Supplementary Provisions
附 則
Supplementary Provisions, Article 1Effective Date
第一条（施行期日）
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2016; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
この法律は、平成二十八年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
The provisions of Article 5, and Article 9, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 17, paragraph (3) and Article 20 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
第五条の規定並びに附則第九条第二項及び第三項、第十七条第三項並びに第二十条の規定 公布の日
The provisions amending the table of contents of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act in Article 1 (excluding the part replacing ", Article 31" with " through Article 31-2"), the provisions making Section 5 into Section 6 in Chapter VI of that Act, the provisions amending Article 75-2, paragraph (5), the provisions making Section 4 into Section 5 in that Chapter and adding one Section after Section 3, and the provisions amending Article 88; the provisions of Article 2 (excluding the provisions amending Article 5, paragraph (2) of the Act on the Welfare and Medical Service Agency, Independent Administrative Agency); and the provisions of Articles 7, 30 and 33 of the Supplementary Provisions: October 1, 2015.
第一条中中小企業退職金共済法目次の改正規定（「・第三十一条」を「―第三十一条の二」に改める部分を除く。）、同法第六章中第五節を第六節とする改正規定、第七十五条の二第五項の改正規定、同章中第四節を第五節とし、第三節の次に一節を加える改正規定及び第八十八条の改正規定並びに第二条の規定（独立行政法人福祉医療機構法第五条第二項の改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第七条、第三十条及び第三十三条の規定 平成二十七年十月一日
Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning the Handing Over of an Amount Equivalent to a Cancellation Refund
第二条（解約手当金に相当する額の引渡しに関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 17 of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New SME Retirement Allowance Act") apply to the case where a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (meaning a retirement allowance mutual aid contract prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act; the same applies in Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions) is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act on or after the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), and the provisions then in force continue to govern the case where, before the Effective Date, a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (meaning a retirement allowance mutual aid contract prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act before the amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former SME Retirement Allowance Act" in this Article and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions)) is cancelled pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Former SME Retirement Allowance Act.
第一条の規定による改正後の中小企業退職金共済法（以下「新中退法」という。）第十七条の規定は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後に新中退法第八条第二項第二号の規定により退職金共済契約（新中退法第二条第三項に規定する退職金共済契約をいう。附則第四条において同じ。）が解除された場合に適用し、施行日前に第一条の規定による改正前の中小企業退職金共済法（以下この条及び附則第六条において「旧中退法」という。）第八条第二項第二号の規定により退職金共済契約（旧中退法第二条第三項に規定する退職金共済契約をいう。）が解除された場合については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Aggregation of the Number of Months of Paid Premiums, etc.
第三条（掛金納付月数の通算等に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 18, Article 46, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 55, paragraph (1), item (i) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act apply to the retirement of a covered employee (meaning a covered employee prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) on or after April 1, 2014, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the retirement of a covered employee before that day.
新中退法第十八条、第四十六条第一項第一号及び第五十五条第一項第一号の規定は、被共済者（新中退法第二条第七項に規定する被共済者をいう。以下この条において同じ。）が平成二十六年四月一日以後に退職した場合について適用し、被共済者が同日前に退職した場合については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 4Transitional Measures Concerning the Acceptance of Accepted Amounts from a Body That Has Discontinued Its Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Business, etc.
第四条（退職金共済事業を廃止した団体からの受入金額の受入れ等に関する経過措置）
The provisions of Article 31-2 of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act apply to the case where, with respect to an employer that had concluded a contract concerning retirement allowance mutual aid with a discontinued body (meaning a discontinued body prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article; the same applies in the following paragraph), the retirement allowance mutual aid business is discontinued on or after the Effective Date.
新中退法第三十一条の二の規定は、廃止団体（同条第一項に規定する廃止団体をいう。次項において同じ。）と退職金共済に関する契約を締結していた事業主について、施行日以後に退職金共済事業が廃止された場合について適用する。
Where an employer prescribed in the preceding paragraph concludes a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (excluding one pertaining to a short-time covered employee prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) on or after the Effective Date and makes the request under Article 31-2, paragraph (1) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act, and the monthly amount of the premium pertaining to the contract concerning retirement allowance mutual aid with the discontinued body at the time when that discontinued body discontinued the retirement allowance mutual aid business (where the monthly amount of that premium has a fraction of less than 1,000 yen, the fraction is rounded down if it is less than 500 yen, and is treated as 1,000 yen if it is 500 yen or more; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) was less than 5,000 yen, the monthly premium may, notwithstanding Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act, be an amount of 2,000 yen (or, where the monthly amount of that premium exceeds 2,000 yen, the monthly amount of that premium) or more and less than 5,000 yen during the period from the month containing the day on which that retirement allowance mutual aid contract was concluded to the month containing the day on which three years have elapsed from that day; provided, however, that this does not apply where the monthly premium on the day on which that retirement allowance mutual aid contract takes effect is made 5,000 yen or more, or on or after the day on which the monthly premium has been increased to an amount of 5,000 yen or more pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act.
