# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第十三条 (Article 13)

- Law: 社会保険労務士法 (Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance), 昭和四十三年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第十三条 (Article 13)（合格の取消し等） — address `art-13`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十三条（合格の取消し等） — Rescission of the Decision That a Person Has Passed
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、不正の手段によつて社会保険労務士試験を受け、又は受けようとした者に対しては、合格の決定を取り消し、又はその試験を受けることを禁止することができる。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, with regard to a person who has taken or attempted to take the labor and social security attorney examination by fraudulent means, rescind the decision that the person has passed, or prohibit the person from taking that examination.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  連合会は、試験事務の実施に関し前項に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限（社会保険労務士試験を受けることを禁止することに限る。）を行使することができる。
<sup>art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-2</sup>
The Federation may exercise the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the preceding paragraph (limited to prohibiting a person from taking the labor and social security attorney examination) in connection with the implementation of examination administration.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、前二項の規定による処分を受けた者に対し、情状により、三年以内の期間を定めて社会保険労務士試験を受けることができないものとすることができる。
<sup>art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-3</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, depending on the circumstances, specify a period of three years or less and provide that a person who has been subject to a disposition under the preceding two paragraphs is not to be allowed to take the labor and social security attorney examination.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-13/par-2: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-1
- art-13/par-3: 前二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-1
- art-13/par-3: 前二項 → 社会保険労務士法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第十三条第二項（合格の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-2
- 社会保険労務士法 第十三条第三項（合格の取消し等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13/par-3
- 社会保険労務士法 第十三条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-13-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-13-5/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 社会保険労務士法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 社会保険労務士法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/903), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-003, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 社会保険労務士法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
