• (1) A person who leases machines, etc., which are defined by Cabinet Order, to other employers and as provided for by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as “machine lessor”) shall take necessary measures in order to prevent industrial accidents due to the said machines, etc., at the workplace of the employer to whom the said machines, etc., have been leased.
• (2) A person who accepted the lease of machines, etc., from a machine lessor shall, where the person who operates the said machines, etc., is not a worker employed by the individual, take necessary measures in order to prevent industrial accidents due to the said operation of the machines, etc.
• (3) A person who operates the machines, etc., as set forth in the preceding paragraph, shall abide by the necessary matters in accordance with the measures which the person who accepted the lease of machines, etc., has taken under the provisions of the same paragraph.
Article 34. (Measures to Be Taken by Building Lessors)
• A person who offers to other employers the lease of buildings defined by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as “building lessor”) shall take necessary measures in order to prevent industrial accidents due to the said buildings related to the undertaking of the employer who accepted the lease of the said buildings. However, this shall not apply where the whole of the said buildings is leased to one employer.
Article 35. (Labeling of Weight)
• A person who is to forward a piece of cargo which weighs one ton or more shall label its weight on the said cargo by an ostensive and not easily erasable method; provided that this shall not apply when