# 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 — 第五十五条 (Article 55)

- 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55) — address `art-55`
- Text in force since: 2022-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-55
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-55
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### 第五十五条
<sup>art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-55</sup>

**第一項**  第四十九条第三項の規定による報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をした者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-55/par-1</sup>
A person who fails to submit a report or submits a false report under the provisions of Article 49, paragraph (3) is punished by a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-55/par-1: 第四十九条第三項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-49/par-3

## 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 第五十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-56/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
