# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96)

- 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（書類の閲覧） — address `art-96`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-96
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### 第九十六条（書類の閲覧） — (Inspection of Documents)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-96</sup>

  **第一項**  確定拠出年金運営管理機関は、主務省令で定めるところにより、その業務の状況を記載した書類を営業所ごとに備え置き、加入者等の求めに応じ、これを閲覧させなければならない。
  <sup>art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-96/par-1</sup>
  A defined contribution pension operational management institution must keep documents stating the status of its services at each business office and have participants or instructors inspect the rules at their request, pursuant to the provisions of order of the competent ministry.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 確定拠出年金法 第百二十一条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-121/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-121/par-1/item-4

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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
