# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第十九条 (Article 19)

- 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
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- Provision: 第十九条 (Article 19)（事業主掛金及び企業型年金加入者掛金） — address `art-19`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第十九条（事業主掛金及び企業型年金加入者掛金） — (Employer and Participant Contributions to the Corporate-type Pension Plan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-19</sup>

  **第一項**  事業主は、政令で定めるところにより、年一回以上、定期的に掛金を拠出する。
  <sup>art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-19/par-1</sup>
  An employer periodically makes contributions at least once a year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  事業主掛金の額は、企業型年金規約で定めるものとする。
  <sup>art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-19/par-2</sup>
  The amount of the employer's contribution is to be specified by the corporate-type pension plan rules.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第三項**  企業型年金加入者は、政令で定める基準に従い企業型年金規約で定めるところにより、年一回以上、定期的に自ら掛金を拠出することができる。
  <sup>art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-19/par-3</sup>
  A participant of a corporate-type pension plan may periodically make own contributions pursuant to the provisions of the corporate-type pension plan rules that are in accordance with the standards specified by Cabinet Order.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第四項**  企業型年金加入者掛金の額は、企業型年金規約で定めるところにより、企業型年金加入者が決定し、又は変更する。
  <sup>art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-19/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-19/par-4</sup>
  The amount of the participant of a corporate-type pension plan's contribution is decided or changed by the participant of a corporate-type pension plan pursuant to the provisions of the corporate-type pension plan rules.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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 — Machine translation, 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