# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第二十条 (Article 20) - Law: 次世代育成支援対策推進法 (Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children), 平成十五年法律第百二十号 - English title "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children": 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: 第二十条 (Article 20) — address `art-20` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条 art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、一般事業主の団体又はその連合団体（法人でない団体又は連合団体であって代表者の定めがないものを除く。）であって、次項に規定する業務を適正かつ確実に行うことができると認めるものを、その申請により、次世代育成支援対策推進センターとして指定することができる。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may designate a general employer organization or any of its allied organizations (excluding an organization that is not a corporation or a federation that does not have a designated representative) that the Minister finds to be capable of properly and reliably performing the business prescribed in the following paragraph as a center for advancement of measures to support raising next-generation children, upon receiving an application from that organization. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次世代育成支援対策推進センターは、一般事業主行動計画の策定及び実施に関し、一般事業主その他の関係者に対し、雇用環境の整備に関する相談その他の援助の業務を行うものとする。 art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-2 A center for advancement of measures to support raising next-generation children is to provide consultations and other assistance to a general employer and other persons concerned for the improvement of the employment environment in relation to the formulation and implementation of a general employer action plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、次世代育成支援対策推進センターの財産の状況又はその業務の運営に関し改善が必要であると認めるときは、次世代育成支援対策推進センターに対し、その改善に必要な措置をとるべきことを命ずることができる。 art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-3 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary to improve the financial status or business operations of a center for advancement of measures to support raising next-generation children, the Minister may order that center to take any measures necessary to achieve that improvement. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、次世代育成支援対策推進センターが前項の規定による命令に違反したときは、第一項の指定を取り消すことができる。 art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-4 When a center for advancement of measures to support raising next-generation children violates an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may revoke the designation under paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 次世代育成支援対策推進センターの役員若しくは職員又はこれらの職にあった者は、第二項に規定する業務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。 art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-5 A current or former officer or employee of a center for advancement of measures to support raising next-generation children must not divulge any secret learned in connection with the business prescribed in paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第一項の指定の手続その他次世代育成支援対策推進センターに関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-20/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-6 The procedures for the designation referred to in paragraph (1) and other necessary matters concerning a center for advancement of measures to support raising next-generation children are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-20/par-1: 次項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-2 - art-20/par-4: 前項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第三項 (Article 20, paragraph (3)), art-20/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-3 - art-20/par-4: 第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-1 - art-20/par-5: 第二項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第二項 (Article 20, paragraph (2)), art-20/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-2 - art-20/par-6: 第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-4 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-5 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-20/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-20/par-6 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十六条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/art-26/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-26/par-1/item-5 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第二条第二項（この法律の失効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4151-120/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4151-120/art-2/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19