# 雇用保険法 / Employment Insurance Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31)

- Law: 雇用保険法 (Employment Insurance Act), 昭和四十九年法律第百十六号
- English title "Employment Insurance Act": 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（未支給の基本手当の請求手続） — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2026-05-13
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-31
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-31
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### 第三十一条（未支給の基本手当の請求手続） — (Procedures for Demanding Unpaid Basic Allowance)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-31</sup>

    **第一項**  第十条の三第一項の規定により、受給資格者が死亡したため失業の認定を受けることができなかつた期間に係る基本手当の支給を請求する者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該受給資格者について失業の認定を受けなければならない。
    <sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-31/par-1</sup>
    A person, who demands under the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1) for payment of the basic allowance for a period for which the recognition of unemployment could not be obtained due to the death of the qualified recipient, must obtain the recognition of unemployment for the qualified recipient pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の受給資格者が第十九条第一項の規定に該当する場合には、第十条の三第一項の規定による未支給の基本手当の支給を受けるべき者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第十九条第一項の収入の額その他の事項を公共職業安定所長に届け出なければならない。
    <sup>art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-31/par-2</sup>
    If a qualified recipient set forth in the preceding paragraph falls under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1), the person who is to be paid the unpaid part of the basic allowance pursuant to the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1) must, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the amount of income referred to in Article 19, paragraph (1) and other matters to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-31/par-1: 第十条の三第一項 → 雇用保険法 第十条の三第一項 (Article 10-3, paragraph (1)), art-10-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-10-3/par-1
- art-31/par-2: 前項 → 雇用保険法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-2: 第十九条第一項 → 雇用保険法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-19/par-1
- art-31/par-2: 第十条の三第一項 → 雇用保険法 第十条の三第一項 (Article 10-3, paragraph (1)), art-10-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-10-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-10-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 雇用保険法 第三十一条第二項（未支給の基本手当の請求手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-31/par-2
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-37/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37/par-9
- 雇用保険法 第三十七条の四第六項（高年齢求職者給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-37-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-37-4/par-6
- 雇用保険法 第四十条第四項（特例一時金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-40/par-4
- 雇用保険法 第五十一条第三項（日雇労働求職者給付金の支給方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-51/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第七十九条の二第一項（船員に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-79-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-79-2/par-1
- 雇用保険法 附則第十一条の二第五項（教育訓練支援給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/suppl-3491-116/art-11-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/suppl-3491-116/art-11-2/par-5

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 雇用保険法 — the text in force from 2026-05-13 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/349AC0000000116/20260513_507AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-09-29
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3877/tb), retrieved 2026-09-29
- This site's parser, version 211 — 雇用保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-29
