# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第二十五条の四十九 (Article 25-49)

- 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: 第二十五条の四十九 (Article 25-49)（一般的監督等） — address `art-25-49`
- 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-25-49
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49
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### 第二十五条の四十九（一般的監督等） — General Supervision, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-25-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、社会保険労務士会又は連合会の適正な運営を確保するため必要があるときは、これらの団体から報告を徴し、その行う業務について勧告し、又は当該職員をしてこれらの団体の業務の状況若しくは帳簿書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
<sup>art-25-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49/par-1</sup>
If necessary in order to ensure the proper operation of labor and social security attorney's associations or the Federation, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may require reports from these organizations, make recommendations on the business they conduct, or have the relevant staff members inspect the status of these organizations' business or their books, documents and other articles.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、試験事務又は代理業務試験事務の適正な実施を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、連合会に対し、試験事務又は代理業務試験事務に関し監督上必要な命令をすることができる。
<sup>art-25-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49/par-2</sup>
If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary in order to ensure the proper implementation of examination administration or representation business examination administration, the Minister may issue to the Federation orders necessary for supervision concerning examination administration or representation business examination administration.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定による報告の徴収又は検査の権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解してはならない。
<sup>art-25-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49/par-3</sup>
The authority to require reports or conduct inspections under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as having been granted for the purpose of criminal investigation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-25-49/par-3: 第一項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の四十九第一項 (Article 25-49, paragraph (1)), art-25-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の四十九第三項（一般的監督等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-49/par-3
- 社会保険労務士法 第三十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-35/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-20261018T204223-015, 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
