# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第二十七条 (Article 27)

- 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27) — address `art-27`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-27
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-27
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### 第二十七条
<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、第二十四条、第二十五条又は前条第一号から第四号までの違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-27/par-1</sup>
When a representative of a corporation or an agent, employee, or any other worker of a corporation or an individual commits an act in violation of Article 24, Article 25, or items (i) through (iv) of the preceding Article in connection with the business of that corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, that corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-27/par-1: 第二十四条 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-24
- art-27/par-1: 第二十五条 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-25
- art-27/par-1: 前条第一号から第四号まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十六条第一項第一号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-26/par-1/item-1 — 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
- art-27/par-1: 前条第一号から第四号まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十六条第一項第二号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-26/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-26/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-26/par-1/item-2
- art-27/par-1: 前条第一号から第四号まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十六条第一項第三号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-26/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-26/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-26/par-1/item-3
- art-27/par-1: 前条第一号から第四号まで → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十六条第一項第四号 (Article 26, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-26/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-26/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-26/par-1/item-4

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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
