# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第七十四条 (Article 74)

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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: 第七十四条 (Article 74)（都道府県が処理する事務） — address `art-74`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第七十四条（都道府県が処理する事務） — Administrative Functions Handled by Prefectures
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-74</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に規定する経済産業大臣の権限に属する事務の一部は、政令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事が行うこととすることができる。
<sup>art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-74/par-1</sup>
Part of the administrative functions that belong to the authority of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry prescribed in this Act may be performed by prefectural governors, as provided by Cabinet Order.
<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-20261106T173426-018, 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