# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第九条の二 (Article 9-2)

- 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: 第九条の二 (Article 9-2) — address `art-9-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2
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### 第九条の二
<sup>art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2</sup>

  **第一項**  公共職業安定所に就職促進指導官を置く。
  <sup>art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2/par-1</sup>
  An employment facilitation advisor is assigned at each public employment security office.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  就職促進指導官は、専門的知識に基づいて、主として、高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第六十八号）第二十六条第一項又は第二項の指示を受けた者に対し、職業指導を行うものとする。
  <sup>art-9-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2/par-2</sup>
  An Employment Facilitation Advisor is to provide vocational guidance based on specialized knowledge, primarily to persons who have received directives under Article 26, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons (Act No. 68 of 1971).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  前二項に定めるもののほか、就職促進指導官に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働大臣が定める。
  <sup>art-9-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2/par-3</sup>
  In addition to what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare establishes the necessary particulars related to employment facilitation advisors.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-9-2/par-2: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第六十八号）第二十六条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-1
- art-9-2/par-2: 第二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-26/par-2
- art-9-2/par-3: 前二項 → 職業安定法 第九条の二第一項 (Article 9-2, paragraph (1)), art-9-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2/par-1
- art-9-2/par-3: 前二項 → 職業安定法 第九条の二第二項 (Article 9-2, paragraph (2)), art-9-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 職業安定法 第九条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-9-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-9-2/par-3
- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十九条第一項（就職促進指導官） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-29/par-1

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## 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
