# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第四条の二 (Article 4-2)

- Law: 電気工事士法 (Electricians Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百三十九号
- English title "Electricians Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第四条の二 (Article 4-2)（特種電気工事資格者認定証及び認定電気工事従事者認定証） — address `art-4-2`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2
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### 第四条の二（特種電気工事資格者認定証及び認定電気工事従事者認定証） — Qualified Special Electrical Worker Certificate and Certified Electrical Worker Certificate
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<sup>art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2</sup>

**第一項**  特種電気工事資格者認定証及び認定電気工事従事者認定証は、経済産業大臣が交付する。
<sup>art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-1</sup>
A qualified special electrical worker certificate and a certified electrical worker certificate are to be issued by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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**第二項**  特種電気工事資格者認定証の交付は、特殊電気工事の種類ごとに行うものとする。
<sup>art-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-2</sup>
A qualified special electrical worker certificate is to be issued for each type of special electrical work.
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**第三項**  特種電気工事資格者認定証は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、当該特種電気工事資格者認定証に係る特殊電気工事について必要な知識及び技能を有していると経済産業大臣が認定した者でなければ、その交付を受けることができない。
<sup>art-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-3</sup>
A qualified special electrical worker certificate may not be issued to any person other than a person whom the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has certified, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as having the necessary knowledge and skills for the special electrical work to which that qualified special electrical worker certificate relates.
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**第四項**  認定電気工事従事者認定証は、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、簡易電気工事について必要な知識及び技能を有していると経済産業大臣が認定した者でなければ、その交付を受けることができない。
<sup>art-4-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-4</sup>
A certified electrical worker certificate may not be issued to any person other than a person whom the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has certified, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as having the necessary knowledge and skills for simple electrical work.
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**第五項**  経済産業大臣は、前条第五項各号の一に該当する者に対しては、特種電気工事資格者認定証又は認定電気工事従事者認定証の交付を行わないことができる。
<sup>art-4-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-5</sup>
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may decline to issue a qualified special electrical worker certificate or a certified electrical worker certificate to a person who falls under any of the items of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article.
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**第六項**  経済産業大臣は、特種電気工事資格者又は認定電気工事従事者がこの法律又は電気用品安全法第二十八条第一項の規定に違反したときは、その特種電気工事資格者認定証又は認定電気工事従事者認定証の返納を命ずることができる。
<sup>art-4-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-6</sup>
If a qualified special electrical worker or a certified electrical worker has violated this Act or the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act (Act No. 234 of 1961), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order the return of that person's qualified special electrical worker certificate or certified electrical worker certificate.
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**第七項**  特種電気工事資格者認定証及び認定電気工事従事者認定証の交付、再交付、書換え及び返納に関し必要な事項は、経済産業省令で定める。
<sup>art-4-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4-2/par-7</sup>
Matters necessary for the issuance, reissuance, rewriting and return of qualified special electrical worker certificates and certified electrical worker certificates are specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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## Cites
- art-4-2/par-5: 前条第五項 → 電気工事士法 第四条第五項 (Article 4, paragraph (5)), art-4/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4/par-5
- art-4-2/par-6: 電気用品安全法第二十八条第一項 → e-Gov law 336AC0000000234, 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 住民基本台帳法 別表第一 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/residential-basic-book-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/342AC0000000081/appdx-1
- 電気工事士法 第四条第五項第一号（電気工事士免状） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4/par-5/item-1
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十五第一項（聴聞の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15/par-1
- 電気工事士法 第十六条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-16/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-16/par-1/item-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 電気工事士法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000139/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 電気工事士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1788), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-002, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 204 — 電気工事士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
