# 社会保険労務士法 / Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance — 第九条 (Article 9)

- 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（社会保険労務士試験） — address `art-9`
- 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-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9
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### 第九条（社会保険労務士試験） — Labor and Social Security Attorney Examination
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9</sup>

**第一項**  社会保険労務士試験は、社会保険労務士となるのに必要な知識及び能力を有するかどうかを判定することを目的とし、次に掲げる科目について行う。
<sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1</sup>
The purpose of the labor and social security attorney examination is to determine whether a person has the knowledge and ability necessary to become a labor and social security attorney, and it is conducted in the following subjects:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  労働基準法及び労働安全衛生法
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Labor Standards Act and Industrial Safety and Health Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  労働者災害補償保険法
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  雇用保険法
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-3</sup>
  Employment Insurance Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三の二**  労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-3-2</sup>
  Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **四**  健康保険法
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-4</sup>
  Health Insurance Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  厚生年金保険法
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-5</sup>
  Employees' Pension Insurance Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **六**  国民年金法
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-6</sup>
  National Pension Act;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **七**  労務管理その他の労働及び社会保険に関する一般常識
  <sup>art-9/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-9/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-9/par-1/item-7</sup>
  General knowledge on personnel management and other matters concerning labor and social insurance.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 社会保険労務士法 第三条第一項第二号（資格） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/art-3/par-1/item-2
- 社会保険労務士法 附則第四十五条第二項（社会保険労務士法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/suppl-3591-77/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/343AC1000000089/suppl-3591-77/art-45/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-20261018T205451-002, translated 2026-10-19
- 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