# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31) - 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: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（許可の基準等） — address `art-31` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十一条（許可の基準等） — (Licensing Standards) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の許可の申請が次に掲げる基準に適合していると認めるときは、同項の許可をしなければならない。 art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1 When finding that an application for licensing as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, meets the following standards, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must license the applicant, as provided for in the same paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 申請者が、当該事業を健全に遂行するに足りる財産的基礎を有すること。 art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1/item-1 the applicant has a sufficient financial basis to soundly perform the relevant services; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 個人情報を適正に管理し、及び求人者、求職者等の秘密を守るために必要な措置が講じられていること。 art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1/item-2 the applicant has taken the necessary measures to appropriately manage personal information and preserve the confidentiality of job posters and job seekers, etc.; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に定めるもののほか、申請者が、当該事業を適正に遂行することができる能力を有すること。 art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1/item-3 in addition to the requirements set forth in the preceding two items, the applicant must possess the ability to properly carry out the relevant business activities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の許可をしないときは、遅滞なく、理由を示してその旨を当該申請者に通知しなければならない。 art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-2 If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare does not grant the license as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Minister must notify the applicant of this without delay, indicating the reasons therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-31/par-1: 前条第一項 → 職業安定法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-30/par-1 - art-31/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 職業安定法 第三十一条第一項第一号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-31/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1/item-1 - art-31/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 職業安定法 第三十一条第一項第二号 (Article 31, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-31/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1/item-2 - art-31/par-2: 前条第一項 → 職業安定法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-30/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 職業安定法 第三十一条第一項第三号（許可の基準等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-31/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-31/par-1/item-3 - 職業安定法 第三十二条第一項（許可の欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-32/par-1 - 職業安定法 第三十二条の六第三項（許可の有効期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-32-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-32-6/par-3 - 職業安定法 第三十二条の六第六項（許可の有効期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-32-6/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-32-6/par-6 - 職業安定法 第三十三条第四項（無料職業紹介事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-33/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-33/par-4 - 職業安定法 第三十三条第五項（無料職業紹介事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-33/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-33/par-5 - 職業安定法 第三十三条の三第二項（特別の法人の行う無料職業紹介事業） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-33-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-33-3/par-2 --- ## 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