# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第六条 (Article 6) - 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: 第六条 (Article 6) — address `art-6` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6 - 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. --- ### 第六条 art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6 **第一項** 事業主は、企業型年金規約の変更（前条第一項の厚生労働省令で定める軽微な変更に限る。）をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。ただし、第三条第三項第五号に掲げる事項その他厚生労働省令で定める事項の変更については、この限りでない。 art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6/par-1 When an employer makes a change to the corporate-type pension plan rules (limited to the minor change specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article), the employer must give notification of that change to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay; provided, however, that this does not apply to a change to the matters set forth in Article 3, paragraph (3), item (v) or any other matter specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四条第三項並びに前条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の変更について準用する。ただし、当該変更が同条第一項の厚生労働省令で定める軽微な変更のうち特に軽微なものとして厚生労働省令で定めるものである場合においては、同条第二項及び第三項の規定は、準用しない。 art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6/par-2 The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3) and paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the change referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of the preceding Article do not apply if the change is the minor change specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article, which is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being particularly minor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-6/par-1: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-5/par-1 - art-6/par-1: 第三条第三項第五号 → 確定拠出年金法 第三条第三項第五号 (Article 3, paragraph (3), item (v)), art-3/par-3/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-3/item-5 - art-6/par-2: 第四条第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第四条第三項 (Article 4, paragraph (3)), art-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-3 - art-6/par-2: 前条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-5/par-2 - art-6/par-2: 第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五条第三項 (Article 5, paragraph (3)), art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-5/par-3 - art-6/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六条第一項 (Article 6, paragraph (1)), art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6/par-1 - art-6/par-2: 同条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-5/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第三条第一項（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第百二十三条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-123/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-123/par-1/item-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