# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第百三条 (Article 103)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health 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: 第百三条 (Article 103)（書類の保存等） — address `art-103`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103
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### 第百三条（書類の保存等） — (Preservation of Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、この法律又はこれに基づく命令の規定（第五十七条の二第四項及びこれに基づく命令の規定を除く。）に基づいて作成した書類（次項及び第三項の帳簿を除く。）を、保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-1</sup>
An employer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must keep the documents (excluding the records under the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) prepared under the provisions of this Act or an order under this Act (excluding the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article 57-2 and of an order under that paragraph).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  登録設計審査等機関、登録性能検査機関、登録個別検定機関、登録型式検定機関、検査業者、指定試験機関、登録教習機関、指定コンサルタント試験機関又は指定登録機関は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、設計審査等、性能検査、個別検定、型式検定、特定自主検査、免許試験、技能講習、教習、労働安全コンサルタント試験、労働衛生コンサルタント試験又はコンサルタントの登録に関する事項で、厚生労働省令で定めるものを記載した帳簿を備え、これを保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-2</sup>
Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections, registered agency for performance inspections, registered agency for individual examinations, registered agency for type examinations, registered inspection agency, designated examination board, registered training institution, designated consultant examination board, or designated registration institution must prepare and keep records that contain information regarding design reviews or post-manufacturing inspections, performance inspections, individual examinations, type examinations, specified inspections, licensing examinations, skill training courses, practical training, industrial safety consultant examinations, industrial health consultant examinations, and consultant registrations as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  コンサルタントは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その業務に関する事項で、厚生労働省令で定めるものを記載した帳簿を備え、これを保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-3</sup>
Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a consultant must prepare and keep records that contain the information prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare regarding the services thereof.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  代替化学名等通知者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第五十七条の二第四項又はこれに基づく命令の規定に基づいて作成した書類を、保存しなければならない。
<sup>art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-4</sup>
Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a person notifying an alternative chemical name, etc. must keep the documents prepared under the provisions of paragraph (4) of Article 57-2 or an order under that paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-103/par-1: 第五十七条の二第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第四項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (4)), art-57-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-4
- art-103/par-1: 次項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百三条第二項 (Article 103, paragraph (2)), art-103/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-2
- art-103/par-1: 第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百三条第三項 (Article 103, paragraph (3)), art-103/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-3
- art-103/par-4: 第五十七条の二第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第四項 (Article 57-2, paragraph (4)), art-57-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-4

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 第五十三条第一項第二号（登録の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-53/par-1/item-2
- 労働安全衛生法 第五十七条の二第四項（文書の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-57-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-57-2/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第百三条第一項（書類の保存等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-103/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-6
- 労働安全衛生法 第百二十一条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-121/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-121/par-1/item-5
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第十五項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-15

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T182624-005, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
