# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第六十九条 (Article 69) - 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: 第六十九条 (Article 69)（拠出限度額） — address `art-69` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-69 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-69 - 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. --- ### 第六十九条（拠出限度額） — (Maximum Contribution Amount) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-69 **第一項** 一年間の個人型年金加入者掛金の額（中小事業主が中小事業主掛金を拠出する場合にあっては、個人型年金加入者掛金の額と中小事業主掛金の額との合計額。以下この条において同じ。）の総額は、拠出限度額（一年間に拠出することができる個人型年金加入者掛金の額の総額の上限として、個人型年金加入者の種別（第一号加入者（個人型年金加入者であって、第六十二条第一項第一号に掲げるものをいう。）、第二号加入者（個人型年金加入者であって、同項第二号に掲げるものをいう。以下同じ。）、第三号加入者（個人型年金加入者であって、同項第三号に掲げるものをいう。）又は第四号加入者（個人型年金加入者であって、同項第四号に掲げるものをいう。）の区別をいう。）、国民年金基金の掛金の額、企業型年金加入者又は確定給付企業年金の加入者の資格の有無、事業主掛金の額等を勘案して政令で定める額をいう。）を超えてはならない。 art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-69/par-1 The total annual amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions (if the small and medium-sized employer makes small and medium-sized employer's contributions, the sum of the amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions and the amount of the small and medium-sized employer's contributions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must not exceed the maximum contribution amount (meaning the amount specified by Cabinet Order as the maximum total amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions that may be made per year, taking into account the category of the participant of an individual-type pension plan (meaning the distinction between a category I participant (meaning an participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in Article 62, paragraph (1), item (i)), a category II participant (meaning a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter), a category III participant (meaning a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in item (iii) of that paragraph), or a category IV participant (meaning a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph)), the amount of contribution for a national pension fund, whether the participant of an individual-type pension plan has the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan or a defined benefit corporate pension plan, the amount of the employer's contribution, and other factors). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-69/par-1: この条 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-69 - art-69/par-1: 第六十二条第一項第一号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十二条第一項第一号 (Article 62, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-62/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-62/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-62/par-1/item-1 - art-69/par-1: 同項第二号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十二条第一項第二号 (Article 62, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-62/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-62/par-1/item-2 - art-69/par-1: 同項第三号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十二条第一項第三号 (Article 62, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-62/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-62/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-62/par-1/item-3 - art-69/par-1: 同項第四号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十二条第一項第四号 (Article 62, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-62/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-62/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-62/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第三項（存続厚生年金基金に係る改正前厚生年金保険法等の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-3 - 確定拠出年金法 第六十一条第一項第五号（事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-5 - 確定拠出年金法 第六十九条第一項（拠出限度額） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-69/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