# 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 / Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - Law: 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 (Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons), 昭和四十六年法律第六十八号 - English title "Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons": 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（中高年齢失業者等求職手帳の発給） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22 - 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. --- ### 第二十二条（中高年齢失業者等求職手帳の発給） — (Issuance of Job Application Pocketbooks for Middle-Aged and Elderly Unemployed Persons) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22 **第一項** 公共職業安定所長は、中高年齢失業者等であつて、次の各号に該当するものに対して、その者の申請に基づき、中高年齢失業者等求職手帳（以下「手帳」という。）を発給する。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22/par-1 The Chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to issue job application pocketbooks for middle-aged and elderly unemployed persons and other persons (hereinafter referred to as a "Pocketbook") to middle-aged and elderly unemployed persons and other persons who fall under each of the following items, based on an application from the persons: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 公共職業安定所に求職の申込みをしていること。 art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22/par-1/item-1 the persons have applied to public employment security offices for employment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 誠実かつ熱心に就職活動を行う意欲を有すると認められること。 art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22/par-1/item-2 the persons are recognized as willing to earnestly engage in job-seeking activities in good faith; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二十五条第一項各号に掲げる措置を受ける必要があると認められること。 art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22/par-1/item-3 the persons have been deemed to be in need of receiving the measures listed in each item of Article 25, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前三号に掲げるもののほか、生活の状況その他の事項について厚生労働大臣が労働政策審議会の意見を聴いて定める要件に該当すること。 art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-22/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-22/par-1/item-4 in addition to the requirements listed in the preceding three items, the persons meet the requirements concerning their living conditions and other particulars specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare after hearing the opinion of the Labour Policy Council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-1/item-3: 第二十五条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十四条第一項第二号（手帳の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-24/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2022-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20221001_504AC0000000012), retrieved 2026-10-09 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4630/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 164 — 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09