Supplementary Provisions, Article 3Transitional Measures Concerning Application Money
第三条（申込金に関する経過措置）
With regard to application money relating to an application for a mutual aid contract made prior to the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
この法律の施行前に行われた共済契約の申込みに係る申込金については、なお従前の例による。
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