# 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-4281-66/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-4281-66/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/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. 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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-4281-66/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十九年一月一日から施行する。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-4281-66/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of January 1, 2017;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** 附則第十条の規定　公布の日 suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions:the date of promulgation; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第一条の規定、第四条中確定給付企業年金法第七十八条の次に一条を加える改正規定並びに同法第七十九条及び第八十二条の二の改正規定並びに第六条中公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律附則第四十条第八項及び第四十一条第三号の改正規定並びに附則第九条の規定　平成二十八年七月一日 suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 1; in Article 4, the provisions adding one Article after Article 78 of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act, and the provisions amending Articles 79 and 82 of that Act; and in Article 6, the provisions amending Article 40, paragraph (8) and Article 41, item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act to Ensure the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System; and the provisions of Article 9 of the Supplementary Provisions:July 1, 2016; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第二条中確定拠出年金法第三条第三項第七号、第十九条から第二十一条の三まで、第五十五条第二項第四号及び第六十八条の改正規定、同法第六十九条の改正規定（「個人型年金加入者掛金の額は」を「一年間の個人型年金加入者掛金の額の総額は」に、「一月につき」を「一年間に」に改め、「額の」の下に「総額の」を加える部分に限る。）、同法第七十条第一項及び第七十一条第一項の改正規定並びに附則第四条の規定　平成三十年一月一日 suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-3 in Article 2, the provisions amending Article 3, paragraph (3), item (vii), Articles 19 through 21-3, Article 55, paragraph (2), item (iv), and Article 68 of the Defined Contribution Pension Act, the provisions amending Article 69 of that Act (limited to the part amending "amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions" to "total annual amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions", "per month" to "per year", and "the maximum amount of" to "the maximum total amount of"), and the provisions amending Article 70, paragraph (1) and Article 71, paragraph (1) of that Act; and the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions:January 1, 2018; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第三条の規定、第四条の規定（第二号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）、第五条の規定並びに第六条中公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律附則第五条第三項の表改正後確定給付企業年金法第八十八条の項の次に一項を加える改正規定、同表改正後確定拠出年金法第四条第一項第二号の項を改める改正規定及び同表改正後確定拠出年金法第五十四条の二第二項の項の次に一項を加える改正規定並びに附則第五条から第七条までの規定　公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日 suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 the provisions of Article 3; the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in item (ii)); the provisions of Article 5; in Article 6, the provisions adding one row after the row for Article 88 of the Defined Benefit Corporate Pension Act in the table as amended in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act to Ensure the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System, the provisions amending the row for Article 4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act in that table as amended, and the provisions adding one row after the row for Article 54-2, paragraph (2) of the Defined Contribution Pension Act in that table as amended; and the provisions of Articles 5 through 7 of the Supplementary Provisions:the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the date of promulgation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4281-66/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-10 - suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第九条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4281-66/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-9 - suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第四条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4281-66/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-4 - suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4: 第二号 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条第一項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-2 - suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4: 附則第五条から第七条まで → 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4281-66/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5 ## Cited by 6 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-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-1/par-1/item-4 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項（第二条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-3/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-4/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第一項（第三条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第五条第三項（第三条の規定による確定拠出年金法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-5/par-3 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第九条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4281-66/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4281-66/art-9/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