# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第四十四条の四 (Article 44-4) - 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: 第四十四条の四 (Article 44-4)（型式検定合格証の失効） — address `art-44-4` - 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-44-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条の四（型式検定合格証の失効） — (Invalidation of Type Examination Certificates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該各号の機械等に係る型式検定合格証（第二号にあつては、当該外国製造者が受けた型式検定合格証）の効力を失わせることができる。 art-44-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4/par-1 If machinery or other such equipment falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may invalidate the type examination certificate associated with the machinery or other such equipment referred to in that item (the type examination certificate issued to the foreign manufacturer, for item (ii)): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 型式検定に合格した型式の機械等の構造又は当該機械等を製造し、若しくは検査する設備等が第四十四条の二第三項の厚生労働省令で定める基準に適合していないと認められるとき。 art-44-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4/par-1/item-1 f the construction of machinery or other such equipment of the type for which the relevant person has passed a type examination, or equipment or other things for manufacturing and inspecting that machinery or other such equipment is found not to be in conformity with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare that are referred to in paragraph (3) of Article 44-2; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 型式検定を受けた外国製造者が、当該型式検定に合格した型式の機械等以外の機械等で本邦に輸入されたものに、第四十四条の二第五項の表示を付し、又はこれと紛らわしい表示を付しているとき。 art-44-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4/par-1/item-2 a foreign manufacturer that has undergone a type examination has affixed a label as referred to in paragraph (5) of Article 44-2 or one that is misleadingly similar thereto to machinery or other such equipment imported into Japan which is other than the type of machinery or other such equipment for which that person has passed that type examination; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 厚生労働大臣が型式検定に合格した型式の機械等の構造並びに当該機械等を製造し、及び検査する設備等に関し労働者の安全と健康を確保するため必要があると認めてその職員をして当該型式検定を受けた外国製造者の事業場又は当該型式検定に係る機械等若しくは設備等の所在すると認める場所において、関係者に質問をさせ、又は当該機械等若しくは設備等その他の物件についての検査をさせようとした場合において、その質問に対して陳述がされず、若しくは虚偽の陳述がされ、又はその検査が拒まれ、妨げられ、若しくは忌避されたとき。 art-44-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4/par-1/item-3 If on finding it to be necessary to do so in order to ensure safety and health of the workers with regard to the construction of machinery or other such equipment of the type for which the relevant person has passed a type examination and equipment or other things for manufacturing and inspecting that machinery or other such equipment,the Minister has had the relevant officials enter the workplace of the person that has undergone the type examination or the place where the machinery or other such equipment or facilities or other things connected to the type examination are found to be located, question person concerned, and other article, but no statement or a false statement has been given inresponse to those questions or the inspection has been refused, hindered or aboided. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44-4/par-1: 第二号 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の四第一項第二号 (Article 44-4, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-44-4/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4/par-1/item-2 - art-44-4/par-1/item-1: 第四十四条の二第三項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の二第三項 (Article 44-2, paragraph (3)), art-44-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-2/par-3 - art-44-4/par-1/item-2: 第四十四条の二第五項 → 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の二第五項 (Article 44-2, paragraph (5)), art-44-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-2/par-5 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の二第二項（型式検定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-2/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第四十四条の四第一項（型式検定合格証の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-44-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-44-4/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第百十二条の二第一項第二号（公示） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-112-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-112-2/par-1/item-2 --- ## 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