# 中小企業基本法 / Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act — 第二十四条 (Article 24) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-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: 中小企業基本法 (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act), 昭和三十八年法律第百五十四号 - English title "Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic 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: 第二十四条 (Article 24) — address `art-24` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24 - e-Gov law ID: 338AC0000000154 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十四条 art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24 **第一項** 国は、貿易構造、原材料の供給事情その他の経済的社会的環境の著しい変化による影響を受け、現に同一の地域又は同一の業種に属する相当数の中小企業者の事業活動に著しい支障が生じ、又は生ずるおそれがある場合には、中小企業の経営の安定を図り、及び事業の転換を円滑にするための施策その他の必要な施策を講ずるものとする。 art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-1 In the case where, due to the effects of significant changes in the economic and social environment, such as the structure of trade and the supply conditions of raw materials, significant impediments have arisen or are likely to arise in the business activities of a considerable number of small and medium-sized enterprises that actually belong to the same region or the same industry, the State is to take measures to stabilize the management of small and medium-sized enterprises and facilitate the conversion of their businesses, and other necessary measures. machine translation, not official **第二項** 国は、中小企業者以外の者の事業活動による中小企業者の利益の不当な侵害を防止し、中小企業の経営の安定を図るための制度の整備その他の必要な施策を講ずるものとする。 art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-2 The State is to take the necessary measures, including development of a system to prevent the unjust infringement of the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises through the business activities of persons other than small and medium-sized enterprises and to stabilize the management of small and medium-sized enterprises, and other measures. machine translation, not official **第三項** 国は、取引先企業の倒産の影響を受けて中小企業が倒産する等の事態の発生を防止するため、中小企業に関して実施する共済制度の整備その他の必要な施策を講ずるものとする。 art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-3 In order to prevent the occurrence of situations such as the bankruptcy of small and medium-sized enterprises due to the effects of the bankruptcy of their trading partner enterprises, the State is to take the necessary measures, including development of a mutual aid system implemented for small and medium-sized enterprises, and other measures. machine translation, not official **第四項** 国は、中小企業者の事業の再建、承継又は廃止の円滑化を図るため、事業の再生のための制度の整備、事業の承継のための制度の整備、小規模企業に関して実施する共済制度の整備その他の必要な施策を講ずるものとする。 art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-4 In order to facilitate the rehabilitation, succession or discontinuation of the businesses of small and medium-sized enterprises, the State is to take the necessary measures, including development of a system for business revival, development of a system for business succession, development of a mutual aid system implemented for small-scale enterprises, and other measures. machine translation, not official **第五項** 国は、第一項及び前項の施策を講ずるに当たつては、中小企業の従事者の就職を容易にすることができるように必要な考慮を払うものとする。 art-24/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-5 In taking the measures under paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, the State is to give the necessary consideration so as to make it easy for persons engaged in small and medium-sized enterprises to find employment. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-24/par-5: 第一項 → 中小企業基本法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-1 - art-24/par-5: 前項 → 中小企業基本法 第二十四条第四項 (Article 24, paragraph (4)), art-24/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-4 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業基本法 第二十四条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-24/par-5 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業基本法 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/338AC0000000154/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業基本法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/822), retrieved 2026-10-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-basic-act-20261106T173426-003, translated 2026-11-07 - This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06