# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十五条の四 (Article 25-4)
- 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
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- Provision: 第二十五条の四 (Article 25-4)（聴聞の特例） — address `art-25-4`
- 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-25-4
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### 第二十五条の四（聴聞の特例） — Special Provisions on Hearings
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art-25-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-4
**第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第二十五条の二又は第二十五条の三の規定による戒告又は業務の停止の懲戒処分をしようとするときは、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第十三条第一項の規定による意見陳述のための手続の区分にかかわらず、聴聞を行わなければならない。
art-25-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-4/par-1
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to take disciplinary action of admonition or suspension of business under Article 25-2 or Article 25-3, the Minister must hold a hearing, regardless of the classification of procedures for the statement of opinions under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993).
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**第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、第二十五条の二又は第二十五条の三の規定による懲戒処分に係る聴聞を行うに当たつては、その期日の一週間前までに、行政手続法第十五条第一項の規定による通知をし、かつ、聴聞の期日及び場所を公示しなければならない。
art-25-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-4/par-2
In holding a hearing relating to disciplinary action under Article 25-2 or Article 25-3, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must, by one week before the date of the hearing, give the notice under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act and publicly announce the date and place of the hearing.
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**第三項** 前項の聴聞の期日における審理は、公開により行わなければならない。
art-25-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-4/par-3
The examination on the date of the hearing under the preceding paragraph must be conducted in public.
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## Cites
- art-25-4/par-1: 第二十五条の二 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2), art-25-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-2
- art-25-4/par-1: 第二十五条の三 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の三 (Article 25-3), art-25-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-3
- art-25-4/par-1: 行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第十三条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-13/par-1
- art-25-4/par-2: 第二十五条の二 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2), art-25-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-2
- art-25-4/par-2: 第二十五条の三 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の三 (Article 25-3), art-25-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-3
- art-25-4/par-2: 行政手続法第十五条第一項 → 行政手続法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/administrative-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-15/par-1
- art-25-4/par-3: 前項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の四第二項 (Article 25-4, paragraph (2)), art-25-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-4/par-2
## Cited by
2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の四第三項（聴聞の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-4/par-3
- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十四第二項（違法行為等についての処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-24/par-2
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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-20261018T205451-006, 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