# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

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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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-3521-84/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2021-06-17
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3521-84/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-84/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して五月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。
<sup>suppl-3521-84/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3521-84/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding five months from the date of promulgation.
<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-20261106T173426-007, 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