# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第六十八条 (Article 68)

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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: 第六十八条 (Article 68)（地域経済への配慮） — address `art-68`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第六十八条（地域経済への配慮） — Consideration for Regional Economies
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-68</sup>

**第一項**  国は、中小企業等の経営強化のための施策を推進するに当たっては、地域経済の健全な発展に配慮するよう努めるものとする。
<sup>art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-68/par-1</sup>
In promoting measures to strengthen the management of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., the State is to endeavor to give consideration to the sound development of regional economies.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261106T173426-016, 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