# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第二条 (Article 2)

- Law: 職業安定法 (Employment Security Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号
- English title "Employment Security 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: 第二条 (Article 2)（職業選択の自由） — address `art-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-2
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### 第二条（職業選択の自由） — (Freedom of Choice in Employment)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  何人も、公共の福祉に反しない限り、職業を自由に選択することができる。
<sup>art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-2/par-1</sup>
Every person has the right to freely choose a job, so long as this does not conflict with the public welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 職業安定法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20260401_506AC0000000050), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Security Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4627/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17