前項に規定する事業主が、施行日以後に退職金共済契約（新中退法第四条第二項に規定する短時間労働被共済者に係るものを除く。以下この条において同じ。）を締結し、新中退法第三十一条の二第一項の規定による申出をした場合であって、当該廃止団体が退職金共済事業を廃止したときにおける当該退職金共済に関する契約に係る掛金の月額（当該掛金の月額に千円未満の端数がある場合においては、その端数金額が五百円未満であるときは、これを切り捨て、その端数金額が五百円以上であるときは、これを千円として計算する。以下この項において同じ。）が五千円未満であったときには、当該退職金共済契約を締結した日の属する月から起算して三年を経過する日の属する月までの間は、掛金月額は、新中退法第四条第二項の規定にかかわらず、二千円（当該掛金の月額が二千円を超えるときは、当該掛金の月額）以上五千円未満の額とすることができる。ただし、当該退職金共済契約の効力が生ずる日における掛金月額を五千円以上とした場合及び新中退法第九条第一項の規定により掛金月額が五千円以上の額に増加された日以後においては、この限りでない。
The Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid must not, notwithstanding Article 9, paragraph (2) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act, accept an application for a reduction of the monthly premium from a mutual aid policyholder (meaning a mutual aid policyholder prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act) pertaining to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract whose monthly premium has been made less than 5,000 yen pursuant to the main clause of the preceding paragraph, during the period prescribed in the main clause of the preceding paragraph, even in the cases set out in the items of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act; provided, however, that this does not apply to an application for a reduction of the monthly premium to an amount of 5,000 yen or more made after the monthly premium has been increased to an amount exceeding 5,000 yen pursuant to Article 9, paragraph (1) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act.
独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構は、前項本文の規定により掛金月額を五千円未満の額とした退職金共済契約に係る共済契約者（新中退法第二条第六項に規定する共済契約者をいう。）からの掛金月額の減少の申込みについては、新中退法第九条第二項の規定にかかわらず、前項本文に規定する期間中は、新中退法第八条第三項各号に掲げる場合においても、これを承諾してはならない。ただし、新中退法第九条第一項の規定により掛金月額が五千円を超える額に増加された後における五千円以上の額への掛金月額の減少の申込みについては、この限りでない。
Among retirement allowance mutual aid contracts whose monthly premium has been made less than 5,000 yen pursuant to the main clause of paragraph (2), the monthly premium pertaining to a contract whose monthly premium is, at the expiry of the period prescribed in the main clause of that paragraph, actually less than 5,000 yen is deemed to have been increased to 5,000 yen at the time of the expiry of that period.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Payment of Retirement Allowances for the Specified Industry
第五条（特定業種に係る退職金の支給に関する経過措置）
The provisions of the proviso to Article 43, paragraph (1), Article 46, paragraph (2) and Article 55, paragraph (2) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act apply to the payment of retirement allowances pertaining to a person for whom the grounds for payment arise on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the payment of retirement allowances pertaining to a person for whom the grounds for payment arose before the Effective Date.
新中退法第四十三条第一項ただし書、第四十六条第二項及び第五十五条第二項の規定は、施行日以後に支給事由が生じた者に係る退職金の支給について適用し、施行日前に支給事由が生じた者に係る退職金の支給については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6Transitional Measures Concerning the Treatment of Covered Employees Who Move Between Specified Industries, etc.
第六条（被共済者が特定業種間を移動した場合の取扱い等に関する経過措置）
The provisions of the portion of Article 46, paragraph (1) other than its items and the portion of Article 55, paragraph (1) other than its items of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act apply to the transfer of an amount equivalent to a retirement allowance (meaning a retirement allowance or an amount equivalent to a retirement allowance prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (1) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act and a retirement allowance or an amount equivalent to a retirement allowance prescribed in Article 55, paragraph (1) of the New SME Retirement Allowance Act) pertaining to a person for whom the grounds for payment arise on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the transfer of an amount equivalent to a retirement allowance (meaning a retirement allowance or an amount equivalent to a retirement allowance prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Retirement Allowance Act and a retirement allowance or an amount equivalent to a retirement allowance prescribed in Article 55, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Retirement Allowance Act) pertaining to a person for whom the grounds for payment arose before the Effective Date.
