# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第四十条 (Article 40) - 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（使用等の制限） — address `art-40` - 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-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-40 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十条（使用等の制限） — (Use Restrictions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-40 **第一項** 前条第一項又は第二項の検査証（以下「検査証」という。）を受けていない特定機械等（第三十八条第三項の規定により部分の変更又は再使用に係る検査を受けなければならない特定機械等で、前条第三項の裏書を受けていないものを含む。）は、使用してはならない。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-40/par-1 A person must not use specified machinery or other such equipment for which an inspection certificate provided for in paragraph (1) or (2) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as an "inspection certificate") has not been issued (including specified machinery or other such equipment that must be inspected in connection with a partial alteration or resumption of use pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article 38, but for which the inspection certificate has not been endorsed as provided for in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 検査証を受けた特定機械等は、検査証とともにするのでなければ、譲渡し、又は貸与してはならない。 art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-40/par-2 Specified machinery or other such equipment for which an inspection certificate has been issued must neither be transferred nor leased out unless accompanied by that certificate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-40/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-40/par-1: 第二項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-39/par-2 - art-40/par-1: 第三十八条第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), 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 - art-40/par-1: 前条第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第三十九条第三項 (Article 39, paragraph (3)), art-39/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-39/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-39/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 - 労働安全衛生法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-120/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 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17