# 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 — 第三十二条 (Article 32)

- 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: 第三十二条 (Article 32)（権限の委任） — address `art-32`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-32
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-32
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### 第三十二条（権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-32</sup>

**第一項**  第八条、第九条、第十一条、第十二条、第十五条、第十六条、第三十条及び前条に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その一部を都道府県労働局長に委任することができる。
<sup>art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-32/par-1</sup>
Part of the authorities of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in Articles 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 30, and the preceding Article may be delegated to the director general of the relevant prefectural labor bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-32/par-1: 第八条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第八条 (Article 8), art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-8
- art-32/par-1: 第九条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-9
- art-32/par-1: 第十一条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-11
- art-32/par-1: 第十二条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-12
- art-32/par-1: 第十五条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十五条 (Article 15), art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-15
- art-32/par-1: 第十六条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16
- art-32/par-1: 第三十条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第三十条 (Article 30), art-30 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-30
- art-32/par-1: 前条 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-31

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## 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
