# 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-4221-24. 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-4221-24` - 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-4221-24 - e-Gov law ID: 340AC0000000102 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二二年四月二一日法律第二四号 suppl-4221-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4221-24/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年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。ただし、附則第三条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4221-24/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 3 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4221-24/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行前において効力を生じた共済契約（次項において「既契約」という。）については、この法律による改正後の第七条第四項第一号中「設立するため」とあるのは、「設立するためその事業に係る金銭以外の資産の出資をすることにより」と読み替えて、同号の規定を適用する。 suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-1 With respect to a mutual aid contract that took effect before the enforcement of this Act (referred to as an "existing contract" in the following paragraph), Article 7, paragraph (4), item (i) as amended by this Act is applied with the phrase "in order to establish" in that item deemed to be replaced with "in order to establish, by making a contribution of assets other than money relating to its business,". machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行前に第七条第四項第二号に掲げる事由が生じた既契約に係る共済契約者については、この法律による改正後の第十三条第一項後段の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-2 Article 13, paragraph (1), the latter part as amended by this Act does not apply to a mutual aid policyholder relating to an existing contract for which a ground set out in Article 7, paragraph (4), item (ii) arose before the enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official **第三項** この法律の施行前に申込みがされた共済契約については、この法律による改正後の第三条第五項第三号の規定は、適用しない。 suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-3 Article 3, paragraph (5), item (iii) as amended by this Act does not apply to a mutual aid contract for which an application was made before the enforcement of this Act. machine translation, not official ### 第三条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4221-24/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-3 **第一項** 前条に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4221-24/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-3/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding Article, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4221-24/art-1/par-1: 附則第三条 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4221-24/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-3 - suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-1: 次項 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4221-24/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4221-24/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 小規模企業共済法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-1/par-1 - 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-2/par-1 - 小規模企業共済法 附則第三条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4221-24/art-3/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-20261106T173426-007, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act-20261106T173426-008, translated 2026-11-07 - 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