# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3. 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) — address `suppl-4101-147/art-3` - 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-4101-147/art-3 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条 suppl-4101-147/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3 **第一項** 旧共済契約、旧第一種共済契約及び旧第二種共済契約のうちこの法律の施行前に旧法第九条第一項各号（旧平成七年改正法附則第五条第一項の規定により読み替えて適用される場合を含む。）に掲げる事由が生じたものに係る共済金の額の算定については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-1 With regard to the calculation of the amount of mutual aid benefits for former mutual aid contracts, former type 1 mutual aid contracts and former type 2 mutual aid contracts for which a ground set out in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the former Act (including where applied with terms replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former 1995 Amendment Act) arose before the enforcement of this Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の共済金を分割払の方法により支給する場合の旧法第九条の三の分割共済金の額及び旧法第九条の四の現価相当額の算定については、当該分割払の請求がこの法律の施行前に行われた場合に限り、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-2 Where the mutual aid benefits under the preceding paragraph are paid by installment payment, the provisions then in force continue to govern the calculation of the amount of the installment mutual aid benefit under Article 9-3 of the former Act and of the present value amount under Article 9-4 of the former Act, only where the request for that installment payment was made before the enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official **第三項** 旧共済契約及び旧第一種共済契約のうちこの法律の施行前に旧法第七条第四項各号に掲げる事由が生じたもの（同項第一号に掲げる事由が生じたものにあっては、当該旧共済契約又は旧第一種共済契約に係る共済契約者が同号の会社の役員たる小規模企業者となったものを除く。）に係る解約手当金の額の算定については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-3 With regard to the calculation of the amount of the cancellation refund for former mutual aid contracts and former type 1 mutual aid contracts for which a ground set out in the items of Article 7, paragraph (4) of the former Act arose before the enforcement of this Act (excluding, for those for which the ground set out in item (i) of that paragraph arose, those where the mutual aid policyholder concerning the former mutual aid contract or former type 1 mutual aid contract has become a small-scale enterprise that is an officer of the company referred to in that item), the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-2: 前項 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第一項（共済金等に係る経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-2/par-1 - 小規模企業共済法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-3/par-2 - 小規模企業共済法 附則第六条第一項（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4101-147/art-6/par-1 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-008, 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