# 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 — 第四十二条 (Article 42)

- 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（監督命令） — address `art-42`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-42
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### 第四十二条（監督命令） — (Supervision Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-42</sup>

  **第一項**  都道府県知事は、この節の規定を施行するために必要な限度において、シルバー人材センターに対し、第三十八条第一項（第三十九条第五項及び第六項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。次条において同じ。）に規定する業務に関し監督上必要な命令をすることができる。
  <sup>art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-42/par-1</sup>
  To the extent necessary for enforcing the provisions of this Section, the prefectural governor may issue to a silver human resources center an order necessary for the supervision of the operations prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied by replacing the terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 39, paragraphs (5) and (6); the same applies in the following Article).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-42/par-1: 第六項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十九条第六項 (Article 39, paragraph (6)), art-39/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-39/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-39/par-6
- art-42/par-1: 第三十九条第五項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十九条第五項 (Article 39, paragraph (5)), art-39/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-39/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-39/par-5
- art-42/par-1: 次条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-43
- art-42/par-1: 第三十八条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-38/par-1

## Cited by

3 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 第四十三条第一項第四号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-43/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-43/par-1/item-4
- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十五条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-45/par-1
- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十八条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-48/par-1

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## 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
