# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十五条の二十六 (Article 25-26)

- 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: 第二十五条の二十六 (Article 25-26)（社会保険労務士会） — address `art-25-26`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-26
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-26
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### 第二十五条の二十六（社会保険労務士会） — Labor and Social Security Attorney's Associations
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-25-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-26</sup>

**第一項**  社会保険労務士は、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、都道府県の区域ごとに、会則を定めて、一個の社会保険労務士会を設立しなければならない。
<sup>art-25-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-26/par-1</sup>
Labor and social security attorneys must, with the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, establish one labor and social security attorney's association for each prefecture by laying down bylaws.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  社会保険労務士会は、会員の品位を保持し、その資質の向上と業務の改善進歩を図るため、会員の指導及び連絡に関する事務を行うことを目的とする。
<sup>art-25-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-26/par-2</sup>
The purpose of a labor and social security attorney's association is to conduct affairs relating to the guidance of and liaison with its members in order to maintain the dignity of its members, improve their qualities, and improve and advance their business.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  社会保険労務士会は、法人とする。
<sup>art-25-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-26/par-3</sup>
A labor and social security attorney's association is a juridical person.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第四項**  一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第四条及び第七十八条の規定は、社会保険労務士会に準用する。
<sup>art-25-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-26/par-4</sup>
The provisions of Articles 4 and 78 of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations apply mutatis mutandis to labor and social security attorney's associations.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-25-26/par-4: 一般社団法人及び一般財団法人に関する法律第四条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — not held in this collection
- art-25-26/par-4: 第七十八条 → e-Gov law 418AC0000000048, 第七十八条 (Article 78), art-78 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の三十九第一項（社会保険労務士会に関する規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-39/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-39/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-20261018T205451-010, 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