The purpose of this Act is, based on the spirit of mutual aid among small-scale enterprises, to establish a mutual aid system funded by their contributions with regard to the discontinuation, succession, etc. of the businesses of small-scale enterprises, and thereby to contribute to the promotion of the welfare of small-scale enterprises and the development of small enterprises.
この法律は、小規模企業者の相互扶助の精神に基づき、小規模企業者の事業の廃止、承継等につき、その拠出による共済制度を確立し、もつて小規模企業者の福祉の増進と小規模企業の振興に寄与することを目的とする。
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「小規模企業者」
An individual who runs a business with 20 or fewer regular employees in industry, mining, transport and similar fields, 5 or fewer in commerce or services, or no more than a number a Cabinet Order (政令) sets for the industries it names; an individual who takes part in running such a business; or an officer of a company of the same size or of a small and medium-sized enterprise organization (中小企業団体) a Cabinet Order specifies.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law