# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第三十七条 (Article 37)

- 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: 第三十七条 (Article 37) — address `art-37`
- 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-37
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### 第三十七条
<sup>art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、百万円以下の過料に処する。
<sup>art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1</sup>
A person that falls under any of the following items is subject to punishment by a civil fine of not more than one million yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第二十五条の二十三の二第六項において準用する会社法第九百四十六条第三項の規定に違反して、報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をした者
  <sup>art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person that, in violation of the provisions of Article 946, paragraph (3) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 25-23-2, paragraph (6), has failed to make a report or has made a false report;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  正当な理由がないのに、第二十五条の二十三の二第六項において準用する会社法第九百五十一条第二項各号又は第九百五十五条第二項各号に掲げる請求を拒んだ者
  <sup>art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-37/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-37/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person that, without a justifiable reason, has refused a request set forth in the items of Article 951, paragraph (2) or the items of Article 955, paragraph (2) of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 25-23-2, paragraph (6).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-37/par-1/item-1: 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (6)), art-25-23-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6
- art-37/par-1/item-1: 会社法第九百四十六条第三項 → 会社法 第九百四十六条第三項 (Article 946, paragraph (3)), art-946/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-946/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-946/par-3
- art-37/par-1/item-2: 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項 → 社会保険労務士法 第二十五条の二十三の二第六項 (Article 25-23-2, paragraph (6)), art-25-23-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-25-23-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-25-23-2/par-6
- art-37/par-1/item-2: 会社法第九百五十一条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十一条第二項 (Article 951, paragraph (2)), art-951/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-951/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-951/par-2
- art-37/par-1/item-2: 第九百五十五条第二項 → 会社法 第九百五十五条第二項 (Article 955, paragraph (2)), art-955/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-955/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-955/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-20261018T205451-013, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-and-social-security-attorney-act-20261018T205451-014, 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