# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) - Law: 職業安定法 (Employment Security Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号 - English title "Employment Security Act": 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（職業紹介の地域） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（職業紹介の地域） — (Geographical Area of Employment Placement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17 **第一項** 公共職業安定所は、求職者に対し、できる限り、就職の際にその住所又は居所の変更を必要としない職業を紹介するよう努めなければならない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-1 As much as possible, a public employment security office must endeavor to refer job seekers to positions that do not necessitate a change of domicile or residence at the time of employment. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公共職業安定所は、その管轄区域内において、求職者にその希望及び能力に適合する職業を紹介することができないとき、又は求人者の希望する求職者若しくは求人数を充足することができないときは、広範囲の地域にわたる職業紹介活動をするものとする。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-2 If a public employment security office cannot match a job seeker with an employment opportunity that aligns with their desires and abilities within its jurisdiction, or if it cannot provide a job poster with suitable job seekers or the desired number of job seekers, it is to expand its employment placement activities to cover a wider geographical area. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の広範囲の地域にわたる職業紹介活動は、できる限り近隣の公共職業安定所が相互に協力して行うように努めなければならない。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-3 Neighboring public employment security offices must endeavor to cooperate with one another as much as possible to carry out the employment placement activities covering a wide geographical area which are referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の広範囲の地域にわたる職業紹介活動に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-4 Necessary particulars related to the employment placement activities covering a wide geographical area which are referred to in paragraph (2) are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-3: 前項 → 職業安定法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-2 - art-17/par-4: 第二項 → 職業安定法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 職業安定法 第十七条第三項（職業紹介の地域） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-3 - 職業安定法 第十七条第四項（職業紹介の地域） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-17/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 職業安定法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20260401_506AC0000000050), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Security Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4627/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17