# 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-5021-58/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) — address `suppl-5021-58/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-5021-58/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). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条 suppl-5021-58/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5021-58/art-3 **第一項** 第二条の規定による改正後の中小企業等経営強化法（以下「改正後中小強化法」という。）第二十四条第一項第一号及び第二項（同号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、施行日以後に改正後中小強化法第十四条第一項の承認又は改正後中小強化法第十五条第一項の変更の承認を受けた経営革新計画に従って行われる改正後中小強化法第二十二条第一項に規定する承認経営革新事業について適用する。 suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1 The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i) and paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "Amended SME Management Strengthening Act") apply to an approved management innovation project prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act that is carried out in accordance with a management innovation plan for which approval under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act or approval of a change under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act has been obtained on or after the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第二項** 改正後中小強化法第二十四条第一項第二号及び第二項（同号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、施行日以後に改正後中小強化法第十七条第一項の認定又は改正後中小強化法第十八条第一項の変更の認定を受けた経営力向上計画に従って行われる改正後中小強化法第二十二条第四項に規定する認定経営力向上事業について適用する。 suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2 The provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2) (limited to the part pertaining to Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act apply to a certified management capacity improvement project prescribed in Article 22, paragraph (4) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act that is carried out in accordance with a management capacity improvement plan for which certification under Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act or certification of a change under Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Amended SME Management Strengthening Act has been obtained on or after the Effective Date. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1: 第二十四条第一項第一号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-24/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-1 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1: 第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-2 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1: 改正後中小強化法第十四条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-14/par-1 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1: 改正後中小強化法第十五条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-15/par-1 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1: 改正後中小強化法第二十二条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-22/par-1 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2: 改正後中小強化法第二十四条第一項第二号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-2 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2: 第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第二項 (Article 24, paragraph (2)), art-24/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-2 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2: 改正後中小強化法第十七条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-17/par-1 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2: 改正後中小強化法第十八条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-18/par-1 - suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2: 改正後中小強化法第二十二条第四項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十二条第四項 (Article 22, paragraph (4)), art-22/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-22/par-4 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-023, 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