# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第八十四条 (Article 84)

- 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
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- Provision: 第八十四条 (Article 84)（事業主への資産の返還） — address `art-84`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第八十四条（事業主への資産の返還） — (Return of Assets to the Employer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-84</sup>

**第一項**  企業型年金の企業型年金加入者の資格を喪失した者について返還資産額があるときは、その者に係る第五十四条の四、第五十四条の五、第八十条、第八十二条若しくは前条又は中小企業退職金共済法第三十一条の三の規定により当該企業型年金の資産管理機関が移換すべき個人別管理資産は、当該返還資産額を控除した額に相当する資産とする。
<sup>art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-84/par-1</sup>
If there is an amount of assets to be returned with regard to a person who has lost the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan of a corporate-type pension plan, the assets managed per individual relating to that person which the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan is to transfer pursuant to the provisions of Articles 54-4, 54-5, 80 or 82 or the preceding Article or Article 31-3 of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act are to be assets equivalent to the amount after deducting the amount of assets to be returned.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  企業型年金の資産管理機関は、前項に規定する場合においては、返還資産額に相当する金銭を当該返還資産額に係る事業主に返還するものとする。
<sup>art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-84/par-2</sup>
In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan is to return money in an amount equivalent to the amount of assets to be returned to the employer pertaining to the amount of assets to be returned.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-84/par-1: 第五十四条の四 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の四 (Article 54-4), art-54-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-4
- art-84/par-1: 第五十四条の五 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の五 (Article 54-5), art-54-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-5
- art-84/par-1: 第八十条 → 確定拠出年金法 第八十条 (Article 80), art-80 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-80 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-80
- art-84/par-1: 第八十二条 → 確定拠出年金法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-82
- art-84/par-1: 前条 → 確定拠出年金法 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-83
- art-84/par-1: 中小企業退職金共済法第三十一条の三 → e-Gov law 334AC0000000160, 第三十一条の三 (Article 31-3), art-31-3 — not held in this collection
- art-84/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第八十四条第一項 (Article 84, paragraph (1)), art-84/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-84/par-1

## Cited by

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- 確定拠出年金法 第八十四条第二項（事業主への資産の返還） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-84/par-2

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## 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
