# 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
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- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4231-93`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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## 附　則 平成二三年八月一〇日法律第九三号
<sup>suppl-4231-93 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date)
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**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。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。
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This Act comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days respectively specified in those items:
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  **一**  第四条中確定拠出年金法目次の改正規定（「第二十一条」を「第二十一条の三」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三条第三項第七号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第四条第一項第三号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第十九条及び第二十条の改正規定並びに同法第二章第三節中第二十一条の次に二条を加える改正規定並びに附則第八条の規定　平成二十四年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 4 amending the table of contents of the Defined Contribution Pension Act (limited to the part amending "Article 21" to "Article 21-3"), the provisions adding one item after Article 3, paragraph (3), item (vii) of that Act, the provisions adding one item after Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Act, the provisions amending Articles 19 and 20 of that Act, and the provisions adding two Articles after Article 21 in Chapter II, Section 3 of that Act, and the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions:January 1, 2012;
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  **二から四まで**  略
  <sup>suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-4</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **五**  第四条中確定拠出年金法目次の改正規定（「第七十三条」を「第七十三条・第七十三条の二」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第三条第一項の改正規定、同条第三項第六号の改正規定、同号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第四条第一項第二号の次に一号を加える改正規定、同法第九条第一項、第十一条第六号、第十五条第一項、第五十四条第二項、第五十四条の二第二項及び第五十五条第二項第六号の改正規定、同法第三章第五節中第七十三条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに同法附則第三条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第四条、第五条及び第十条の規定　公布の日から起算して二年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5</sup>
  the provisions of Article 4 amending the table of contents of the Defined Contribution Pension Act (limited to the part amending "Article 73" to "Articles 73 and 73-2"), the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act, the provisions amending paragraph (3), item (vi) of that Article, the provisions adding one item after that item, the provisions adding one item after Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act, the provisions amending Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 11, item (vi), Article 15, paragraph (1), Article 54, paragraph (2), Article 54-2, paragraph (2), and Article 55, paragraph (2), item (vi) of that Act, the provisions adding one Article after Article 73 in Chapter III, Section 5 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, and the provisions of Articles 4, 5, and 10 of the Supplementary Provisions:the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years and six months from the date of promulgation.
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### 第四条（確定拠出年金の連合会移換者に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning a Person Whose Assets Were Transferred to the Association under a Defined Contribution Pension Plan)
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**第一項**  第四条の規定による改正後の確定拠出年金法第五十五条第二項第六号に規定する連合会移換者が、附則第一条第五号に掲げる規定の施行前に既に七十歳に達している場合における第四条の規定による改正後の確定拠出年金法第七十三条の二の規定により読み替えて適用する同法第七十三条において読み替えて準用する同法第三十四条の規定の適用については、同条中「が前条の規定により老齢給付金の支給を請求することなく七十歳に達したときは」とあるのは、「について、国民年金及び企業年金等による高齢期における所得の確保を支援するための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十三年法律第九十三号）附則第一条第五号に掲げる規定が施行されたときは」とする。
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With regard to application of the provisions of Article 34 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment by the provisions of Article 4, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 73 of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms, to be applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 73-2 of that Act when the person whose assets were transferred to the Association prescribed in Article 55, paragraph (2), item (vi) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment by Article 4 has already reached the age of 70 before the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "When a person who is ... ( ... pension plan) reaches the age of 70 without claiming the payment of old-age benefits pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article" in Article 34 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "When the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act for Supporting Securing of Income in Old Age Through the National Pension, Corporate Pensions (Act No. 93 of 2011) come into effect with regard to a person who is ... ( ... pension plan)".
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### 第五条（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning a Lump-Sum Withdrawal Payment under the Defined Contribution Pension Act)
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**第一項**  第四条の規定による改正後の確定拠出年金法附則第三条第一項の規定は、附則第一条第五号に掲げる規定の施行前に既に企業型年金加入者の資格を喪失している者（次項に規定する者を除く。）についても、適用する。
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The provisions of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment by Article 4 also apply to a person who had already lost the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan before the enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions (excluding the person prescribed in the following paragraph).
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**第二項**  附則第一条第五号に掲げる規定の施行の際現に第四条の規定による改正後の確定拠出年金法附則第三条第一項に規定する継続個人型年金運用指図者である者であって、同項第四号、第五号及び第七号に該当するものは、附則第一条第五号に掲げる規定の施行の日から二年間は、同法第六十六条第三項に規定する個人型記録関連運営管理機関に、同法附則第三条第一項の脱退一時金の支給を請求することができる。
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A person who was already the continuous instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Defined Contribution Pension Act after the amendment by Article 4 at the time of enforcement of the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions and who falls under items (iv), (v), and (vii) of Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act is entitled to claim the payment of the lump-sum withdrawal payment referred to in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act from the individual-type pension plan records-related operational management institution prescribed in Article 66, paragraph (3) of that Act for two years from the day on which the provisions set forth in Article 1, item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect.
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### 第六条（政令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Order)
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**第一項**  この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
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Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures in line with the enforcement of this Act.
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## Cites
- suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5: 附則第四条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4231-93/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-4
- suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5: 第五条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4231-93/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5
- suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1: 確定拠出年金法第五十五条第二項第六号 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第二項第六号 (Article 55, paragraph (2), item (vi)), art-55/par-2/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-2/item-6
- suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1: 附則第一条第五号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (v)), suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5
- suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1: 確定拠出年金法第七十三条の二 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条の二 (Article 73-2), art-73-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73-2
- suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1: 同法第七十三条 → 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-4231-93/art-4/par-1: 同法第三十四条 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-34
- suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1: 前条 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1: 確定拠出年金法附則第三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1: 附則第一条第五号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (v)), suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1: 次項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (2)), suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2: 附則第一条第五号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (v)), suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2: 確定拠出年金法附則第三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2: 同項第四号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項第七号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1), item (vii)), suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-7
- suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2: 同法第六十六条第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十六条第三項 (Article 66, paragraph (3)), art-66/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-66/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-66/par-3

## Cited by

4 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五号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-1/par-1/item-5
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条第一項（確定拠出年金の連合会移換者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第一項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第二項（確定拠出年金法による脱退一時金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-5/par-2

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