# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第一条 (Article 1)
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- Law: 中小企業等経営強化法 (Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.), 平成十一年法律第十八号
- English title "Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.": claude-opus-5-5
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- Provision: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第一条（目的） — Purpose
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art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-1
**第一項** この法律は、中小企業等の多様で活力ある成長発展が経済の活性化に果たす役割の重要性に鑑み、新たに設立された企業の事業活動並びに中小企業等の経営革新、経営力向上、先端設備等導入及び事業継続力強化の支援を行うことにより、中小企業等の経営強化を図り、もって国民経済の健全な発展に資することを目的とする。
art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-1/par-1
In light of the importance of the role that the diverse and vigorous growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc. play in revitalizing the economy, the purpose of this Act is to strengthen the management of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., and thereby to contribute to the sound development of the national economy, by supporting the business activities of newly established enterprises and the management innovation, management capacity improvement, advanced equipment introduction and business continuity enhancement of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc.
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## Sources
- claude-opus-5-5 — English titles of cited laws, written for this site, written 2026-10-08
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業等経営強化法 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/411AC0000000018/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-001, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業等経営強化法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06