# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第百条 (Article 100)

- Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号
- English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第百条 (Article 100) — address `art-100`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第百条
<sup>art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100</sup>

  **第一項**  確定拠出年金運営管理機関は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。
  <sup>art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1</sup>
  A defined contribution pension operational management institution must not conduct the following acts:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  運営管理契約を締結するに際し、その相手方に対して、加入者等の損失の全部又は一部を負担することを約すること。
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-1</sup>
    an act of promising the counterparty, when concluding an operational management contract, to bear all or part of losses incurred by a participant or instructor, when concluding the contract;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  運営管理契約を締結するに際し、その相手方に対して、加入者等又は当該相手方に特別の利益を提供することを約すること。
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-2</sup>
    an act of promising the counterparty, when concluding an operational management contract, to provide special benefits to a participant or instructor or the counterparty;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  運用関連業務に関し生じた加入者等の損失の全部若しくは一部を補てんし、又は当該業務に関し生じた加入者等の利益に追加するため、当該加入者等又は第三者に対し、財産上の利益を提供し、又は第三者をして提供させること（自己の責めに帰すべき事故による損失の全部又は一部を補てんする場合を除く。）。
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-3</sup>
    an act of providing or having a third party provide economic benefits to a participant or instructor, or a third party in order to compensate for all or part of losses incurred by the participant or instructor in relation to investment-related services or to add to the benefits of the participant or instructor arising in relation to the services (excluding the case of compensating for all or part of losses incurred due to grounds attributable to the institution);
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  運営管理契約の締結について勧誘をするに際し、又はその解除を妨げるため、運営管理業務に関する事項であって、運営管理契約の相手方の判断に影響を及ぼすこととなる重要なものとして政令で定めるものにつき、故意に事実を告げず、又は不実のことを告げること。
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-4</sup>
    an act of, when soliciting an operational management contract or in order to prevent cancelation of the contract, intentionally failing to disclose facts or disclosing false facts with regard to a particular concerning operational management services that is specified by Cabinet Order as a material particular that would affect the determinations of the counterparty to the operational management contract;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **五**  自己又は加入者等以外の第三者の利益を図る目的をもって、特定の運用の方法を加入者等に対し提示すること。
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-5</sup>
    an act of presenting a specific investment method to a participant or instructor for the purpose of seeking the institution's own benefit or the benefit of a third party other than the participants or instructors;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **六**  加入者等に対して、提示した運用の方法のうち特定のものについて指図を行うこと、又は指図を行わないことを勧めること（当該確定拠出年金運営管理機関が金融商品取引法（昭和二十三年法律第二十五号）第二条第九項に規定する金融商品取引業者その他確定拠出年金運営管理業以外の事業を営む者として行うことを明示して行う場合を除く。）。
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-6</sup>
    an act of recommending a participant or instructor to give instructions or not to give instructions with regard to a specific investment method from among the methods that were presented (excluding the case of conducting such act by indicating that the defined contribution pension operational management institution conducts such act as the financial instruments business operator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948) or a person that conducts a business other than the defined contribution pension operational management business); and
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **七**  前各号に掲げるもののほか、加入者等の保護に欠け、若しくは確定拠出年金運営管理業の公正を害し、又は確定拠出年金運営管理業の信用を失墜させるおそれのあるものとして主務省令で定める行為
    <sup>art-100/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-7</sup>
    beyond what is set forth in the preceding items, the acts specified by order of the competent ministry as acts that fail to protect participants or instructors or that are likely to harm the fairness of the defined contribution pension operational management business or cause a loss of confidence in the defined contribution pension operational management business.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-100/par-1/item-6: 金融商品取引法（昭和二十三年法律第二十五号）第二条第九項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000025, 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — not held in this collection
- art-100/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第一号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-100/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-1
- art-100/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第二号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-100/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-2
- art-100/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第三号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-100/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-3
- art-100/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第四号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-100/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-4
- art-100/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第五号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-100/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-5
- art-100/par-1/item-7: 前各号 → 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第六号 (Article 100, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-100/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-6

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 確定拠出年金法 第百条第一項第七号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-100/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-100/par-1/item-7
- 確定拠出年金法 第百十八条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118/par-1/item-4
- 確定拠出年金法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-119/par-1/item-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 確定拠出年金法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000088/20260401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
