# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25) — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条 art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25/par-1 A person who falls under any of the following items is subject to imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than three hundred thousand yen: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第十六条第四項の規定による届出をしないで、労働者の募集に従事した者 art-25/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25/par-1/item-1 a person who engages in recruitment of workers without submitting a notification under the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (4); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第十六条第五項において準用する職業安定法第三十七条第二項の規定による指示に従わなかった者 art-25/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25/par-1/item-2 a person who fails to comply with the instructions under the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Employment Security Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (5); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第十六条第五項において準用する職業安定法第三十九条又は第四十条の規定に違反した者 art-25/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25/par-1/item-3 a person who violates the provisions of Article 39 or Article 40 of the Employment Security Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (5). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第四項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-16/par-4 - art-25/par-1/item-2: 第十六条第五項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-16/par-5 - art-25/par-1/item-2: 職業安定法第三十七条第二項 → 職業安定法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-37/par-2 - art-25/par-1/item-3: 第十六条第五項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-16/par-5 - art-25/par-1/item-3: 職業安定法第三十九条 → 職業安定法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-39 - art-25/par-1/item-3: 第四十条 → 職業安定法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-40 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-27/par-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 --- ## 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