# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) - 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25)（運用の指図） — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25 - 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. --- ### 第二十五条（運用の指図） — (Instructions on Investment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25 **第一項** 企業型年金加入者等は、企業型年金規約で定めるところにより、積立金のうち当該企業型年金加入者等の個人別管理資産について運用の指図を行う。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-1 Participants or instructors of a corporate-type pension plan are to give instructions on investment with regard to their assets managed per individual of the reserve fund, pursuant to the provisions of the corporate-type pension plan rules. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の運用の指図（以下この章において単に「運用の指図」という。）は、第二十三条第一項の規定により提示された運用の方法（第二十三条の二第一項の規定により指定運用方法が提示された場合にあっては、当該指定運用方法を含む。以下この条において同じ。）（第二十六条第一項において「提示運用方法」という。）の中から一又は二以上の運用の方法を選択し、かつ、それぞれの運用の方法に充てる額を決定して、これらの事項を企業型記録関連運営管理機関等に示すことによって行うものとする。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-2 The instructions on investment referred to in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter simply referred to as the "instructions on investment" in this Chapter) are to be given by selecting one investment method or two or more investment methods from among the investment methods presented pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1) (if a default investment method has been presented pursuant to the provisions of Article 23-2, paragraph (1), including that default investment method; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (referred to as the "presented investment methods" in Article 26, paragraph (1)), deciding on the amount to be allocated to each investment method, and indicating these particulars to the corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 企業型記録関連運営管理機関等は、運用の指図を受けたときは、政令で定めるところにより、同時に行われた運用の指図を第二十三条第一項の規定により提示された運用の方法ごとに取りまとめ、その内容を資産管理機関に通知するものとする。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-3 When a corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc. receives instructions on investment, it is to assemble the instructions on investment given at the same time for each investment method presented pursuant to the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (1), and give notice of their contents to the asset management institution, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 資産管理機関は、前項の通知があったときは、速やかに、同項の通知に従って、それぞれの運用の方法について、契約の締結、変更又は解除その他の必要な措置を行わなければならない。 art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-4 When an asset management institution receives the notice referred to in the preceding paragraph, it must promptly take necessary measures, such as concluding, changing, or canceling contracts, with regard to the respective investment methods, according to the notice referred to in that paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-2: 第二十三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-1 - art-25/par-2: 第二十三条の二第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条の二第一項 (Article 23-2, paragraph (1)), art-23-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23-2/par-1 - art-25/par-2: この条 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25 - art-25/par-2: 第二十六条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-26/par-1 - art-25/par-3: 第二十三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-1 - art-25/par-4: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条第三項 (Article 25, paragraph (3)), art-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第二十二条第一項（事業主の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-22/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第二十二条第二項（事業主の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-22/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第二十四条第一項（運用の方法に係る情報の提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-24/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条第二項（運用の指図） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条第四項（運用の指図） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-4 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第百十一条第一項（確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-111/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