# 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 — 第三十六条 (Article 36)

- 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36) — address `art-36`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-36
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### 第三十六条
<sup>art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-36</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、当該違反行為をした者は、六月以下の拘禁刑又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-36/par-1</sup>
If any of the following items apply, the person who committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第十六条第四項の規定による届出をしないで、労働者の募集に従事したとき。
  <sup>art-36/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-36/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-36/par-1/item-1</sup>
  if a person has engaged in the recruitment of workers without submitting a notification under the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (4);
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  第十六条第五項において準用する職業安定法第三十七条第二項の規定による指示に従わなかったとき。
  <sup>art-36/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-36/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-36/par-1/item-2</sup>
  if a person has failed to comply with the instructions under the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (2) of the Employment Security Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (5); or
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  第十六条第五項において準用する職業安定法第三十九条又は第四十条の規定に違反したとき。
  <sup>art-36/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-36/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-36/par-1/item-3</sup>
  if a person has violated the provisions of Article 39 or Article 40 of the Employment Security Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 16, paragraph (5).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-36/par-1/item-1: 第十六条第四項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第四項 (Article 16, paragraph (4)), art-16/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-4
- art-36/par-1/item-2: 第十六条第五項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-5
- art-36/par-1/item-2: 職業安定法第三十七条第二項 → 職業安定法 第三十七条第二項 (Article 37, paragraph (2)), art-37/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-37/par-2
- art-36/par-1/item-3: 第十六条第五項 → 女性の職業生活における活躍の推進に関する法律 第十六条第五項 (Article 16, paragraph (5)), art-16/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-16/par-5
- art-36/par-1/item-3: 職業安定法第三十九条 → 職業安定法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-39
- art-36/par-1/item-3: 第四十条 → 職業安定法 第四十条 (Article 40), art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-security-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-40

## Cited by

1 provision cites 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 第三十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/womens-engagement-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/427AC0000000064/art-38/par-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch womens-engagement-act-20261019T013854-001, translated 2026-10-19
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch womens-engagement-act-20261019T013854-001, translated 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