# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第四十四条の三 (Article 44-3)

- 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: 第四十四条の三 (Article 44-3)（型式検定合格証の有効期間等） — address `art-44-3`
- 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-44-3
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### 第四十四条の三（型式検定合格証の有効期間等） — (Valid Term of Type Examination Certificates)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-44-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-3</sup>

  **第一項**  型式検定合格証の有効期間（次項の規定により型式検定合格証の有効期間が更新されたときにあつては、当該更新された型式検定合格証の有効期間）は、前条第一項本文の機械等の種類に応じて、厚生労働省令で定める期間とする。
  <sup>art-44-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-3/par-1</sup>
  The valid term of a type examination certificate (or, if the valid term of a type examination certificate is renewed pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph, the valid term of the examination certificate as renewed) is the period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in line with the kind of machinery or other such equipment referred to in the main text of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  型式検定合格証の有効期間の更新を受けようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、型式検定を受けなければならない。
  <sup>art-44-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-3/par-2</sup>
  A person seeking a renewal of the valid term of a type examination certificate must undergo a type examination pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-44-3/par-1: 次項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の三第二項 (Article 44-3, paragraph (2)), art-44-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-3/par-2
- art-44-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の二第一項 (Article 44-2, paragraph (1)), art-44-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-2/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の三第一項（型式検定合格証の有効期間等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-3/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
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
