# 電気工事士法 / Electricians Act — 第七条の八 (Article 7-8)

- 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: 第七条の八 (Article 7-8)（役員の解任命令） — address `art-7-8`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-8
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### 第七条の八（役員の解任命令） — Orders for Dismissal of Officers
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-7-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-8</sup>

**第一項**  経済産業大臣は、指定試験機関の役員が、この法律（この法律に基づく処分を含む。）若しくは試験事務規程に違反したとき、又は試験事務に関し著しく不適当な行為をしたときは、指定試験機関に対し、その役員を解任すべきことを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-7-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-8/par-1</sup>
If an officer of a designated examination body has violated this Act (including dispositions under this Act) or the examination administration rules, or has committed a grossly inappropriate act in relation to examination administration, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may order the designated examination body to dismiss that officer.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 電気工事士法 第七条の二第一項第二号ロ（欠格条項） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-2/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-2/par-1/item-2/sub-2
- 電気工事士法 第七条の九第四項（電気工事士試験員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-9/par-4
- 電気工事士法 第七条の十三第二項第三号（指定の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-13/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-13/par-2/item-3
- 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 第七条の十五第二項（聴聞の方法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/electricians-act/art-7-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000139/art-7-15/par-2
- 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-20261019T092227-003, 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
