# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第五十七条 (Article 57) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-57. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号 - English title "Labor Standards 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: 第五十七条 (Article 57)（年少者の証明書） — address `art-57` - Text in force since: 2026-07-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-57 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-57 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十七条（年少者の証明書） — (Certificates for Minors) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-57 **第一項** 使用者は、満十八才に満たない者について、その年齢を証明する戸籍証明書を事業場に備え付けなければならない。 art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-57/par-1 An employer must keep family register certificates at the workplace, proving the ages of children under 18 years of age. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 使用者は、前条第二項の規定によつて使用する児童については、修学に差し支えないことを証明する学校長の証明書及び親権者又は後見人の同意書を事業場に備え付けなければならない。 art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-57/par-2 Regarding a child employed pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, an employer must keep at the workplace a certificate issued by the head of that child's school certifying that the child's employment does not hinder their attendance at school, or a written document of consent from the person who has parental authority for, or is the legal guardian of, the child. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-57/par-2: 前条第二項 → 労働基準法 第五十六条第二項 (Article 56, paragraph (2)), art-56/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-56/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働基準法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-120/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27 - This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27