# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第六十六条 (Article 66) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-66. 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: 第六十六条 (Article 66)（中小企業者の事業継続力強化に資するための措置） — address `art-66` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-66 - e-Gov law ID: 411AC0000000018 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十六条（中小企業者の事業継続力強化に資するための措置） — Measures to Contribute to Business Continuity Enhancement by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises caption: machine translation, not official art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-66 **第一項** 国、地方公共団体、委託事業者、政府関係金融機関、商工会、商工会議所、中小企業団体中央会その他の者は、基本方針を勘案し、中小企業者の事業継続力強化に資するため、中小企業者の行う事業継続力強化に関する助言、研修、情報の提供その他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めるものとする。 art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-66/par-1 The State, local governments, consigning business operators, financial institutions related to the government, commercial associations, chambers of commerce, federations of small business associations and other persons are to endeavor, taking the basic policy into consideration, to take necessary measures, such as advice, training and provision of information regarding business continuity enhancement carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises, in order to contribute to the business continuity enhancement of small and medium-sized enterprises. machine translation, not official **第二項** 国は、中小企業者がその所在する地域において発生が想定される自然災害についての情報の提供を円滑に受けられるよう、地方公共団体、政府関係金融機関、商工会、商工会議所、中小企業団体中央会その他の者に対し、助言その他の必要な措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-66/par-2 The State must endeavor to take necessary measures, such as advice, toward local governments, financial institutions related to the government, commercial associations, chambers of commerce, federations of small business associations and other persons so that small and medium-sized enterprises can smoothly receive provision of information on natural disasters expected to occur in the areas where they are located. machine translation, not official --- ## 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-20261106T173426-016, 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