# 中小企業基本法 / Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act — 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)
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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: 第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6)（検討） — address `suppl-4251-57/art-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第六条（検討） — Review
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suppl-4251-57/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/suppl-4251-57/art-6
**第一項** 政府は、この法律の施行後五年を目途として、この法律による改正後の規定の実施状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、当該規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
suppl-4251-57/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-basic-act/suppl-4251-57/art-6/par-1
Around five years after the enforcement of this Act, the government is to take into account the status of implementation of the provisions as amended by this Act and, if it finds it necessary, review those provisions and take necessary measures based on the results.
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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-20261106T173426-005, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch sme-basic-act-20261106T173426-005, 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