# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第十六条 (Article 16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16. 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 - 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（事業分野別指針） — address `art-16` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16 - e-Gov law ID: 411AC0000000018 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十六条（事業分野別指針） — Business-Field Guidelines caption: machine translation, not official art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16 **第一項** 主務大臣は、基本方針に基づき、所管に係る事業分野のうち、特定事業者等の経営力向上が特に必要と認められる事業分野を指定し、当該事業分野に係る経営力向上に関する指針（以下「事業分野別指針」という。）を定めることができる。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16/par-1 The competent ministers may, based on the basic policy, designate, from among the business fields under their jurisdiction, a business field in which management capacity improvement of specified business operators, etc. is found to be especially necessary, and establish guidelines concerning management capacity improvement in that business field (hereinafter referred to as "business-field guidelines"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 事業分野別指針においては、第三条第二項第二号ロ及びハ（４）から（６）までに掲げる事項に関し、当該事業分野における経営資源を高度に利用する方法の導入の方法その他の当該事業分野における経営力向上に必要な事項を定めるものとする。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16/par-2 The business-field guidelines are to specify, with regard to the matters listed in Article 3, paragraph (2), item (ii), sub-items (b) and (c)(4) through (6), the method of introducing methods of making advanced use of management resources in that business field and other matters necessary for management capacity improvement in that business field. machine translation, not official **第三項** 主務大臣は、事業者を取り巻く環境の変化その他の事情を勘案して必要があると認めるときは、事業分野別指針を変更するものとする。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16/par-3 When the competent ministers find it necessary in light of changes in the environment surrounding business operators and other circumstances, they are to change the business-field guidelines. machine translation, not official **第四項** 主務大臣は、事業分野別指針を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、当該事業分野についての専門家その他の関係者の意見を聴くものとする。ただし、主務省令で定める軽微な変更については、この限りでない。 art-16/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16/par-4 When the competent ministers intend to establish or change the business-field guidelines, they are to hear in advance the opinions of experts on the business field concerned and other persons concerned; provided, however, that this does not apply to a minor change specified by order of the competent ministry. machine translation, not official **第五項** 主務大臣は、事業分野別指針を定め、又はこれを変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。 art-16/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-16/par-5 Upon establishing or changing the business-field guidelines, the competent ministers must publicize them without delay. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-16/par-2: 第三条第二項第二号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第三条第二項第二号 (Article 3, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-3/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-3/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 第七十三条第三項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-73/par-3 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第七十三条第九項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-73/par-9 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-006, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-006, 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