# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) - 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（製造時等検査等） — address `art-38` - 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-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条（製造時等検査等） — (Post-Manufacturing Inspection) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38 **第一項** 特定機械等（別表第一第一号、第二号、第四号及び第八号に掲げる機械等に係るものに限る。以下この項及び次項並びに次条第一項において同じ。）を製造し、若しくは輸入した者、特定機械等で厚生労働省令で定める期間設置されなかつたものを設置しようとする者又は特定機械等で使用を廃止したものを再び設置し、若しくは使用しようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該特定機械等及びこれに係る厚生労働省令で定める事項について、登録設計審査等機関の検査を受けなければならない。ただし、輸入された特定機械等及びこれに係る厚生労働省令で定める事項（次項において「輸入時等検査対象機械等」という。）について当該特定機械等を外国において製造した者が同項の規定による検査を受けた場合は、この限りでない。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-1 Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a person that has manufactured or imported specified machinery or other such equipment (limited to that pertaining to the machinery or other such equipment set forth in items (i), (ii), (iv) and (viii) of Appended Table 1; the same applies in this paragraph, the following paragraph and paragraph (1) of the following Article), a person seeking to install specified machinery or other such equipment which has not been installed for the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or a person seeking to reinstall or resume the use of specified machinery or other such equipment whose use has been discontinued must undergo an inspection by a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections with respect to that specified machinery or other such equipment itself and the related particulars that are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply if, for specified machinery or other such equipment that has been imported and the particulars related to it that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "machinery or other such equipment subject to import inspection" in the following paragraph), the person that manufactured the specified machinery or other such equipment in a foreign country has undergone an inspection under the provisions of that paragraph. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項に定めるもののほか、次に掲げる場合には、外国において特定機械等を製造した者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、輸入時等検査対象機械等について、自ら登録設計審査等機関の検査を受けることができる。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2 Beyond as provided in the preceding paragraph, in a case set forth in one of the following items, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a person that has manufactured specified machinery or other such equipment in a foreign country may itself undergo an inspection by a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections for machinery or other such equipment subject to import inspection: machine translation, not official **一** 当該特定機械等を本邦に輸出しようとするとき。 art-38/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2/item-1 if the person seeks to export the specified machinery or other such equipment to Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当該特定機械等を輸入した者が当該特定機械等を外国において製造した者以外の者（以下この号において単に「他の者」という。）である場合において、当該製造した者が当該他の者について前項の検査が行われることを希望しないとき。 art-38/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2/item-2 if the person that has imported the specified machinery or other such equipment is a person other than the person that has manufactured that specified machinery or other such equipment in a foreign country (in this item, such other persons are simply referred to as "other persons"), and the person that manufactured it does not wish to have inspections referred to in the preceding paragraph undertaken in respect of other persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特定機械等（移動式のものを除く。）を設置した者、特定機械等の厚生労働省令で定める部分に変更を加えた者又は特定機械等で使用を休止したものを再び使用しようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該特定機械等及びこれに係る厚生労働省令で定める事項について、労働基準監督署長の検査を受けなければならない。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-3 A person that has installed specified machinery or other such equipment (excluding anything that is movable), a person that has changed any parts provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of specified machinery or other such equipment, or a person that seeks to resume the use of specified machinery or other such equipment whose use has been discontinued, must undergo an inspection by the Chief of the Labour Standard Inspection Offices in respect of the specified machinery or other such equipment and the related particulars that are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-1: 別表第一第一号 → 労働安全衛生法 別表第一第一号 (Appended Table 1, item (i)), appdx-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/appdx-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/appdx-1/item-1 - art-38/par-1: 第二号 → 労働安全衛生法 別表第一第二号 (Appended Table 1, item (ii)), appdx-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/appdx-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/appdx-1/item-2 - art-38/par-1: 第四号 → 労働安全衛生法 別表第一第四号 (Appended Table 1, item (iv)), appdx-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/appdx-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/appdx-1/item-4 - art-38/par-1: 第八号 → 労働安全衛生法 別表第一第八号 (Appended Table 1, item (viii)), appdx-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/appdx-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/appdx-1/item-8 - art-38/par-1: この項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-1: 次項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-1: 次条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十九条第一項 (Article 39, paragraph (1)), art-39/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-39/par-1 - art-38/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-2/item-2: この号 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第二項第二号 (Article 38, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-38/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2/item-2 - art-38/par-2/item-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-1 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第一項（製造時等検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第二項（製造時等検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第二項第二号（製造時等検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-38/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-38/par-2/item-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第三十九条第一項（検査証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-39/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第三十九条第二項（検査証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-39/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第三十九条第三項（検査証の交付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-39/par-3 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十条第一項（使用等の制限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-40/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十一条第一項（審査請求） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-111/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条第一項第四号（手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112/par-1/item-4 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-119/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch industrial-safety-and-health-act-20261017T185616-002, 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