# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第十四条 (Article 14)

- Law: 次世代育成支援対策推進法 (Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children), 平成十五年法律第百二十号
- English title "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children": 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: 第十四条 (Article 14)（認定一般事業主の表示等） — address `art-14`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14
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### 第十四条（認定一般事業主の表示等） — (Marks Indicating Certified General Employers)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14</sup>

  **第一項**  前条の認定を受けた一般事業主（以下「認定一般事業主」という。）は、商品又は役務、その広告又は取引に用いる書類若しくは通信その他の厚生労働省令で定めるもの（次項及び第十五条の四第一項において「広告等」という。）に厚生労働大臣の定める表示を付することができる。
  <sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14/par-1</sup>
  A general employer who has been certified as prescribed in the preceding Article (referred to below as the "certified general employer") may affix a mark specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to goods or services, documents or communications used for advertisements or transactions, and other items specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "advertisements, etc." in the following paragraph and Article 15-4, paragraph (1)).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  何人も、前項の規定による場合を除くほか、広告等に同項の表示又はこれと紛らわしい表示を付してはならない。
  <sup>art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14/par-2</sup>
  No person may affix a mark prescribed in the preceding paragraph or any other mark that could be confusingly similar to that mark to advertisements, etc., excluding the cases under the provisions of that paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-14/par-1: 前条 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-13
- art-14/par-1: 次項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十四条第二項 (Article 14, paragraph (2)), art-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14/par-2
- art-14/par-1: 第十五条の四第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十五条の四第一項 (Article 15-4, paragraph (1)), art-15-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-4/par-1
- art-14/par-2: 前項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十四条第一項（認定一般事業主の表示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14/par-1
- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十四条第二項（認定一般事業主の表示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-14/par-2
- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十五条の四第二項（特例認定一般事業主の表示等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-15-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-15-4/par-2
- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十三条第一項（権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-23/par-1
- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十六条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-26/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-26/par-1/item-1
- 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 201 — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
