# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第九十一条 (Article 91) - 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: 第九十一条 (Article 91)（登録の拒否） — address `art-91` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91 - 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. --- ### 第九十一条（登録の拒否） — (Refusal of Registration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91 **第一項** 主務大臣は、登録申請者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するとき、又は登録申請書若しくはその添付書類のうちに虚偽の記載があり、若しくは重要な事実の記載が欠けているときは、その登録を拒否しなければならない。 art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1 If a registration applicant falls under any of the following items or if a written application for registration or any of its attached documents contains a false statement or lacks statement of a material fact, the competent ministers must refuse the registration: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 法人でない者 art-91/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1/item-1 a person that is not a corporation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第百四条第二項の規定により登録を取り消され、その取消しの日から五年を経過しない法人 art-91/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1/item-2 a corporation whose registration has been rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2), and for which five years have not elapsed from the day of the rescission; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** この法律、厚生年金保険法その他政令で定める法律の規定に違反し、罰金の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は刑の執行を受けることがなくなった日から五年を経過しない法人 art-91/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1/item-3 a corporation that has been sentenced to a fine due to violation of any provisions of this Act, the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, or any other law specified by Cabinet Order, and for which five years have not elapsed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the sentence ceased to be applicable; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 他に営んでいる事業が公益に反すると認められる法人又は当該事業に係る損失の危険の管理が困難であるために確定拠出年金運営管理業の遂行に支障を生ずると認められる法人 art-91/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1/item-4 a corporation whose other business is found to be contrary to the public interest or a corporation for which it is found that implementation of the defined contribution pension plan operational management business would be hindered due to the difficulty in managing the risk of loss pertaining to the business; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その役員のうちに、第百四条第二項の規定による登録の取消しの日前三十日以内に当該取消しに係る確定拠出年金運営管理機関の役員であった者で当該取消しの日から五年を経過しないもの、拘禁刑以上の刑に処せられ、その刑の執行を終わり、又は刑の執行を受けることがなくなった日から五年を経過しない者その他政令で定める者のある法人 art-91/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1/item-5 a corporation whose officers include a person who was, within thirty days prior to the day of rescission of registration under the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2), an officer of the defined contribution pension plan operational management institution pertaining to the rescission and for whom five years have not elapsed from the day of the rescission, a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment or heavier punishment and for whom five years have not elapsed from the day on which the execution of the sentence was completed or the sentence ceased to be applicable, or any other person specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第二項** 主務大臣は、前項の規定により登録を拒否したときは、遅滞なく、その理由を示して、その旨を登録申請者に通知しなければならない。 art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-2 When the competent ministers has refused registration pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the minister must give notice to that effect to the registration applicant, indicating the reason therefor, without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-91/par-1/item-2: 第百四条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), art-104/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-104/par-2 - art-91/par-1/item-5: 第百四条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第百四条第二項 (Article 104, paragraph (2)), art-104/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-104/par-2 - art-91/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第九十一条第一項 (Article 91, paragraph (1)), art-91/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第八十九条第二項（登録の申請） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-89/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第九十条第一項（登録の実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-90/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第九十一条第二項（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-91/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-91/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第百四条第二項第一号（確定拠出年金運営管理機関に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-104/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-104/par-2/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch defined-contribution-pension-act-20261019T020713-001, translated 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