Electric scissors 10 drive an electric motor 20 to bring a driven member 33 to a first position, thereby bringing a pair of blades 40 to an open state, when manipulation force of moving a control lever 50 to a closing position is not applied to the control lever 50. The electric scissors 10 drive the electric motor 20 to bring the driven member 33 to a second position upon detection by a detector 61, thereby bringing the blades 40 to a closed state, when the manipulation force of moving the control lever 50 to the closing position is applied to the control lever 50. The control lever 50 includes a stopper 70 supported to advance to and retreat from a casing 11. The casing 11 includes a locker 11b locking the stopper 70, which has advanced to the casing 11, to restrict movement of the control lever 50 toward the opening position, when the control lever 50 is in an intermediate opening position between the opening and closing positions.
