# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29)

- 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（地方公共団体の行う職業紹介） — address `art-29`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29
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### 第二十九条（地方公共団体の行う職業紹介） — (Employment Placement Carried Out by Local Public Entities)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29</sup>

**第一項**  地方公共団体は、無料の職業紹介事業を行うことができる。
<sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-1</sup>
A local public entity may provide free employment placement services.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  特定地方公共団体は、前項の規定により無料の職業紹介事業を行う旨を、厚生労働大臣に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-2</sup>
A specified local public entity must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare that it will provide free employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  特定地方公共団体は、取扱職種の範囲等（その職業紹介事業において取り扱う職種の範囲その他業務の範囲をいう。以下同じ。）を定めることができる。
<sup>art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-3</sup>
A specified local public entity may determine the range of job categories, etc. handled (referring to the range of job categories and other operations that the specified local public entity manages in its employment placement services; the same applies hereinafter).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  特定地方公共団体が、前項の規定により取扱職種の範囲等を定めた場合においては、第五条の六第一項及び第五条の七第一項の規定は、その範囲内に限り適用するものとする。
<sup>art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-4</sup>
If a specified local public entity has set a range of job categories, etc. to be handled pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 5-6, paragraph (1) and Article 5-7, paragraph (1) are to apply only within the scope concerned.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-29/par-2: 前項 → 職業安定法 第二十九条第一項 (Article 29, paragraph (1)), art-29/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-1
- art-29/par-4: 前項 → 職業安定法 第二十九条第三項 (Article 29, paragraph (3)), art-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-3
- art-29/par-4: 第五条の六第一項 → 職業安定法 第五条の六第一項 (Article 5-6, paragraph (1)), art-5-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-6/par-1
- art-29/par-4: 第五条の七第一項 → 職業安定法 第五条の七第一項 (Article 5-7, paragraph (1)), art-5-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-7/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 出入国管理及び難民認定法及び外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備及び経過措置に関する政令 第十四条第三項（監理団体による雇用関係の成立のあっせんに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/skill-development-amendment-transitional-order/art-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/507CO0000000341/art-14/par-3
- 医療法 第三十条の二十五第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/art-30-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/art-30-25/par-2
- 職業安定法 第四条第九項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-4/par-9
- 職業安定法 第五条第一項第四号（政府の行う業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-5/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5/par-1/item-4
- 職業安定法 第二十九条第二項（地方公共団体の行う職業紹介） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-2
- 職業安定法 第二十九条第四項（地方公共団体の行う職業紹介） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-29/par-4
- 職業安定法 第五十条第一項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-50/par-1
- 職業安定法 第五十条第二項（報告及び検査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-50/par-2
- 職業安定法 附則第三条第一項（職業安定法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4281-47/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4281-47/art-3/par-1

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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
