# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第十一条 (Article 11) - 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: 第十一条 (Article 11)（資格喪失の時期） — address `art-11` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十一条（資格喪失の時期） — (Timing of Loss of the Status) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11 **第一項** 企業型年金加入者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至った日の翌日（その事実があった日に更に前条各号のいずれかに該当するに至ったとき、第五号に該当するに至ったとき（厚生労働省令で定める場合に限る。）又は第六号に該当するに至ったときは、当該至った日）に、企業型年金加入者の資格を喪失する。 art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1 A participant of a corporate-type pension plan loses the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan on the day following the day on which the person comes to fall under any of the following items (if, on the day when that fact occurs, the person further comes to fall under any of the items of the preceding Article, or if the person comes to fall under item (v) (limited to the case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) or item (vi), on the day of falling under that item): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 死亡したとき。 art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-1 when the person dies; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 実施事業所に使用されなくなったとき。 art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-2 when the person ceases to be employed at the place of business implementing the plan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その使用される事業所又は船舶が、実施事業所でなくなったとき。 art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-3 when the place of business or the ship where the person is employed ceases to be a place of business implementing the plan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第一号等厚生年金被保険者でなくなったとき。 art-11/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-4 when the person ceases to be a category I or IV EPI insured person; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 企業型年金規約により定められている資格を喪失したとき。 art-11/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-5 when the person loses the qualifications specified by the corporate-type pension plan rules; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 企業型年金の老齢給付金の受給権を有する者となったとき。 art-11/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-6 when the person becomes a person who has the right to receive old-age benefits under the corporate-type pension plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-11/par-1: 前条 → 確定拠出年金法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-10 - art-11/par-1: 第五号 → 確定拠出年金法 第十一条第一項第五号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-11/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-5 - art-11/par-1: 第六号 → 確定拠出年金法 第十一条第一項第六号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-11/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1/item-6 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第十一条第一項（資格喪失の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-11/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第十五条第一項第一号（企業型年金運用指図者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-15/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-15/par-1/item-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第二十九条第一項（確定拠出年金の加入者の資格に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-5021-40/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-5021-40/art-29/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第三十条第一項（企業型年金加入者であった者の個人別管理資産の企業年金連合会への移換に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-5021-40/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-5021-40/art-30/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第三十三条第一項（企業型年金加入者であった者の個人別管理資産の存続連合会への移換に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-5021-40/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-5021-40/art-33/par-1 --- ## 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