# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4131-39/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-39/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-39/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-39/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-39/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-39/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成十四年一月一日から施行する。ただし、附則第十八条及び第三十七条の規定は公布の日から、附則第三十八条の規定は平成十四年四月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4131-39/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-39/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-39/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of January 1, 2002;provided, however, that the provisions of Articles 18 and 37 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation, and the provisions of Article 38 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of April 1, 2002.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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