# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第五条の七 (Article 5-7) - 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: 第五条の七 (Article 5-7)（求職の申込み） — address `art-5-7` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-7 - 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. --- ### 第五条の七（求職の申込み） — (Filing a Job-Seeking Application) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-5-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-7 **第一項** 公共職業安定所、特定地方公共団体及び職業紹介事業者は、求職の申込みは全て受理しなければならない。ただし、その申込みの内容が法令に違反するときは、これを受理しないことができる。 art-5-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-7/par-1 A public employment security office, specified local public entity, or employment placement service provider must accept all job-seeking applications. However, they reserve the right to reject any application that violates a law or regulation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公共職業安定所、特定地方公共団体及び職業紹介事業者は、特殊な業務に対する求職者の適否を決定するため必要があると認めるときは、試問及び技能の検査を行うことができる。 art-5-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-7/par-2 A public employment security office, specified local public entity, or employment placement service provider may implement testing and skills assessments if it finds this necessary for determining a job seeker's suitability for a particular kind of work. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第二項（職業安定法の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-27/par-2 - 職業安定法 第二十七条第三項（学校による公共職業安定所業務の分担） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-27/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-27/par-3 - 職業安定法 第二十九条第四項（地方公共団体の行う職業紹介） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-4 - 職業安定法 第三十二条の十一第二項（取扱職業の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-32-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-32-11/par-2 - 職業安定法 第三十二条の十二第二項（取扱職種の範囲等の届出等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-32-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-32-12/par-2 - 職業安定法 第三十三条の二第六項（学校等の行う無料職業紹介事業） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-33-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-33-2/par-6 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十八条第三項（業務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-38/par-3 --- ## 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