# 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 / Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance — 第四十一条 (Article 41)

- Law: 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 (Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance), 昭和四十四年法律第八十四号
- English title "Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance": Ministry of Justice translation
- 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: 第四十一条 (Article 41)（時効） — address `art-41`
- Text in force since: 2025-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-41
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-41
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### 第四十一条（時効） — (Prescription)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-41</sup>

**第一項**  労働保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金を徴収し、又はその還付を受ける権利は、これらを行使することができる時から二年を経過したときは、時効によつて消滅する。
<sup>art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-41/par-1</sup>
The right to collect, or receive the refund of, the labor insurance premiums or other money collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act extinguishes by prescription when two years have elapsed from the time when the right can be exercised.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  政府が行う労働保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の徴収の告知又は督促は、時効の更新の効力を生ずる。
<sup>art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/labor-insurance-premium-collection-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/344AC0000000084/art-41/par-2</sup>
The notification or demand made by the government concerning the collection of the labor insurance premiums or other money collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act has the effect of renewal of prescription.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 労働者災害補償保険法 第十二条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-12-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-12-3/par-3
- 労働者災害補償保険法 第三十一条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-accident-insurance-act/art-31/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000050/art-31/par-4
- 賃金の支払の確保等に関する法律 第八条第三項（返還等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/wage-payment-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/351AC0000000034/art-8/par-3
- 雇用保険法 第十条の四第三項（返還命令等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-10-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-10-4/par-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 — the text in force from 2025-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/344AC0000000084/20251001_506AC0000000026), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3815/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch labor-insurance-premium-collection-act-20261018T200646-002, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 201 — 労働保険の保険料の徴収等に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18
