# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-3. 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（中小企業近代化促進法等の廃止に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4111-18/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-3 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条（中小企業近代化促進法等の廃止に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures upon Repeal of the Small and Medium Enterprise Modernization Promotion Act, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4111-18/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-3 **第一項** 前条の規定による廃止前の中小企業近代化促進法第四条第一項又は第二項の承認を受けた特定商工組合等に関する計画の変更の承認及び取消し並びに報告の徴収については、なお従前の例による。この場合において、同法第十七条第四項中「審議会」とあるのは、「中小企業政策審議会」とする。 suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern the approval of changes to, and the rescission of, a plan concerning a specified commercial and industrial association, etc. that received approval under Article 4, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Small and Medium Enterprise Modernization Promotion Act prior to its repeal under the provisions of the preceding Article, and the collection of reports; in this case, the term "Council" in Article 17, paragraph (4) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Policy Council". machine translation, not official **第二項** 前条の規定による廃止前の特定中小企業者の新分野進出等による経済の構造的変化への適応の円滑化に関する臨時措置法第三条第一項又は第七条第一項の承認を受けた者に関する計画の変更の承認及び取消し並びに報告の徴収、同法第四条第二項に規定する承認新分野進出等計画に従って事業を行う者（同法第五条第一項に規定する特例中小企業者を除く。）又は同法第八条第一項に規定する承認事業開始計画に従って事業を行う者に関する新分野進出等関連保証、海外事業関連保証又は新分野事業関連保証についての中小企業信用保険法の特例及び報告の徴収並びに同法第五条第一項に規定する特例中小企業者に関する中小企業信用保険法第三条第一項、第三条の二第一項又は第三条の三第一項に規定する債務の保証、海外事業関連保証又は新分野事業関連保証についての中小企業信用保険法の特例及び報告の徴収については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-2 The provisions then in force continue to govern the approval of changes to, and the rescission of, a plan concerning a person that received approval under Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Act on Temporary Measures for Facilitating Adaptation to Structural Changes in the Economy through New Field Entry, etc. by Specified Small and Medium-sized Enterprises prior to its repeal under the provisions of the preceding Article, and the collection of reports; the special provisions of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act concerning guarantees related to new field entry, etc., guarantees related to overseas business, or guarantees related to new field business with regard to a person who conducts business in accordance with an approved new field entry, etc. plan prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Act on Temporary Measures for Facilitating Adaptation to Structural Changes in the Economy through New Field Entry, etc. by Specified Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (excluding a special small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act) or a person who conducts business in accordance with an approved business commencement plan prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1) of that Act, and the collection of reports; and the special provisions of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act concerning the guarantee of obligations prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), Article 3-2, paragraph (1) or Article 3-3, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act, guarantees related to overseas business, or guarantees related to new field business with regard to a special small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Temporary Measures for Facilitating Adaptation to Structural Changes in the Economy through New Field Entry, etc. by Specified Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and the collection of reports. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-1: 前条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4111-18/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-2 - suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-2: 前条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4111-18/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-2 - suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-2: 中小企業信用保険法第三条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-2: 第三条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条の二第一項 (Article 3-2, paragraph (1)), art-3-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - suppl-4111-18/art-3/par-2: 第三条の三第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条の三第一項 (Article 3-3, paragraph (1)), art-3-3/par-1 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第五条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4111-18/art-5/par-1 --- ## 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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-019, 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