# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第九十八条 (Article 98)

- 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: 第九十八条 (Article 98)（業務の引継ぎ） — address `art-98`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98
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### 第九十八条（業務の引継ぎ） — (Handing Over Services)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-98</sup>

  **第一項**  確定拠出年金運営管理機関は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、政令で定めるところにより、委託又は再委託を受けた運営管理業務の全部又は一部を当該運営管理業務を承継する他の確定拠出年金運営管理機関に引き継がなければならない。
  <sup>art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-98/par-1</sup>
  When a defined contribution pension operational management institution falls under any of the following items, it must hand over all or part of the operational management services it has been entrusted or re-entrusted with to another defined contribution pension operational management institution that succeeds to the operational management services, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order:
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **一**  第七条第一項若しくは第二項又は第六十条第一項若しくは第三項の規定による運営管理業務の委託に係る契約（以下「運営管理契約」という。）の変更又は解除があったとき。
    <sup>art-98/par-1/item-1 · 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</sup>
    when there is a change to or cancelation of a contract on entrustment of operational management services under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 60, paragraph (1) or (3) (hereinafter referred to as "operational management contract");
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **二**  第六十五条の規定による指定の変更があったとき。
    <sup>art-98/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-98/par-1/item-2</sup>
    when there is a change to designation under the provisions of Article 65;
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **三**  第九十三条の規定により登録が効力を失ったとき。
    <sup>art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-98/par-1/item-3</sup>
    when registration ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of Article 93; or
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **四**  第百四条第二項の規定により登録が取り消されたとき。
    <sup>art-98/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-98/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-98/par-1/item-4</sup>
    when registration is rescinded pursuant to the provisions of Article 104, paragraph (2).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-98/par-1/item-1: 第七条第一項 → 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-98/par-1/item-1: 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-98/par-1/item-1: 第六十条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-1
- art-98/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十条第三項 (Article 60, paragraph (3)), art-60/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-60/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-60/par-3
- art-98/par-1/item-2: 第六十五条 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-65
- art-98/par-1/item-3: 第九十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 第九十三条 (Article 93), art-93 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-93
- art-98/par-1/item-4: 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

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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