# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十五条の十五の二 (Article 25-15-2)

- 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: 第二十五条の十五の二 (Article 25-15-2)（法人の代表） — address `art-25-15-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第二十五条の十五の二（法人の代表） — Representation of the Corporation
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-25-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2</sup>

**第一項**  社会保険労務士法人の社員は、各自社会保険労務士法人を代表する。ただし、定款又は総社員の同意によつて、社員のうち特に社会保険労務士法人を代表すべきものを定めることを妨げない。
<sup>art-25-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-1</sup>
Each member of a labor and social security attorney corporation represents the labor and social security attorney corporation. However, this does not preclude the articles of incorporation or the consent of all members from specifying, from among the members, those who are in particular to represent the labor and social security attorney corporation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  紛争解決手続代理業務を行うことを目的とする社会保険労務士法人における紛争解決手続代理業務については、前項本文の規定にかかわらず、特定社員のみが、各自社会保険労務士法人を代表する。ただし、当該特定社員の全員の同意によつて、当該特定社員のうち特に紛争解決手続代理業務について社会保険労務士法人を代表すべきものを定めることを妨げない。
<sup>art-25-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the main clause of the preceding paragraph, with regard to dispute resolution procedure representation business in a labor and social security attorney corporation whose purpose is to conduct dispute resolution procedure representation business, only specified members each represent the labor and social security attorney corporation. However, this does not preclude the consent of all of the specified members concerned from specifying, from among those specified members, those who are in particular to represent the labor and social security attorney corporation with regard to dispute resolution procedure representation business.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定により社会保険労務士法人を代表する社員は、社会保険労務士法人の業務（前項の紛争解決手続代理業務を除く。）に関する一切の裁判上又は裁判外の行為をする権限を有する。
<sup>art-25-15-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-3</sup>
A member who represents the labor and social security attorney corporation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has the authority to perform all judicial and extrajudicial acts relating to the business of the labor and social security attorney corporation (excluding the dispute resolution procedure representation business referred to in the preceding paragraph).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前項の権限に加えた制限は、善意の第三者に対抗することができない。
<sup>art-25-15-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-4</sup>
No limitation on the authority under the preceding paragraph may be asserted against a third party in good faith.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  第一項の規定により社会保険労務士法人を代表する社員は、定款によつて禁止されていないときに限り、特定の行為の代理を他人に委任することができる。
<sup>art-25-15-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-5</sup>
A member who represents the labor and social security attorney corporation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) may delegate the representation of specific acts to another person only if this is not prohibited by the articles of incorporation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-25-15-2/par-2: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第一項 (Article 25-15-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-15-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-1
- art-25-15-2/par-3: 第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第一項 (Article 25-15-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-15-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-1
- art-25-15-2/par-3: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第二項 (Article 25-15-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-15-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-2
- art-25-15-2/par-4: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第三項 (Article 25-15-2, paragraph (3)), art-25-15-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-3
- art-25-15-2/par-5: 第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第一項 (Article 25-15-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-15-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第二項（法人の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第三項（法人の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-3
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第四項（法人の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-4
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の十五の二第五項（法人の代表） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-15-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-15-2/par-5

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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-20261018T205451-008, 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
