# 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 / Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees — 第四十六条 (Article 46)

- Law: 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 (Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees), 平成二十八年法律第八十九号
- English title "Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees": 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46)（禁止行為） — address `art-46`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-46
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### 第四十六条（禁止行為） — (Prohibited Acts)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-46</sup>

  **第一項**  実習監理を行う者（第四十八条第一項において「実習監理者」という。）又はその役員若しくは職員（次条において「実習監理者等」という。）は、暴行、脅迫、監禁その他精神又は身体の自由を不当に拘束する手段によって、技能実習生の意思に反して技能実習を強制してはならない。
  <sup>art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-46/par-1</sup>
  A person engaging in the supervision (referred to as "training supervisor" in Article 48, paragraph (1)) or its officers or employees (referred to as "training supervisors, etc." in the following Article) must not force the technical intern trainees to engage in technical intern training against their will through the use of assault, intimidation, confinement, or any other means which unfairly restrict the mental or physical freedom of the technical intern trainee.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-46/par-1: 第四十八条第一項 → 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-48/par-1
- art-46/par-1: 次条 → 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第四十七条 (Article 47), art-47 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-47

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第百八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/technical-intern-training-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-108/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/428AC0000000089/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3612/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 210 — 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
