならない。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-2 An employer must pay the levy in the amount specified in the reporting form referred to in the preceding paragraph on or before the due date for submission of the reporting form that is referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申告書には、当該年度に属する各月ごとの初日における各事業所ごとの労働者の数及び対象障害者である労働者の数その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を記載した書類を添付しなければならない。 art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-3 An employer must attach documents specifying the numbers of workers and qualifying disabled workers at each place of business as of the first day of each month of the relevant fiscal year and giving other particulars provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the reporting form as referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 機構は、事業主が第一項の申告書の提出期限までに同項の申告書を提出しないとき、又は同項の申告書の記載に誤りがあると認めたときは、納付金の額を決定し、事業主に納入の告知をする。 art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 If an employer does not submit a reporting form as referred in paragraph (1) on or before the due date for submission referred to in that paragraph, or if JEED finds an error in a reporting form entry referred to in that paragraph, JEED is to determine the amount of the levy and issue a payment notice to the employer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前項の規定による納入の告知を受けた事業主は、第一項の申告書を提出していないとき（納付すべき納付金の額がない旨の記載をした申告書を提出しているときを含む。）は前項の規定により機構が決定した額の納付金の全額を、第一項の申告に係る納付金の額が前項の規定により機構が決定した納付金の額に足りないときはその不足額を、その通知を受けた日から十五日以内に機構に納付しなければならない。 art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-5 An employer that has been issued a payment notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must make a payment to JEED within 15 days after the day on which they are notified of this; if they have not submitted a reporting form as referred to in paragraph (1) (or if they have filed a reporting form indicating that there is no amount of levy to be paid), the employer must pay the entire amount of the levy that JEED has determined pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and if the amount of the levy reported as referred to in paragraph (1) falls short of the amount of the levy that JEED has determined pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the employer must pay the amount of the shortfall. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 事業主が納付した納付金の額が、第四項の規定により機構が決定した納付金の額を超える場合には、機構は、その超える額について、未納の納付金その他この款の規定による徴収金があるときはこれに充当し、なお残余があれば還付し、未納の納付金その他この款の規定による徴収金がないときはこれを還付しなければならない。 art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-6 If the amount of the levy an employer has paid exceeds the amount of the levy that JEED has determined pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) and the employer has any unpaid levy or other amount to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Subdivision, JEED is to allocate the amount paid in excess to cover this and then must return any balance that remains; if the amount of the levy an employer has paid exceeds the amount of the levy that JEED has determined pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) and the employer has no unpaid levy or other amount to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Subdivision, JEED must return the amount paid in excess. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 第四十八条第八項の規定は、親事業主、関係親事業主又は特定組合等に係る第一項、第三項及び第四項の規定の適用について準用する。この場合において、同条第八項中「とみなす」とあるのは、「と、当該子会社及び当該関係会社の事業所は当該親事業主の事業所と、当該関係子会社の事業所は当該関係親事業主の事業所と、当該特定事業主の事業所は当該特定組合等の事業所とみなす」と読み替えるものとする。 art-56/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-7 The provisions of Article 48, paragraph (8) apply mutatis mutandis to the application of the provisions of paragraph (1), paragraph (3), and paragraph (4) with regard to the parent employer, related parent employer or specified cooperative or association. In such a case, "deemed" in paragraph (8) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the places of business of the subsidiary and the related companies are deemed as the places of business of the parent employer, the places of business of the related company are deemed as the places of business of the related parent employer, and the places of business of the specified employer are deemed as the places of business of the specified cooperative or association". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-2: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-3: 第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-4: 第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-5: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第四項 (Article 56, paragraph (4)), art-56/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 - art-56/par-5: 第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-6: 第四項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第四項 (Article 56, paragraph (4)), art-56/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 - art-56/par-7: 第四十八条第八項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第四十八条第八項 (Article 48, paragraph (8)), art-48/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-48/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-48/par-8 - art-56/par-7: 第一項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-1 - art-56/par-7: 第三項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第三項 (Article 56, paragraph (3)), art-56/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-3 - art-56/par-7: 第四項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第四項 (Article 56, paragraph (4)), art-56/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第二項（納付金の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-2 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第三項（納付金の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-3 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第四項（納付金の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-4 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第五項（納付金の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-5 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第六項（納付金の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-6 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十六条第七項（納付金の納付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-56/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-56/par-7 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第五十八条第一項（追徴金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-58/par-1 - 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第七十四条の二第九項（在宅就業障害者特例調整金） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-74-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-74-2/par-9 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18