# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第百十五条の三 (Article 115-3)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health 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: 第百十五条の三 (Article 115-3) — address `art-115-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3
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### 第百十五条の三
<sup>art-115-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3</sup>

**第一項**  設計審査等、性能検査、個別検定又は型式検定の業務（以下この条において「特定業務」という。）に従事する登録設計審査等機関、登録性能検査機関、登録個別検定機関又は登録型式検定機関（以下この条において「特定機関」という。）の役員又は職員が、その職務に関して、賄賂を収受し、要求し、又は約束したときは、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。これによつて不正の行為をし、又は相当の行為をしなかつたときは、七年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
<sup>art-115-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-1</sup>
If an officer or employee of a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections, a registered agency for performance inspections, a registered agency for individual examinations, or a registered agency for type examinations (hereinafter referred to as a "specified agency" in this Article) that conducts design reviews or post-manufacturing inspections, performance inspections, individual examinations, or type examinations (hereinafter referred to as the "specified operations" in this Article) accepts, solicits, or agrees to a bribe in connection with the duties thereof, that officer or employee is subject to imprisonment for a term of five years or less. If, in doing so, the person has committed an improper act or omitted a proper act, that person is subject to imprisonment for a term of seven years or less.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  特定業務に従事する特定機関の役員又は職員になろうとする者が、就任後担当すべき職務に関し、請託を受けて賄賂を収受し、要求し、又は約束したときは、役員又は職員になつた場合において、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
<sup>art-115-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-2</sup>
If a person who is attempting to become an officer or employee of a specified agency engaged in specified operations accedes to a request involving an official duty and accepts, solicits, or agrees to a bribe in connection with a duty to be assumed, that person is subject to imprisonment for a term of five years or less if that person becomes an officer or employee of the agency.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  特定業務に従事する特定機関の役員又は職員であつた者が、その在職中に請託を受けて、職務上不正の行為をしたこと又は相当の行為をしなかつたことに関して、賄賂を収受し、要求し、又は約束したときは、五年以下の拘禁刑に処する。
<sup>art-115-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-3</sup>
If a person who used to be an officer or employee of a specified agency engaged in specified operations has accepted, solicited, or agreed to a bribe in connection with that person's having acceded to a request involving an official duty while in service and engaged in improper conduct or failed to take a reasonable action in an official capacity, that person is subject to imprisonment for a term of five years or less.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  前三項の場合において、犯人が収受した賄賂は、没収する。その全部又は一部を没収することができないときは、その価額を追徴する。
<sup>art-115-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-4</sup>
In a case as referred to in the preceding three paragraphs, any bribe that the offender has accepted is confiscated. If all or part of this cannot be confiscated, an equivalent value is collected.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-115-3/par-1: この条 → 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の三 (Article 115-3), art-115-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3
- art-115-3/par-4: 前三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の三第一項 (Article 115-3, paragraph (1)), art-115-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-1
- art-115-3/par-4: 前三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の三第二項 (Article 115-3, paragraph (2)), art-115-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-2
- art-115-3/par-4: 前三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の三第三項 (Article 115-3, paragraph (3)), art-115-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-3/par-4
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の四第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-4/par-1
- 労働安全衛生法 第百十五条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-115-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-115-5/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T182624-005, translated 2026-10-18
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-005, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
