# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-52. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - 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-3521-52` - Text in force since: 2021-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-52 - e-Gov law ID: 340AC0000000102 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和五二年五月三一日法律第五二号 suppl-3521-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-52 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-3521-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-52/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に改正前の小規模企業共済法の定めるところにより締結されている共済契約であつてその掛金月額が五百円であるものについては、改正後の同法第四条第二項の規定にかかわらず、その掛金月額を五百円とすることができる。ただし、この法律の施行後その掛金月額が変更された場合は、この限りでない。 suppl-3521-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-52/par-2 With respect to a mutual aid contract that is concluded as provided for in the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act before amendment, is in effect at the time this Act comes into effect, and has a monthly premium of 500 yen, notwithstanding Article 4, paragraph (2) of that Act as amended, the monthly premium may be 500 yen; provided, however, that this does not apply where the monthly premium is changed after this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3521-52/par-2: 同法第四条第二項 → 小規模企業共済法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-4/par-2 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-007, 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