新中退法第四十六条第一項各号列記以外の部分及び第五十五条第一項各号列記以外の部分の規定は、施行日以後に支給事由が生じた者に係る退職金相当額（新中退法第四十六条第一項に規定する退職金又は退職金に相当する額及び新中退法第五十五条第一項に規定する退職金又は退職金に相当する額をいう。）の繰入れについて適用し、施行日前に支給事由が生じた者に係る退職金相当額（旧中退法第四十六条第一項に規定する退職金又は退職金に相当する額及び旧中退法第五十五条第一項に規定する退職金又は退職金に相当する額をいう。）の繰入れについては、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 19Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
第十九条（罰則に関する経過措置）
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date and to acts committed on or after the Effective Date in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
施行日前にした行為及びこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における施行日以後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 20Delegation to Cabinet Order
第二十条（政令への委任）
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
retirementmachine translation
「退職」
The ending of an employee's employment relationship with their employer (事業主).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law
mutual aid policyholdermachine translation
「共済契約者」
An employer (事業主) that is a party to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) or a specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract (特定業種退職金共済契約).
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
short-time covered employeemachine translation
「短時間労働被共済者」
In Article 4, paragraph (2) and Article 27, paragraph (4), a covered employee (被共済者) whose prescribed weekly working hours, on the day the retirement allowance mutual aid contract (退職金共済契約) is applied for, are shorter than those of the employer's ordinary employees and fewer than the number of hours the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働大臣) sets; their monthly premium (掛金月額) may be as low as 2,000 yen instead of 5,000 yen.
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (2)· applies only in this provision and in Article 27, paragraph (4)
New SME Retirement Allowance Actmachine translation
「新中退法」
This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 17 of 2015.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
the Effective Datemachine translation
「施行日」
The date Act No. 17 of 2015, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
Former SME Retirement Allowance Actmachine translation
「旧中退法」
This Act as it stood before Article 1 of Act No. 17 of 2015 amended it.
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 6
retirement allowance mutual aid contractmachine translation
「退職金共済契約」
In Articles 2 and 4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 17 of 2015, a retirement allowance mutual aid contract as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act as Act No. 17 of 2015 amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 4
covered employeemachine translation
「被共済者」
In Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 17 of 2015, a covered employee as defined in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act as Act No. 17 of 2015 amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article
discontinued bodymachine translation
「廃止団体」
In Article 4 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 17 of 2015, a discontinued body as defined in Article 31-2, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act as Act No. 17 of 2015 amended it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)
cancellation
解除
Ending a contract by one party's notice to the other, where the contract or the law gives that party a right to cancel (Civil Code, Article 540, paragraph (1)). The Civil Code lets a party cancel for the other's failure to perform: after a demand to perform within a reasonable time that is not met, unless what is still missing is minor (Article 541), or at once where performance has become wholly impossible, or the other party has clearly refused to perform, among other cases where performance clearly will not come (Article 542, paragraph (1)). On cancellation each party must put the other back in the position before the contract, and damages can still be claimed (Article 545, paragraphs (1) and (4)); a lease, though, ends only from then on (Article 620). Cancellation differs from rescission (取消し), after which the act is treated as void from the start (Article 121).
Written by AI using Civil Code, Arts. 121, 540, 541, 542, 545, 620 as a reference.
Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid
独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構
A public body the State sets up by law, as an incorporated administrative agency (独立行政法人), under the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act (中小企業退職金共済法) and the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (独立行政法人通則法) (Article 57 of the Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act). Its purpose is to run the retirement allowance mutual aid scheme for the employees of small and medium-sized enterprises and to promote workers' planned asset formation (Article 58 of that Act). It carries on the business of retirement allowance mutual aid contracts (退職金共済契約) and of specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contracts (特定業種退職金共済契約), which cover industries the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare designates, such as construction, where many workers move between employers in the same industry (Article 2, paragraph (4) and Article 70, paragraph (1) of that Act). Under a retirement allowance mutual aid contract, an employer promises to pay premiums to the Organization, and the Organization promises to pay retirement allowances, as that Act provides, when the employer's employees leave (Article 2, paragraph (3) of that Act).
Written by AI using Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act, Arts. 2, 57, 58, 70 as a reference.