# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（個別検定） — address `art-44` - 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-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十四条（個別検定） — (Individual Examinations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44 **第一項** 第四十二条の機械等（次条第一項に規定する機械等を除く。）のうち、別表第三に掲げる機械等で政令で定めるものを製造し、又は輸入した者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣の登録を受けた者（以下「登録個別検定機関」という。）が個々に行う当該機械等についての検定を受けなければならない。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-1 Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a person that manufactures or imports machinery or other such equipment as referred to in Article 42 (excluding machinery or other such equipment prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article) which is set forth in Appended Table 3 and specified by Cabinet Order must subject itself to examinations for that machinery or other such equipment that an agency registered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as a "registered agency for individual examinations") undertakes on an individual basis. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、同項の機械等を輸入した者が当該機械等を外国において製造した者（以下この項において「外国製造者」という。）以外の者（以下この項において単に「他の者」という。）である場合において、当該外国製造者が当該他の者について前項の検定が行われることを希望しないときは、当該外国製造者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、自ら登録個別検定機関が個々に行う当該機械等についての検定を受けることができる。当該検定が行われた場合においては、当該機械等を輸入した者については、同項の規定は、適用しない。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the person that has imported the machinery or other such equipment referred to in the preceding paragraph is a person other than the person manufacturing it in a foreign country (hereinafter referred to as a "foreign manufacturer" in this paragraph; a person other than the foreign manufacturer is referred to simply as "other persons" hereinafter in this paragraph), and the foreign manufacturer does not wish to have examinations as referred to in the preceding paragraph undertaken in respect of other persons, the foreign manufacturer, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may itself undergo examinations for that machinery or other such equipment that a registered agency for individual examinations undertakes on an individual basis. Those provisions do not apply to a person importing machinery or other such equipment if the above individual examinations have been made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 登録個別検定機関は、前二項の検定（以下「個別検定」という。）を受けようとする者から申請があつた場合には、当該申請に係る機械等が厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合していると認めるときでなければ、当該機械等を個別検定に合格させてはならない。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-3 Having received an application from a person seeking to undergo an examination as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs (hereinafter referred to as an "individual examination"), a registered agency for individual examinations must not give a passing result on the individual examination unless the machinery or other such equipment to which the application pertains is found to conform to the standards set by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 個別検定を受けた者は、当該個別検定に合格した機械等に、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該個別検定に合格した旨の表示を付さなければならない。 art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-4 A person that has undergone individual examinations, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must affix a label to the machinery or other such equipment that has passed the individual examination indicating it to have passed that individual examination. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 個別検定に合格した機械等以外の機械等には、前項の表示を付し、又はこれと紛らわしい表示を付してはならない。 art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-5 It is prohibited to affix a label as referred to in the preceding paragraph or a label misleadingly similar thereto to machinery or other such equipment other than that which has passed an individual examination. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第一項の機械等で、第四項の表示が付されていないものは、使用してはならない。 art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-6 A person must not use machinery or other such equipment as referred to in paragraph (1) that does not have a label as referred to in paragraph (4) affixed to it. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-1: 第四十二条 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-42 - art-44/par-1: 次条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の二第一項 (Article 44-2, paragraph (1)), art-44-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-2/par-1 - art-44/par-1: 別表第三 → 労働安全衛生法 別表第三 (Appended Table 3), appdx-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/appdx-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/appdx-3 - art-44/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-2: この項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-2 - art-44/par-3: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 前二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第二項 (Article 44, paragraph (2)), art-44/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-2 - art-44/par-5: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第四項 (Article 44, paragraph (4)), art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-4 - art-44/par-6: 第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-6: 第四項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第四項 (Article 44, paragraph (4)), art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-4 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第四十三条の二第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-43-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-43-2/par-1/item-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第二項（個別検定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第三項（個別検定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第五項（個別検定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-5 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条第六項（個別検定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44/par-6 - 労働安全衛生法 第五十四条第一項（登録個別検定機関） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-54/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条第一項第四号の二（手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112/par-1/item-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112/par-1/item-4-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条の二第一項第一号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112-2/par-1/item-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-117/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-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三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/par-1/item-3 --- ## 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-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-002, 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