# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)

- 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（保証金に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4151-82/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3
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### 第三条（保証金に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Security Deposits
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4151-82/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前において旧職業安定法第三十二条の二第一項の規定により供託すべき保証金の供託については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-1</sup>
With regard to the deposit of a security deposit that was to be deposited pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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**第二項**  施行日以降において旧職業安定法第三十二条の二第一項の規定により保証金の供託をしている者は、前項の規定にかかわらず、当該供託に係る保証金を取り戻すことができる。
<sup>suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2</sup>
A person who has deposited a security deposit pursuant to the provisions of Article 32-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Employment Security Act on or after the Effective Date may, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, withdraw the security deposit pertaining to that deposit.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  前項の保証金の取戻しは、施行日前に当該保証金につき旧職業安定法第三十二条の二第二項の権利を有していた者に対し、六月を下らない一定期間内に申し出るべき旨を公告し、この期間中にその申出がなかった場合でなければ、これをすることができない。ただし、施行日から十年を経過したときは、この限りでない。
<sup>suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3</sup>
The withdrawal of the security deposit under the preceding paragraph may not be made unless a public notice has been given, to a person who held the right under Article 32-2, paragraph (2) of the Former Employment Security Act over that security deposit before the Effective Date, to the effect that the person should come forward within a fixed period of not less than six months, and no one has come forward during that period; provided, however, that this does not apply when 10 years have passed from the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前項の公告その他保証金の取戻しに関し必要な手続は、法務省令・厚生労働省令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-4</sup>
Procedures necessary for the public notice under the preceding paragraph and for other matters concerning the withdrawal of a security deposit are specified by Ministry of Justice Order and Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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## Cites
- suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 職業安定法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3: 前項 → 職業安定法 附則第三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2
- suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-4: 前項 → 職業安定法 附則第三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 職業安定法 附則第三条第二項（保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-2
- 職業安定法 附則第三条第三項（保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-3
- 職業安定法 附則第三条第四項（保証金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/suppl-4151-82/art-3/par-4

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employment-security-act-20261017T220554-007, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
