Supplementary Provisions, Article 31Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act
第三十一条（小規模企業共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
An application for a mutual aid contract, an application to increase or decrease the monthly premium and other procedures made under the provisions of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act before the amendment by the provisions of the preceding Article, before the enforcement of the provisions of that Article, are deemed to have been made under the provisions of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act after the amendment by the provisions of that Article.
前条の規定の施行前に同条の規定による改正前の小規模企業共済法の規定によってした共済契約の申込み、掛金月額の増加又は減少の申込みその他の手続は、同条の規定による改正後の小規模企業共済法の規定によってしたものとみなす。
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