# 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 / Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — 第二十二条 (Article 22) - Law: 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 (Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life), 平成二十七年法律第六十四号 - English title "Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life": 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22)（職業指導等の措置等） — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十二条（職業指導等の措置等） — (Vocational Guidance and Other Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22 **第一項** 国は、女性の職業生活における活躍を推進するため、職業指導、職業紹介、職業訓練、創業の支援その他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めるものとする。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-1 The national government is to endeavor to provide vocational guidance, employment placement, vocational training, support for start-ups, and other necessary measures to promote women's active engagement in professional life. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 地方公共団体は、女性の職業生活における活躍を推進するため、前項の措置と相まって、職業生活を営み、又は営もうとする女性及びその家族その他の関係者からの相談に応じ、関係機関の紹介その他の情報の提供、助言その他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めるものとする。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-2 In combination with the measures referred to in the preceding paragraph, local governments are to respond to requests for consultation from women who work or intend to work, from their families and other relevant persons, and endeavor to introduce relevant organizations, provide other relevant information and advice, and take other necessary measures to promote women's active engagement in professional life. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 地方公共団体は、前項に規定する業務に係る事務の一部を、その事務を適切に実施することができるものとして内閣府令で定める基準に適合する者に委託することができる。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-3 Local governments may entrust part of the administrative affairs for the duties prescribed in the preceding paragraph to a person that conforms to the criteria specified by Cabinet Office Order as having the capability to properly carry out the administrative duties. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定による委託に係る事務に従事する者又は当該事務に従事していた者は、正当な理由なく、当該事務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らしてはならない。 art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-4 A person who engages in or has engaged in the administrative affairs relating to the entrustment under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, must not divulge any secrets learned in the course of the relevant administrative affairs without legitimate grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-22/par-2: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-1 - art-22/par-3: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-2 - art-22/par-4: 前項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第三項 (Article 22, paragraph (3)), art-22/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第二項（職業指導等の措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-2 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第三項（職業指導等の措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-3 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十二条第四項（職業指導等の措置等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-22/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-22/par-4 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第一項（協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-1 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第二十七条第二項（協議会） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-27/par-2 - 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第三十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-35/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-35/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/427AC0000000064/20261001_507AC0000000063), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4163/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19