# 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 / Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — 第八十七条 (Article 87)

- Law: 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 (Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities), 昭和三十五年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities": 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: 第八十七条 (Article 87) — address `art-87`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87
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### 第八十七条
<sup>art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87</sup>

**第一項**  法人（法人でない事業主の団体を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関して第八十五条の四から前条までの違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87/par-1</sup>
If the representative of a corporation (including an employers' association that is not a corporation; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) or an agent, employee, or other such worker of a corporation or individual has committed any of the violations referred to in Articles 85-4 through the preceding Article in connection with the business of that corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, that corporation or individual is subject to the fine referred to in the relevant Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により法人でない事業主の団体を処罰する場合においては、その代表者が訴訟行為につきその団体を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
<sup>art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87/par-2</sup>
If an employers' association that is not a corporation is subject to punishment pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the representative of that association represents it with regard to procedural acts, and the provisions of the laws concerning criminal proceedings that have a corporation as the defendant or a suspect apply mutatis mutandis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-87/par-1: この項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十七条第一項 (Article 87, paragraph (1)), art-87/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87/par-1
- art-87/par-1: 第八十五条の四から前条まで → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十五条の四 (Article 85-4), art-85-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-85-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-85-4
- art-87/par-1: 第八十五条の四から前条まで → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-86
- art-87/par-1: 第八十五条の四から前条まで → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十六条の二 (Article 86-2), art-86-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-86-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-86-2
- art-87/par-1: 第八十五条の四から前条まで → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十六条の三 (Article 86-3), art-86-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-86-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-86-3
- art-87/par-1: 第八十五条の四から前条まで → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十六条の四 (Article 86-4), art-86-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-86-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-86-4
- art-87/par-2: 前項 → 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十七条第一項 (Article 87, paragraph (1)), art-87/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87/par-1
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 第八十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/art-87/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/art-87/par-2
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第四条第十項（雇用する労働者の数が百人以下である事業主に係る納付金及び報奨金等に関する暫定措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-3351-123/art-4/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-3351-123/art-4/par-10
- 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 附則第六条第一項（新法第七十四条等の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-of-persons-with-disabilities-act/suppl-4171-81/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000123/suppl-4171-81/art-6/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act to Facilitate the Employment of Persons with Disabilities — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3845/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 障害者の雇用の促進等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
