# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第五十三条 (Article 53)

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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
- 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: 第五十三条 (Article 53)（先端設備等導入計画の変更等） — address `art-53`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第五十三条（先端設備等導入計画の変更等） — Changes to Advanced Equipment Introduction Plans, etc.
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<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の認定を受けた中小企業者（以下「認定先端設備等導入事業者」という。）は、当該認定に係る先端設備等導入計画を変更しようとするときは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、当該認定をした特定市町村の認定を受けなければならない。
  <sup>art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-1</sup>
  A small and medium-sized enterprise that has obtained the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "certified advanced equipment introduction business operator") must, when intending to change the advanced equipment introduction plan pertaining to that certification, obtain certification from the specified municipality that granted that certification, in accordance with Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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  **第二項**  特定市町村は、認定先端設備等導入事業者が当該認定に係る先端設備等導入計画（前項の規定による変更の認定があったときは、その変更後のもの。以下「認定先端設備等導入計画」という。）に従って先端設備等導入を行っていないと認めるときは、その認定を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-2</sup>
  If a specified municipality finds that a certified advanced equipment introduction business operator is not carrying out advanced equipment introduction in accordance with the advanced equipment introduction plan pertaining to that certification (where certification of a change has been granted under the preceding paragraph, the plan as changed; hereinafter referred to as a "certified advanced equipment introduction plan"), it may rescind that certification.
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  **第三項**  特定市町村は、認定先端設備等導入計画が前条第四項各号のいずれかに適合しないものとなったと認めるときは、その認定を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-53/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-3</sup>
  If a specified municipality finds that a certified advanced equipment introduction plan has ceased to conform to any of the items of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article, it may rescind the certification.
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  **第四項**  特定市町村は、前二項の規定により前条第一項の認定を取り消したときは、その旨を経済産業大臣に通知するものとする。
  <sup>art-53/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-4</sup>
  When a specified municipality has rescinded the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, it is to notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of that fact.
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  **第五項**  前条第四項及び第五項の規定は、第一項の認定について準用する。
  <sup>art-53/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-5</sup>
  The provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification under paragraph (1).
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## Cites
- art-53/par-1: 前条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-52/par-1
- art-53/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-1
- art-53/par-3: 前条第四項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十二条第四項 (Article 52, paragraph (4)), art-52/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-52/par-4
- art-53/par-4: 前二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第二項 (Article 53, paragraph (2)), art-53/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-2
- art-53/par-4: 前二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第三項 (Article 53, paragraph (3)), art-53/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-3
- art-53/par-4: 前条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十二条第一項 (Article 52, paragraph (1)), art-52/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-52/par-1
- art-53/par-5: 前条第四項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十二条第四項 (Article 52, paragraph (4)), art-52/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-52/par-4
- art-53/par-5: 第五項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十二条第五項 (Article 52, paragraph (5)), art-52/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-52/par-5
- art-53/par-5: 第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十二条第一項（先端設備等導入計画の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-52/par-1
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第二項（先端設備等導入計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-2
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第四項（先端設備等導入計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-4
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十三条第五項（先端設備等導入計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-53/par-5
- 地方税法 附則第十五条第四十二項（固定資産税等の課税標準の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/suppl-3251-226/art-15/par-42 (e-Gov law ID 325AC0000000226)

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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-20261106T173426-013, 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
