# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第百十八条 (Article 118)

- 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: 第百十八条 (Article 118) — address `art-118`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118
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### 第百十八条
<sup>art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の拘禁刑若しくは三百万円以下の罰金に処し、又はこれを併科する。
<sup>art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118/par-1</sup>
A person that falls under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine of not more than three million yen, or both:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第八十八条第一項の登録を受けないで確定拠出年金運営管理業を営んだ者
  <sup>art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person that conducts a defined contribution pension operational management business without being registered as referred to in Article 88, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  不正の手段により第八十八条第一項の登録を受けた者
  <sup>art-118/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person that is registered as referred to in Article 88, paragraph (1) by a wrongful means;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第九十五条の規定に違反して、他人に確定拠出年金運営管理業を営ませた者
  <sup>art-118/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-118/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-118/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a person that has another person conduct a defined contribution pension operational management business, in violation of the provisions of Article 95; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  第百条第一号から第三号までの規定に違反して、これらの規定に掲げる行為をした者
  <sup>art-118/par-1/item-4 · 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</sup>
  a person that commits any of the acts set forth in Article 100, items (i) through (iii), in violation of these provisions.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-118/par-1/item-1: 第八十八条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-88/par-1
- art-118/par-1/item-2: 第八十八条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第八十八条第一項 (Article 88, paragraph (1)), art-88/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-88/par-1
- art-118/par-1/item-3: 第九十五条 → 確定拠出年金法 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-95
- art-118/par-1/item-4: 第百条第一号から第三号まで → 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-118/par-1/item-4: 第百条第一号から第三号まで → 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-118/par-1/item-4: 第百条第一号から第三号まで → 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

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 確定拠出年金法 第百二十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-122/par-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
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch defined-contribution-pension-act-20261019T020713-001, translated 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