Supplementary Provisions, Article 25Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
第二十五条（中小企業倒産防止共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置）
An application for a mutual aid contract, an application for an increase or decrease in the monthly premium, and any other procedure made before the enforcement of the provisions of the preceding Article under the provisions of the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises before amendment are deemed to have been made under the provisions of that Act after amendment.
前条の規定の施行前に改正前の中小企業倒産防止共済法の規定によつ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、改正後の同法の規定によつてしたものとみなす。
mutual aid contractmachine translation
「共済契約」
A contract under which a small and medium-sized enterprise (中小企業者) 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 that, if a business operator it trades with goes bankrupt (倒産), it will lend it a mutual aid benefit (共済金) as the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises provides.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law