# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第百十四条 (Article 114) - 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: 第百十四条 (Article 114)（主務大臣等） — address `art-114` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百十四条（主務大臣等） — (Competent Ministers) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114 **第一項** 前章における主務大臣は、政令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣及び内閣総理大臣とする。 art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-1 The competent ministers in the preceding Chapter are the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律における主務省令は、政令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣又は内閣総理大臣の発する命令とする。 art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-2 An order of the competent ministry in this Act is an order issued by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prime Minister, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。 art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-3 The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in this Act may be delegated to the Director-General of a regional bureau of health and welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長に委任することができる。 art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-4 The authority delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 内閣総理大臣は、前章の規定による権限（政令で定めるものを除く。）を金融庁長官に委任する。 art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-5 The Prime Minister delegates the authority under the provisions of the preceding Chapter (excluding that specified by Cabinet Order) to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の規定により金融庁長官に委任された権限については、政令で定めるところにより、その一部を財務局長又は財務支局長に委任することができる。 art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-6 A part of the authority delegated to the Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of the Local Finance Bureau or the Director-General of a local finance branch bureau, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-114/par-4: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第百十四条第三項 (Article 114, paragraph (3)), art-114/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-3 - art-114/par-6: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第百十四条第五項 (Article 114, paragraph (5)), art-114/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-5 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第百十四条第四項（主務大臣等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-4 - 確定拠出年金法 第百十四条第六項（主務大臣等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-114/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-114/par-6 --- ## 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