# 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 — 第九章 (Chapter 9) - 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: 第九章 (Chapter 9) — address `ch-9` - Text in force since: 2022-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/ch-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/ch-9 - 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. --- ## 第九章　罰則 — Chapter IX Penal Provisions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/ch-9 ### 第五十五条 art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-55 **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。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-55/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十六条 art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-56 **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て前条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、同条の刑を科する。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-56/par-1 If a representative of a corporation, or an agent, employee or other worker of a corporation or a natural person has committed a violation under the preceding Article, with regard to the operations of the corporation or the natural person, not only the offender is punished, but the corporation or the natural person is also punished by the fine provided for in the Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十七条 art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-57 **第一項** 第十六条第一項の規定による届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をした者（法人であるときは、その代表者）は、十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-57/par-1 A person (in the case of a corporation, then its representative) who fails to submit a notification or submits a false notification under the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1), is punished by a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## 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 - art-56/par-1: 前条 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-55 - art-57/par-1: 第十六条第一項 → 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/elderly-employment-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-16/par-1 --- ## 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