# 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-4161-104/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-4161-104/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-104/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成十六年十月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of October 1, 2004;provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days respectively specified in those items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第二条、第八条、第十五条、第二十二条、第二十八条、第三十二条、第三十六条、第三十九条、第四十二条、第四十四条の二、第四十九条、第五十一条及び第五十二条並びに附則第四条、第十七条から第二十四条まで、第三十四条から第三十八条まで、第五十七条、第五十八条及び第六十条から第六十四条までの規定　平成十七年四月一日 suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Articles 2, 8, 15, 22, 28, 32, 36, 39, 42, 44-2, 49, 51, and 52 and the provisions of Article 4, Articles 17 through 24, Articles 34 through 38, Articles 57 and 58, and Articles 60 through 64 of the Supplementary Provisions:April 1, 2005; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第九条、第十六条、第二十条、第二十三条、第二十九条、第三十七条、第四十条及び第四十六条並びに附則第三十九条、第四十条、第五十九条及び第六十七条から第七十二条までの規定　平成十七年十月一日 suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Articles 9, 16, 20, 23, 29, 37, 40, and 46 and the provisions of Articles 39, 40, and 59, and Articles 67 through 72 of the Supplementary Provisions:October 1, 2005; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 略 suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-3 omitted; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第四条、第十一条、第十八条、第四十一条、第四十三条、第四十八条及び第五十条並びに附則第九条第二項、第十条、第十三条第六項、第十四条、第五十六条の表平成十八年度（附則第一条第四号に掲げる規定の施行の日の属する月以後の期間に限る。）から特定年度の前年度までの各年度の項及び第六十五条の規定　平成十八年七月一日 suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 the provisions of Articles 4, 11, 18, 41, 43, 48, and 50 and the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2), Article 10, Article 13, paragraph (6), Article 14, the rows for each fiscal year from FY2006 (limited to the period in and after the month containing the day on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect) through the fiscal year preceding a specific fiscal year in the table in Article 56, and Article 65 of the Supplementary Provisions:July 1, 2006. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4: 附則第一条第四号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第四号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-4 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第七十三条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-104/art-73/par-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 - This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19