# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第四十八条の五 (Article 48-5)

- 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: 第四十八条の五 (Article 48-5)（確定給付企業年金法の適用） — address `art-48-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第四十八条の五（確定給付企業年金法の適用） — (Application of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-48-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-48-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-48-5</sup>

  **第一項**  第四十八条の三の規定により企業年金連合会の情報収集等業務又は資料提供等業務が行われる場合には、確定給付企業年金法第百二十一条中「この法律」とあるのは、「この法律又は確定拠出年金法第四十八条の三」とするほか、同法の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-48-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-48-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-48-5/par-1</sup>
  When information-collecting services or material-providing services of the Pension Fund Association are provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 48-3, the term "this Act" in Article 121 of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act or Article 48-3 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act", and Cabinet Order prescribes other necessary particulars in connection with application of the provisions of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When information-collecting services or material-providing services of the Pension Fund Association are provided pursuant to the provisions of Article 48, the term "this Act" in Article 121 of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act is deemed to be replaced with "this Act or Article 48-3 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act", and Cabinet Order prescribes other necessary particulars in connection with application of the provisions of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-48-5/par-1: 第四十八条の三 → 確定拠出年金法 第四十八条の三 (Article 48-3), art-48-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-48-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-48-3
- art-48-5/par-1: 確定給付企業年金法第百二十一条 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000050, 第百二十一条 (Article 121), art-121 — not held in this collection

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Defined Contribution Pension Act, written 2026-10-19
- 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
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act (確定拠出年金法), Article 48-5, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (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
