# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第七条の十五 (Article 7-15)

- 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: 第七条の十五 (Article 7-15)（聴聞の方法の特例） — address `art-7-15`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15
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### 第七条の十五（聴聞の方法の特例） — Special Provisions on Hearing Procedures
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<sup>art-7-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15</sup>

**第一項**  第四条第六項、第四条の二第六項、第七条の八（第七条の九第四項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第七条の十三の規定による処分に係る聴聞の期日における審理は、公開により行わなければならない。
<sup>art-7-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15/par-1</sup>
The examination on the date of a hearing relating to a disposition under Article 4, paragraph (6), Article 4-2, paragraph (6), Article 7-8 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-9, paragraph (4)) or Article 7-13 must be conducted in public.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第七条の八（第七条の九第四項において準用する場合を含む。）又は第七条の十三の聴聞の主宰者は、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第十七条第一項の規定により当該処分に係る利害関係人が当該聴聞に関する手続に参加することを求めたときは、これを許可しなければならない。
<sup>art-7-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15/par-2</sup>
If an interested person in a disposition has requested, pursuant to Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993), to participate in the procedures relating to the hearing, the presiding officer of a hearing under Article 7-8 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 7-9, paragraph (4)) or Article 7-13 must grant permission.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-7-15/par-1: 第四条第六項 → 電気工事士法 第四条第六項 (Article 4, paragraph (6)), art-4/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-4/par-6
- art-7-15/par-1: 第四条の二第六項 → 電気工事士法 第四条の二第六項 (Article 4-2, paragraph (6)), 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
- art-7-15/par-1: 第七条の八 → 電気工事士法 第七条の八 (Article 7-8), art-7-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-8
- art-7-15/par-1: 第七条の九第四項 → 電気工事士法 第七条の九第四項 (Article 7-9, paragraph (4)), art-7-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-4
- art-7-15/par-1: 第七条の十三 → 電気工事士法 第七条の十三 (Article 7-13), art-7-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13
- art-7-15/par-2: 第七条の八 → 電気工事士法 第七条の八 (Article 7-8), art-7-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-8
- art-7-15/par-2: 第七条の九第四項 → 電気工事士法 第七条の九第四項 (Article 7-9, paragraph (4)), art-7-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-4
- art-7-15/par-2: 第七条の十三 → 電気工事士法 第七条の十三 (Article 7-13), art-7-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13
- art-7-15/par-2: 行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第十七条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-17/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 電気工事士法 附則第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/suppl-3351-139/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/suppl-3351-139/par-1

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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-20261019T092227-004, 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
