Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation.
この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、附則第三条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures
第二条（経過措置）
With respect to a mutual aid contract that took effect before the enforcement of this Act (referred to as an "existing contract" in the following paragraph), Article 7, paragraph (4), item (i) as amended by this Act is applied with the phrase "in order to establish" in that item deemed to be replaced with "in order to establish, by making a contribution of assets other than money relating to its business,".
Article 13, paragraph (1), the latter part as amended by this Act does not apply to a mutual aid policyholder relating to an existing contract for which a ground set out in Article 7, paragraph (4), item (ii) arose before the enforcement of this Act.
Article 3, paragraph (5), item (iii) as amended by this Act does not apply to a mutual aid contract for which an application was made before the enforcement of this Act.
この法律の施行前に申込みがされた共済契約については、この法律による改正後の第三条第五項第三号の規定は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Delegation to Cabinet Order
第三条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding Article, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
mutual aid contractmachine translation
「共済契約」
A contract under which a small-scale enterprise (小規模企業者) promises to pay premiums (掛金) to the Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, JAPAN (独立行政法人中小企業基盤整備機構), and the Organization promises to pay a mutual aid benefit (共済金) as the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act provides when that person's business is closed or a similar event occurs.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
mutual aid policyholdermachine translation
「共済契約者」
An individual business operator, or an officer of a company or of a small and medium-sized enterprise organization (中小企業団体), who is a party to a mutual aid contract (共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
existing contractmachine translation
「既契約」
In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 24 of 2010, a mutual aid contract (共済契約) that took effect before that Act came into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)