# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第三十五条 (Article 35)

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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: 第三十五条 (Article 35)（改善命令） — address `art-35`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第三十五条（改善命令） — Order for Improvement
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<sup>art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-35</sup>

  **第一項**  主務大臣は、基本方針に照らし認定経営革新等支援機関の経営革新等支援業務の運営に関し改善が必要であると認めるときは、その認定経営革新等支援機関に対し、その改善に必要な措置を講ずべきことを命ずることができる。
  <sup>art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-35/par-1</sup>
  If the competent minister finds, in light of the basic policy, that an improvement is necessary regarding the operation of the support work for management innovation, etc. of a certified support body for management innovation, etc., the competent minister may order that certified support body for management innovation, etc. to take the measures necessary for the improvement.
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## Cited by

6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 中小企業等経営強化法 第三十六条第一項第二号（認定の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-36/par-1/item-2
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第四十二条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-42/par-1
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第四十七条第一項（準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-47/par-1
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第七十三条第五項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-73/par-5
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第七十三条第六項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-73/par-6
- 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4281-58/art-2/par-1

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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-20261106T173426-010, 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
