# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第五十四条の四 (Article 54-4)

- 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: 第五十四条の四 (Article 54-4)（確定給付企業年金の加入者となった者の個人別管理資産の移換） — address `art-54-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第五十四条の四（確定給付企業年金の加入者となった者の個人別管理資産の移換） — (Transfer of Assets Managed per Individual Relating to a Person Who Became a Participant of a Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Plan)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-54-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-4</sup>

  **第一項**  企業型年金の企業型年金加入者であった者（当該企業型年金に個人別管理資産がある者に限る。）は、確定給付企業年金の加入者の資格を取得した場合であって、当該確定給付企業年金の規約において、あらかじめ、当該企業型年金の資産管理機関からその個人別管理資産の移換を受けることができる旨が定められているときは、当該企業型年金の資産管理機関にその個人別管理資産の移換を申し出ることができる。
  <sup>art-54-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-4/par-1</sup>
  If a person who was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan of a corporate-type pension plan (limited to a person who has assets managed per individual under the corporate-type pension plan) acquires the status as a participant of a defined benefit corporate pension plan, and the rules concerning the defined benefit corporate pension plan provides in advance that the assets managed per individual may be transferred from the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan, that person may request the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan to transfer that person's assets managed per individual.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  企業型年金の資産管理機関は、前項の規定による申出があったときは、当該確定給付企業年金の資産管理運用機関等（確定給付企業年金法第三十条第三項に規定する資産管理運用機関等をいう。以下同じ。）に当該申出をした者の個人別管理資産を移換するものとする。
  <sup>art-54-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-4/par-2</sup>
  If a request under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been made, the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan is to transfer the assets managed per individual relating to the person who made the request to the asset management and investment institution, etc. (meaning the asset management and investment institution, etc. prescribed in Article 30 of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act; the same applies hereinafter) of the defined benefit corporate pension plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-54-4/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の四第一項 (Article 54-4, paragraph (1)), art-54-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-4/par-1
- art-54-4/par-2: 確定給付企業年金法第三十条第三項 → e-Gov law 413AC0000000050, 第三十条第三項 (Article 30, paragraph (3)), art-30/par-3 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の四第二項（確定給付企業年金の加入者となった者の個人別管理資産の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-4/par-2
- 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の七第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-7/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 第八十三条第一項第一号（その他の者の個人別管理資産の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-83/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-83/par-1/item-1
- 確定拠出年金法 第八十三条第一項第二号（その他の者の個人別管理資産の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-83/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-83/par-1/item-2
- 確定拠出年金法 第八十四条第一項（事業主への資産の返還） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-84/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
- This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19
