# 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-4251-63` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63 - 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 平成二五年六月二六日法律第六三号 suppl-4251-63 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。 suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from 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: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第四条中国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律附則第二十条及び第六十四条の改正規定、第五条中国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律附則第十九条第二項の改正規定並びに次条並びに附則第百三十九条、第百四十三条、第百四十六条及び第百五十三条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 in Article 4, the provisions amending Articles 20 and 64 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act; in Article 5, the provisions amending Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act; and the provisions of the following Article and Articles 139, 143, 146, and 153 of the Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百五十一条（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-4251-63/art-151 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-151 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-151 **第一項** この法律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。 suppl-4251-63/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-151/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-151/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the enforcement of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百五十三条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4251-63/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-153 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。 suppl-4251-63/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-153/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-153/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) in relation to the enforcement of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第百五十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第百五十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 153), suppl-4251-63/art-153 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4251-63/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-153 ## 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-4251-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4251-63/art-1/par-1/item-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