# 中小企業基本法 / Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act — 第三十一条 (Article 31)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三十一条 (Article 31)（資料の提出等の要求） — address `art-31`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-31
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### 第三十一条（資料の提出等の要求） — Requests for Submission of Materials, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-31</sup>

**第一項**  審議会は、その所掌事務を遂行するため必要があると認めるときは、関係行政機関の長に対し、資料の提出、意見の開陳、説明その他必要な協力を求めることができる。
<sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/art-31/par-1</sup>
When the Council finds it necessary for the performance of its functions, it may request the heads of relevant administrative organs to submit materials, state opinions, give explanations, and provide other necessary cooperation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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-20261106T173426-004, 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