# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第五十六条 (Article 56) - 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: 第五十六条 (Article 56)（承認の基準等） — address `art-56` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56 - 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. --- ### 第五十六条（承認の基準等） — (Standards for Approval) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の承認の申請があった場合において、当該申請に係る規約が次に掲げる要件に適合すると認めるときは、同項の承認をするものとする。 art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-1 When an application for the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is filed, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the rules pertaining to the application satisfy the following requirements, the minister is to give the approval referred to in that paragraph: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 前条第二項各号に掲げる事項が定められていること。 art-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-1/item-1 the rules provide for the matters set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 提示される運用の方法の数及び種類について、第七十三条において準用する第二十三条第一項及び第二項の規定に反しないこと。 art-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-1/item-2 the number and types of the investment methods to be presented do not run counter to the provisions of Article 23, paragraphs (1) and (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 個人型年金加入者等による運用の指図は、少なくとも三月に一回、行い得るものであること。 art-56/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-1/item-3 the rules allow a participant or instructor of an individual-type pension plan to give instructions on investment at least once every three months; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 個人型年金の給付の額の算定方法が政令で定める基準に合致していること。 art-56/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-1/item-4 the method for calculating the amount of benefits of the individual-type pension plan conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Order; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他政令で定める要件 art-56/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-1/item-5 any other requirements specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の承認をしたときは、速やかに、その旨を連合会に通知しなければならない。 art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-2 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare gives the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the minister must promptly give notice to that effect to the Association. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 連合会は、前条第一項の承認を受けたときは、政令で定めるところにより、同項の承認を受けた規約（以下「個人型年金規約」という。）を公告しなければならない。 art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-56/par-3 When the Association obtains the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, it must give public notice of the rules for which the approval referred to in that paragraph has been obtained (hereinafter referred to as the "individual-type pension plan rules"), pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-56/par-1: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-1 - art-56/par-1/item-1: 前条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第二項 (Article 55, paragraph (2)), art-55/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-2 - art-56/par-1/item-2: 第七十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73 - art-56/par-1/item-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-56/par-1/item-2: 第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-2 - art-56/par-2: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-1 - art-56/par-3: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第二項第六号（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-2/item-6 - 確定拠出年金法 第五十七条第二項（規約の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-57/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第五十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-58/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十九条第一項（国民年金法の適用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-79/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