# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第六十条 (Article 60) - 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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（運営管理業務の委託） — address `art-60` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十条（運営管理業務の委託） — (Entrustment of Operational Management Services) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60 **第一項** 連合会は、政令で定めるところにより、運営管理業務を確定拠出年金運営管理機関に委託しなければならない。 art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-1 The Association must entrust the operational management services to defined contribution pension plan operational management institutions, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 確定拠出年金運営管理機関は、正当な理由がある場合を除き、前項の規定による委託に係る契約の締結を拒絶してはならない。 art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-2 A defined contribution pension plan operational management institution must not refuse to conclude a contract on the entrustment under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, unless there are legitimate grounds for doing so. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 確定拠出年金運営管理機関は、政令で定めるところにより、第一項の規定により委託を受けた運営管理業務の一部を他の確定拠出年金運営管理機関に再委託することができる。 art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-3 Pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order a defined contribution pension plan operational management institution may re-entrust a part of the operational management services which it has been entrusted with under the provisions of paragraph (1) to another defined contribution pension plan operational management institution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、運営管理業務の委託に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary particulars in connection with entrustment of operational management services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-60/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-3: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-4: 前三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-1 - art-60/par-4: 前三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第二項 (Article 60, paragraph (2)), art-60/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-2 - art-60/par-4: 前三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-3 ## Cited by 6 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二号（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-2/item-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第二項（運営管理業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第三項（運営管理業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-3 - 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第四項（運営管理業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-4 - 確定拠出年金法 第九十八条第一項第一号（業務の引継ぎ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-98/par-1/item-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第九十九条第二項（確定拠出年金運営管理機関の行為準則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-99/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-99/par-2 --- ## 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