# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第五条 (Article 5)

- 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
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- Provision: 第五条 (Article 5)（欠格事由） — address `art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五条（欠格事由） — Grounds for Disqualification
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、第三条の規定にかかわらず、社会保険労務士となる資格を有しない。
<sup>art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1</sup>
A person who falls under any of the following items is not qualified to be a labor and social security attorney, notwithstanding Article 3:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  未成年者
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a minor;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  破産手続開始の決定を受けて復権を得ない者
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who is subject to a decision on the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings and has not had their rights restored;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  懲戒処分により社会保険労務士の失格処分を受けた者で、その処分を受けた日から三年を経過しないもの
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person who has been subject to a disposition of disqualification as a labor and social security attorney by way of disciplinary action, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that disposition;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  この法律又は労働社会保険諸法令の規定により罰金以上の刑に処せられた者で、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過しないもの
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-4</sup>
  a person who has been sentenced to a fine or a heavier punishment under the provisions of this Act or the labor and social insurance laws and regulations, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  前号に掲げる法令以外の法令の規定により拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられた者で、その刑の執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から三年を経過しないもの
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-5</sup>
  a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or a heavier punishment under the provisions of laws and regulations other than those set out in the preceding item, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the day on which the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to its execution;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  第十四条の九第一項の規定により登録の取消しの処分を受けた者で、その処分を受けた日から三年を経過しないもの
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-6</sup>
  a person who has been subject to a disposition of revocation of registration under Article 14-9, paragraph (1), and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that disposition;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **七**  公務員（独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第四項に規定する行政執行法人（以下「行政執行法人」という。）又は地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第二項に規定する特定地方独立行政法人（以下「特定地方独立行政法人」という。）の役員又は職員を含む。）で懲戒免職の処分を受け、その処分を受けた日から三年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-7</sup>
  a person who has been subject to a disposition of disciplinary dismissal as a public officer (including an officer or staff member of an agency engaged in administrative execution prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999) (hereinafter referred to as an "agency engaged in administrative execution") or of a specified local incorporated administrative agency prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Local Independent Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 118 of 2003) (hereinafter referred to as a "specified local incorporated administrative agency")), and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that disposition;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **八**  懲戒処分により、弁護士会から除名され、公認会計士の登録の抹消の処分を受け、税理士の業務を禁止され又は行政書士の業務を禁止された者で、これらの処分を受けた日から三年を経過しないもの
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-8</sup>
  a person who, by way of disciplinary action, has been expelled from a bar association, has been subject to a disposition of cancellation of registration as a certified public accountant, has been prohibited from practicing as a certified public tax accountant, or has been prohibited from practicing as an administrative scrivener, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received those dispositions;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **九**  税理士法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十七号）第四十八条第一項の規定により同法第四十四条第三号に掲げる処分を受けるべきであつたことについて決定を受けた者で、当該決定を受けた日から三年を経過しないもの
  <sup>art-5/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-9</sup>
  a person who has received a decision under Article 48, paragraph (1) of the Certified Public Tax Accountant Act (Act No. 237 of 1951) to the effect that the person should have been subject to the disposition listed in Article 44, item (iii) of that Act, and for whom three years have not elapsed from the date on which the person received that decision.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-5/par-1: 第三条 → 社会保険労務士法 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-3
- art-5/par-1/item-5: 前号 → 社会保険労務士法 第五条第一項第四号 (Article 5, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-5/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-4
- art-5/par-1/item-6: 第十四条の九第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十四条の九第一項 (Article 14-9, paragraph (1)), art-14-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-14-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-14-9/par-1
- art-5/par-1/item-7: 独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第四項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第二条第四項 (Article 2, paragraph (4)), art-2/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-5/par-1/item-7: 地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 415AC0000000118, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-5/par-1/item-9: 税理士法（昭和二十六年法律第二百三十七号）第四十八条第一項 → e-Gov law 326AC1000000237, 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-5/par-1/item-9: 同法第四十四条第三号 → e-Gov law 326AC1000000237, 第四十四条第一項第三号 (Article 44, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-44/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第五条第一項第五号（欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-5/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-5/par-1/item-5
- 社会保険労務士法 第十四条の十第一項第四号（登録の抹消） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-14-10/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-14-10/par-1/item-4
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-4/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-5/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第九条第一項（従前の社会保険労務士に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-9/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-10/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第四十五条第一項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3591-77/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3591-77/art-45/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第百四十五条第一項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3601-34/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3601-34/art-145/par-1
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第二十条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4121-16/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4121-16/art-20/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第十二条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4131-35/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4131-35/art-12/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第四条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4151-30/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4151-30/art-4/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第二十二条第一項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-4261-67/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-4261-67/art-22/par-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-20261018T205451-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-002, 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
