# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第七条の十八 (Article 7-18)

- 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: 第七条の十八 (Article 7-18)（公示） — address `art-7-18`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18
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### 第七条の十八（公示） — Public Notice
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<sup>art-7-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-18</sup>

**第一項**  経済産業大臣は、次の場合には、その旨を官報に公示しなければならない。
<sup>art-7-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-18/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry must give public notice in the Official Gazette in the following cases:
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**一**  第七条第一項の指定をしたとき。
<sup>art-7-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-18/par-1/item-1</sup>
when the Minister has made a designation under Article 7, paragraph (1);
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**二**  第七条の五の許可をしたとき。
<sup>art-7-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-18/par-1/item-2</sup>
when the Minister has given permission under Article 7-5;
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**三**  第七条の十三の規定により指定を取り消し、又は同条第二項の規定により試験事務の全部若しくは一部の停止を命じたとき。
<sup>art-7-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-18/par-1/item-3</sup>
when the Minister has revoked a designation pursuant to Article 7-13, or has ordered the suspension of all or part of examination administration pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article;
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**四**  前条第一項の規定により経済産業大臣が試験事務の全部若しくは一部を自ら行うこととするとき、又は自ら行つていた試験事務の全部若しくは一部を行わないこととするとき。
<sup>art-7-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-18/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-18/par-1/item-4</sup>
when the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to conduct all or part of examination administration in person pursuant to paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or is to cease conducting in person all or part of the examination administration the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has been conducting.
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## Cites
- art-7-18/par-1/item-1: 第七条第一項 → 電気工事士法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7/par-1
- art-7-18/par-1/item-2: 第七条の五 → 電気工事士法 第七条の五 (Article 7-5), art-7-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-5
- art-7-18/par-1/item-3: 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-7-18/par-1/item-3: 同条第二項 → 電気工事士法 第七条の十三第二項 (Article 7-13, paragraph (2)), art-7-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13/par-2
- art-7-18/par-1/item-4: 前条第一項 → 電気工事士法 第七条の十七第一項 (Article 7-17, paragraph (1)), art-7-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-17/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch electricians-act-20261019T092227-004, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch electricians-act-20261019T093556-001, 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