# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第四十三条 (Article 43) - 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: 第四十三条 (Article 43)（事業主の行為準則） — address `art-43` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43 - 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. --- ### 第四十三条（事業主の行為準則） — (Rules of Conduct of the Employer) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43 **第一項** 事業主は、法令、法令に基づいてする厚生労働大臣の処分及び企業型年金規約を遵守し、企業型年金加入者等のため忠実にその業務を遂行しなければならない。 art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-1 An employer must comply with laws and regulations, dispositions made by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare based on laws and regulations, and the corporate-type pension plan rules, and loyally perform its duties in the interest of participants or instructors of a corporate-type pension plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 事業主は、企業型年金の実施に係る業務に関し、企業型年金加入者等の氏名、住所、生年月日、個人別管理資産額その他の企業型年金加入者等の個人に関する情報を保管し、又は使用するに当たっては、その業務の遂行に必要な範囲内で当該個人に関する情報を保管し、及び使用しなければならない。ただし、本人の同意がある場合その他正当な事由がある場合は、この限りでない。 art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-2 When an employer keeps or uses personal information of a participant or instructor of a corporate-type pension plan, such as the name, address, date of birth, and the amount of assets managed per individual relating to the participant or instructor of a corporate-type pension plan, in connection to services relating to implementation of a corporate-type pension plan, the employer must keep or use that personal information within the scope necessary for performing those services; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person's consent has been obtained or if there are other justifiable grounds. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 事業主は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。 art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-3 An employer must not conduct the following acts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 自己又は企業型年金加入者等以外の第三者の利益を図る目的をもって、第七条第一項の規定による運営管理業務の委託に係る契約又は資産管理契約を締結すること。 art-43/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-3/item-1 an act of concluding a contract on entrustment of operational management services under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) or an asset management contract for the purpose of seeking the employer's own benefit or the benefit of a third party other than participants or instructors of a corporate-type pension plan; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、企業型年金加入者等の保護に欠けるものとして厚生労働省令で定める行為 art-43/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-3/item-2 beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, the acts specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as acts that fail to protect participants or instructors of a corporate-type pension plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 事業主（運用関連業務を行う者である場合に限る。）は、次に掲げる行為をしてはならない。 art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-4 An employer (limited to one that provides investment-related services) must not conduct the following acts: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 自己又は企業型年金加入者等以外の第三者の利益を図る目的をもって、特定の運用の方法を選定すること。 art-43/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-4/item-1 an act of selecting a specific investment method for the purpose of seeking the employer's own benefit or the benefit of a third party other than participants or instructors of a corporate-type pension plan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前号に掲げるもののほか、企業型年金加入者等の保護に欠けるものとして厚生労働省令で定める行為 art-43/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-4/item-2 beyond what is set forth in the preceding item, the acts specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as acts that fail to protect participants or instructors of a corporate-type pension plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-43/par-3/item-1: 第七条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-1 - art-43/par-3/item-2: 前号 → 確定拠出年金法 第四十三条第三項第一号 (Article 43, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-43/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-3/item-1 - art-43/par-4/item-2: 前号 → 確定拠出年金法 第四十三条第四項第一号 (Article 43, paragraph (4), item (i)), art-43/par-4/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-4/item-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第四十三条第三項第二号（事業主の行為準則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-3/item-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第四十三条第四項第二号（事業主の行為準則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-4/item-2 - 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 --- ## 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