# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 第十八条 (Article 18)

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- Law: 小規模企業共済法 (Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act), 昭和四十年法律第百二号
- English title "Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第十八条 (Article 18)（前納の場合の減額） — address `art-18`
- Text in force since: 2021-06-17
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### 第十八条（前納の場合の減額） — Reduction in the Case of Advance Payment
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  機構は、共済契約者が掛金をその月の前月末日以前に納付したときは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、その額を減額することができる。
<sup>art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-18/par-1</sup>
Where a mutual aid policyholder has paid a premium on or before the last day of the month preceding that month, the Organization may reduce its amount as provided by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 小規模企業共済法 — the text in force from 2021-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000102/20210617_503AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 小規模企業共済法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/846), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act-20261106T173426-005, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 小規模企業共済法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06