# 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-4151-88/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-4151-88/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-4151-88/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-4151-88/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4151-88/art-3 **第一項** この法律の施行前に効力を生じた共済契約のうちこの法律の施行後にこの法律による改正後の小規模企業共済法（以下「新法」という。）第九条第一項各号（附則第七条の規定による改正後の小規模企業共済法及び中小企業事業団法の一部を改正する法律（平成七年法律第四十四号）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関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-1 Cabinet Order prescribes the transitional measures necessary for the calculation of the amount of mutual aid benefits relating to a mutual aid contract that took effect before the enforcement of this Act and for which, after the enforcement of this Act, a ground set out in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act") (including where it applies with terms replaced pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act and the Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation Act (Act No. 44 of 1995), as amended by the provisions of Article 7 of the Supplementary Provisions) arose. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行前に効力を生じた共済契約のうちこの法律の施行後に新法第七条第二項又は第三項の規定により解除されたもの及び同条第四項の規定により解除されたものとみなされたものに係る解約手当金の額の算定に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-2 Cabinet Order prescribes the transitional measures necessary for the calculation of the amount of the cancellation refund relating to a mutual aid contract that took effect before the enforcement of this Act and that, after the enforcement of this Act, was cancelled pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (2) or (3) of the New Act, and one that was deemed to have been cancelled pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-1: 第九条第一項 → 小規模企業共済法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-9/par-1 - suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-1: の規定による改正後の小規模企業共済法及び中小企業事業団法の一部を改正する法律（平成七年法律第四十四号）附則第五条第一項 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-44/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4071-44/art-5/par-1 - suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-2: 新法第七条第二項 → 小規模企業共済法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-7/par-2 - suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-2: 第三項 → 小規模企業共済法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-7/par-3 - suppl-4151-88/art-3/par-2: 同条第四項 → 小規模企業共済法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-7/par-4 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-009, 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