# 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 — 第二十三条 (Article 23) - 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: 第二十三条 (Article 23)（手帳の有効期間） — address `art-23` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23 - 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. --- ### 第二十三条（手帳の有効期間） — (Validity Period of a Pocketbook) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23 **第一項** 手帳は、厚生労働省令で定める期間、その効力を有する。 art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-1 The Pocketbook remains valid for the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公共職業安定所長は、手帳の発給を受けた者であつて、前項の手帳の有効期間を経過してもなお就職が困難であり、引き続き第二十五条第一項各号に掲げる措置を実施する必要があると認められるものについて、その手帳の有効期間を厚生労働省令で定める期間延長することができる。 art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-2 The Chief of the Public Employment Security Office may extend the validity period of a recipient's Pocketbook for the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, when the Chief recognizes that the person continues to have difficulty in finding employment after the lapse of the validity period of the Pocketbook referred to in the preceding paragraph and therefore remains in need of the measures listed in each item of Article 25, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の厚生労働省令で定める期間を定めるに当たつては、特定地域に居住する者について特別の配慮をすることができる。 art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-3 In specifying the period to be set by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under the preceding two paragraphs, special consideration may be given to persons residing in specified areas. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-23/par-2: 前項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-1 - art-23/par-2: 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 - art-23/par-3: 前二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-1 - art-23/par-3: 前二項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite 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 第二十三条第二項（手帳の有効期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-2 - 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第二十三条第三項（手帳の有効期間） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-23/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-23/par-3 --- ## 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