# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第七条 (Article 7) - 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（運営管理業務の委託） — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（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-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7 **第一項** 事業主は、政令で定めるところにより、運営管理業務の全部又は一部を確定拠出年金運営管理機関に委託することができる。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-1 An employer may entrust all or part of operational management services to a defined contribution pension plan operational management institution, 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、政令で定めるところにより、前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-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-2 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 the preceding paragraph to another defined contribution pension plan operational management institution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 運営管理業務の全部又は一部を行う確定拠出年金運営管理機関が欠けることとなるときは、事業主は、当該全部若しくは一部の運営管理業務を自ら行い、又は当該運営管理業務を承継すべき確定拠出年金運営管理機関を定めて当該運営管理業務を委託しなければならない。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-3 If a defined contribution pension plan operational management institution that provides all or part of operational management services ceases to be available, the employer must provide all or part of the operational management services by itself, or decide on a defined contribution pension plan operational management institution that is to succeed those operational management services and entrust those operational management services to that institution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 事業主は、第一項の規定により確定拠出年金運営管理機関に運営管理業務の全部又は一部を委託した場合（第二項の規定により再委託した場合を含む。）は、少なくとも五年ごとに、運営管理業務の実施に関する評価を行い、運営管理業務の委託について検討を加え、必要があると認めるときは、確定拠出年金運営管理機関の変更その他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-4 If an employer has entrusted all or part of operational management services to a defined contribution pension plan operational management institution pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (including the case where services have been re-entrusted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)), the employer must, at least every five years, endeavor to conduct evaluation on the implementation of the operational management services, review the entrustment of the operational management services, and if found to be necessary, take necessary measures, such as changing the defined contribution pension plan operational management institution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各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-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-5 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary matters in connection with entrustment of operational management services. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-4: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-4: 第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-1 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-3 - art-7/par-5: 前各項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第三条第三項第四号（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-3/item-4 - 確定拠出年金法 第七条第二項（運営管理業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第七条第四項（運営管理業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-4 - 確定拠出年金法 第七条第五項（運営管理業務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-7/par-5 - 確定拠出年金法 第四十三条第三項第一号（事業主の行為準則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-43/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-43/par-3/item-1 - 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