An object of the present invention is to improve reliability of exhaust emission purification in an exhaust emission purifying device having an NOx catalyst and an bypass path bypassing the NOx catalyst. The present invention provides an exhaust emission purifying device including an SOx absorbing material 17 provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, a main NOx catalyst 20 provided in the exhaust passage on the downstream side of the SOx absorbing material, a bypass pipe 26 branching off from the exhaust passage at a position between the SOx absorbing material 17 and the main NOx catalyst 20, and an exhaust switching valve 28 provided at the start end of the bypass pipe 26 and adapted to switch the exhaust flow between the main NOx catalyst 20 and the bypass pipe 26, wherein a sub NOx catalyst 24 is provided in the bypass pipe 26 and wherein when the exhaust switching valve 28 is controlled so as to lead the exhaust to the main NOx catalyst 20 and as to prevent the exhaust from flowing through the bypass pipe 26, any exhaust leaking from the exhaust switching valve 28 to the bypass pipe 26 is purified by the sub NOx catalyst 24.