# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4171-102` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一七年一〇月二一日法律第一〇二号 suppl-4171-102 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4171-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、郵政民営化法の施行の日から施行する。 suppl-4171-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day on which the Postal Service Privatization Act comes into effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百十一条（確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Associated with Partial Amendment of the Defined Contribution Pension Act) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4171-102/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-111 **第一項** この法律の施行前にされた第百十八条の規定による改正前の確定拠出年金法（以下この条において「旧法」という。）第二十五条第一項（旧法第七十三条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による旧法第二十三条第一項第一号又は第四号（旧法第七十三条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる運用の方法を運用の方法とする運用の指図は、第百十八条の規定による改正後の確定拠出年金法（以下この条において「新法」という。）第二十五条第一項（新法第七十三条において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による新法第二十三条第一項第一号又は第四号（新法第七十三条において準用する場合を含む。）に掲げる運用の方法を運用の方法とする運用の指図とみなす。 suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1 An instruction on investment given before the enforcement of this Act under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act before the amendment by Article 118 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Act" in this Article) (including that paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of the former Act) that uses the investment method set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), item (i) or (iv) of the former Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of the former Act) as its investment method is deemed to be an instruction on investment given under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment by Article 118 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Act" in this Article) (including that paragraph as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of the new Act) that uses the investment method set forth in Article 23, paragraph (1), item (i) or (iv) of the new Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of the new Act) as its investment method. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行前に、旧法第六章の規定により、旧公社に対して行い、又は旧公社が行った処分、手続その他の行為は、整備法等に別段の定めがあるものを除き、新法の相当する規定により郵便貯金銀行に対して行い、又は郵便貯金銀行が行った処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-2 With regard to any acts conducted, such as dispositions made or procedures taken, against or by the former public corporation pursuant to the provisions of Chapter VI of the former Act before the enforcement of this Act are deemed to be acts conducted, such as dispositions made or procedures taken, against or by a postal savings bank pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the new Act, unless otherwise provided for by the Development Act or other laws or regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4171-102/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-117 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-117 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為、この附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第九条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧郵便為替法第三十八条の八（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第十三条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧郵便振替法第七十条（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第二十七条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧郵便振替預り金寄附委託法第八条（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第三十九条第二項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧公社法第七十条（第二号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為、この法律の施行後附則第四十二条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる旧公社法第七十一条及び第七十二条（第十五号に係る部分に限る。）の規定の失効前にした行為並びに附則第二条第二項の規定の適用がある場合における郵政民営化法第百四条に規定する郵便貯金銀行に係る特定日前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to the following acts: acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Act; acts committed after the enforcement of this Act if prior laws are to continue to govern the applicability pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions; acts committed before the lapse of the provisions of Article 38-8 (limited to the part pertaining to items (ii) and (iii)) of the former Postal Money Order Act if prior laws are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions after the enforcement of this Act; acts committed before the lapse of the provisions of Article 70 (limited to the part pertaining to items (ii) and (iii)) of the former Postal Money Order Act if prior laws are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions after the enforcement of this Act; acts committed before the lapse of the provisions of Article 8 (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) of the former Act on the Entrustment of Postal Transfer Deposit and Contribution if prior laws are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions after the enforcement of this Act; acts committed before the lapse of the provisions of Article 70 (limited to the part pertaining to item (ii)) of the former Public Corporation Act if prior laws are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions after the enforcement of this Act; acts committed before the lapse of the provisions of Article 71 and Article 72 (limited to the part pertaining to item (xv)) of the former Public Corporation Act if prior laws are to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions after the enforcement of this Act; and acts committed before the specified date pertaining to the postal savings bank prescribed in Article 104 of the Postal Service Privatization Act if the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1: この条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第百十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 111), suppl-4171-102/art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4171-102/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4171-102/art-111 - suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1: 第二十五条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25/par-1 - suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1: 新法第七十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73 - suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1: 新法第二十三条第一項第一号 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第一項第一号 (Article 23, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-23/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-1/item-1 - suppl-4171-102/art-111/par-1: 第四号 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第一項第四号 (Article 23, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-23/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-1/item-4 - suppl-4171-102/art-117/par-1: 郵政民営化法第百四条 → e-Gov law 417AC0000000097, 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. 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