# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

- Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（報告及び検査） — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24
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### 第二十四条（報告及び検査） — Reports and Inspections
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、開業社会保険労務士又は社会保険労務士法人の業務の適正な運営を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、当該開業社会保険労務士若しくは社会保険労務士法人に対し、その業務に関し必要な報告を求め、又はその職員をして当該開業社会保険労務士若しくは社会保険労務士法人の事務所に立ち入り、当該開業社会保険労務士若しくは社会保険労務士法人に質問し、若しくはその業務に関係のある帳簿書類（その作成、備付け又は保存に代えて電磁的記録の作成、備付け又は保存がされている場合における当該電磁的記録を含む。）を検査させることができる。
<sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-1</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary to ensure the proper operation of the business of a self-employed labor and social security attorney or a labor and social security attorney corporation, the Minister may require that self-employed labor and social security attorney or labor and social security attorney corporation to make a necessary report concerning its business, or have staff members enter the offices of that self-employed labor and social security attorney or labor and social security attorney corporation, question that self-employed labor and social security attorney or labor and social security attorney corporation, or inspect books and documents relating to its business (including an electronic or magnetic record where such a record has been prepared, kept or retained in lieu of preparing, keeping or retaining the books and documents).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により立入検査をしようとする職員は、その身分を示す証明書を携帯し、関係人の請求があつたときは、これを提示しなければならない。
<sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-2</sup>
A staff member seeking to carry out entry and inspection pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card and produce it when requested to do so by the persons concerned.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定による立入検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。
<sup>art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-3</sup>
The authority to conduct on-site inspections under paragraph (1) must not be construed as being vested for criminal investigation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-24/par-2: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-3: 第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第二十四条第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十四条第三項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-24/par-3
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十四条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-34/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-34/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-006, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
