# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27)

- 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: 第二十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 27)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4191-110/art-27`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27
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### 第二十七条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-110/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。次条において同じ。）の施行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。
<sup>suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act (with regard to the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; the same applies in the following Article).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1: 附則第一条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4191-110/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-110/art-1
- suppl-4191-110/art-27/par-1: 次条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4191-110/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-110/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-110/art-28

## Cited by

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

- 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-110/art-1/par-1/item-1

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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
