# 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-4271-61. 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-4271-61` - 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-4271-61 - 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 平成二七年八月二八日法律第六一号 suppl-4271-61 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-61/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/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、附則第四条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4271-61/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/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 day of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the day of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（小規模企業共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-61/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2 **第一項** この法律の施行の日（以下この条及び次条において「施行日」という。）前に第二条の規定による改正前の小規模企業共済法（以下この条において「旧共済法」という。）第五条第一項の規定により行われた共済契約の申込みに係る申込金については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern the application money relating to an application for a mutual aid contract made pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act") before the day of enforcement of this Act (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as the "Effective Date"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 旧共済法の定めるところにより締結された共済契約（以下この条において「旧共済契約」という。）であって、施行日前に旧共済法第七条第二項第一号に規定する一定の月分以上について掛金の納付を怠った場合における旧共済契約の解除については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-2 Where, for a mutual aid contract concluded as provided for by the Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "former mutual aid contract"), payment of premiums was neglected before the Effective Date for the certain number of months or more prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern the cancellation of the former mutual aid contract. machine translation, not official **第三項** 旧共済契約であって、施行日前に旧共済法第七条第四項第二号又は第三号に掲げる事由が生じたものに係る解約手当金の支給については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-3 The provisions then in force continue to govern the payment of cancellation refunds relating to a former mutual aid contract for which a ground set out in Article 7, paragraph (4), item (ii) or (iii) of the Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act arose before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第四項** 分割払の方法による共済金の支給期月については、当該分割払の請求が施行日前に行われた場合に限り、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-4 The provisions then in force continue to govern the payment months of mutual aid benefits by the installment payment method, only where the request for that installment payment was made before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第五項** 旧共済契約であって、施行日前に旧共済法第九条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる事由が生じたものに係る共済金の支給を受けるべき遺族の範囲及び順位については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-5 The provisions then in force continue to govern the scope and order of priority of the bereaved family members who are to receive payment of mutual aid benefits relating to a former mutual aid contract for which a ground set out in Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act arose before the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第六項** 施行日前に個人たる小規模企業者としての地位において締結した旧共済契約に係る共済契約者（旧共済法第二条第一項第四号に掲げるものに限る。）が、旧共済法第七条第三項の規定により旧共済契約を解除した後、施行日前に再び共済契約者となった場合における掛金納付月数の通算については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-6 Where a mutual aid policyholder relating to a former mutual aid contract concluded before the Effective Date in the status of a small-scale enterprise that is an individual (limited to one set out in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act) cancelled the former mutual aid contract pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Former Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act and then became a mutual aid policyholder again before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern the aggregation of the number of months of paid premiums. machine translation, not official ### 第四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4271-61/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-4 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関して必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4271-61/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-4/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures in connection with the entry into effect of this Act. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4271-61/art-1/par-1: 附則第四条 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4271-61/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-4 - suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-1: この条 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4271-61/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2 - suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-2: この条 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4271-61/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/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-4271-61/art-1/par-1 - 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第一項（小規模企業共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/par-1 - 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第二項（小規模企業共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-4271-61/art-2/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 - 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