# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20)

- 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: 第二十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 20) — address `suppl-3561-64/art-20`
- 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/suppl-3561-64/art-20
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-20
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### 第二十条
<sup>suppl-3561-64/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-20</sup>

**第一項**  旧法第二十五条第一項又は前条の規定により従前の例によることとされる同条同項の規定による業務の停止命令に違反した者は、一年以下の懲役又は五万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>suppl-3561-64/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-20/par-1</sup>
A person who violates an order for suspension of business under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Former Act, or under the provisions of that paragraph of that Article that are to be governed by the provisions then in force pursuant to the preceding Article, is punished by imprisonment with work for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 50,000 yen.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3561-64/art-20/par-1: 前条 → 社会保険労務士法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-3561-64/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3561-64/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3561-64/art-19

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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-20261018T205451-016, 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
