Defined Contribution Pension Act

Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896) concerning periods of time apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of the periods of time prescribed in this Act and orders based on this Act.

The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the implementing organization prescribed in Article 2-5, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare) may provide the Association with the materials specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, such as material concerning the status of a participant or instructor as an insured covered by employees' pension insurance or national pension, which are necessary for providing services under the provisions of this Act.

If a defined contribution pension operational management institution (including an employer that provides records-related services) finds it to be necessary, it may request a person who has the right to receive benefits (hereinafter referred to as a "beneficiary") to submit articles, such as documents, concerning the state of disability.

When an instructor of a corporate-type pension plan, a participant of an individual-type pension plan, an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment, or a person whose assets were transferred to the Association (limited to a person who has assets managed per individual under the corporate-type pension plan or the individual-type pension plan) (hereinafter referred to as an "instructor of a corporate-type pension plan, etc." in this Article) dies, the person whose duty is to submit a notification of death under the provisions of the Family Register Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) must make notification to that effect to the Association (if an instructor of a corporate-type pension plan who has assets managed per individual under the corporate-type pension plan dies, the notification must be made to the corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc. of the corporate-type pension plan) within ten days; provided, however, that this does not apply if notification of death under the provisions of that Act has been made with regard to the death of an instructor of a corporate-type pension plan, etc. specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare).

When the Association has received notification under the provisions of the main clause of the preceding paragraph, or has come to know that the notification prescribed in the proviso to that paragraph has been made, it must promptly notify the individual-type pension plan records-related operational management institution designated by the participants or instructors of an individual-type pension plan of the fact of the death of the instructor of a corporate-type pension plan, etc. (excluding an instructor of a corporate-type pension plan who has assets managed per individual under the corporate-type pension plan).

The competent ministers in the preceding Chapter are the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

An order of the competent ministry in this Act is an order issued by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in this Act may be delegated to the Director-General of a regional bureau of health and welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

The authority delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

The Prime Minister delegates the authority under the provisions of the preceding Chapter (excluding that specified by Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency.

A part of the authority delegated to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau or the Director-General of a local finance branch bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.

If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary for planning or drafting a system pertaining to defined contribution pension operational management business in connection with a financial failure resolution system or financial crisis management under the jurisdiction of the minister, the minister may request the Prime Minister to submit necessary materials and explanations.

Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, order of the competent ministry prescribes the procedures for implementing the preceding Chapter and other necessary detailed regulations regarding its enforcement, and Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes other procedures for implementing this Act and other necessary detailed regulations regarding its enforcement.

In the case of establishing, amending, or repealing an order based on this Act, required transitional measures (including transitional measures on penal provisions) may be specified by that order to the extent judged to be reasonably necessary for establishment, amendment, or repeal.