# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第六十九条の四 (Article 69-4)

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- Law: 中小企業退職金共済法 (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百六十号
- English title "Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第六十九条の四 (Article 69-4)（資産運用委員） — address `art-69-4`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第六十九条の四（資産運用委員） — Asset Management Committee Members
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<sup>art-69-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4</sup>

  **第一項**  資産運用委員は、経済又は金融に関して高い識見を有する者その他の学識経験を有する者のうちから、厚生労働大臣が任命する。
  <sup>art-69-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-1</sup>
  The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare appoints Asset Management Committee members from among persons with a high level of insight into economics or finance and other persons with knowledge and experience.
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  **第二項**  資産運用委員の任期は、二年とする。ただし、補欠の委員の任期は、前任者の残任期間とする。
  <sup>art-69-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-2</sup>
  The term of office of an Asset Management Committee member is two years; provided, however, that the term of office of a member appointed to fill a vacancy is the remainder of the term of office of the predecessor.
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  **第三項**  政府又は地方公共団体の職員（非常勤の者及び教育公務員で政令で定めるものを除く。）のほか、次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、資産運用委員となることができない。
  <sup>art-69-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-3</sup>
  Besides employees of the government or of local governments (excluding part-time persons and educational public service personnel specified by Cabinet Order), a person who falls under any of the following items cannot become an Asset Management Committee member:
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    **一**  銀行業（銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第二条第二項に規定する銀行業をいう。）、信託業（信託業法（平成十六年法律第百五十四号）第二条第一項に規定する信託業をいう。）、金融商品取引業（金融商品取引法（昭和二十三年法律第二十五号）第二条第八項に規定する金融商品取引業をいう。第七十五条の二第五項及び第六項において同じ。）、保険業（保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第二条第一項に規定する保険業をいう。）その他の金融業（これらに類似し、又は密接に関連する事業を含む。）を行う者であつて機構と取引上密接な利害関係を有するもの又はこれらの者が法人であるときはその役員（いかなる名称によるかを問わず、これと同等以上の職権又は支配力を有する者を含む。）
    <sup>art-69-4/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-3/item-1</sup>
    A person who engages in banking (meaning banking prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Banking Act (Act No. 59 of 1981)), trust business (meaning trust business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Trust Business Act (Act No. 154 of 2004)), financial instruments business (meaning financial instruments business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (8) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948); the same applies in Article 75-2, paragraphs (5) and (6)), insurance business (meaning insurance business prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Insurance Business Act (Act No. 105 of 1995)), or other financial business (including businesses similar or closely related to these) and who has a close interest in transactions with the Organization, or, where such a person is a corporation, its officer (including a person who, regardless of title, has authority or control equal to or greater than that of an officer);
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    **二**  前号に掲げる事業者の団体の役員（いかなる名称によるかを問わず、これと同等以上の職権又は支配力を有する者を含む。）
    <sup>art-69-4/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-3/item-2</sup>
    An officer of an association of the business operators listed in the preceding item (including a person who, regardless of title, has authority or control equal to or greater than that of an officer).
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  **第四項**  第六十三条、第六十五条及び第六十六条並びに通則法第二十一条第四項並びに第二十三条第一項及び第二項の規定は、資産運用委員について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「主務大臣又は法人の長は、それぞれ」とあるのは「厚生労働大臣は、」と、「前条」とあるのは「中小企業退職金共済法（昭和三十四年法律第百六十号）第六十九条の四第三項」と、同条第二項中「主務大臣又は法人の長は、それぞれ」とあるのは「厚生労働大臣は、」と読み替えるものとする。
  <sup>art-69-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-4</sup>
  The provisions of Article 63, Article 65 and Article 66, and Article 21, paragraph (4) and Article 23, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the General Rules Act apply mutatis mutandis to Asset Management Committee members. In this case, the phrase "the competent minister or the head of the agency, respectively," in Article 23, paragraph (1) of the General Rules Act is deemed to be replaced with "the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare,", the phrase "the preceding Article" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 69-4, paragraph (3) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act (Act No. 160 of 1959)", and the phrase "the competent minister or the head of the agency, respectively," in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare,".
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## Cites
- art-69-4/par-3/item-1: 銀行法（昭和五十六年法律第五十九号）第二条第二項 → 銀行法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/art-2/par-2 (e-Gov law ID 356AC0000000059)
- art-69-4/par-3/item-1: 信託業法（平成十六年法律第百五十四号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 416AC0000000154, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-69-4/par-3/item-1: 金融商品取引法（昭和二十三年法律第二十五号）第二条第八項 → 金融商品取引法 第二条第八項 (Article 2, paragraph (8)), art-2/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-2/par-8 (e-Gov law ID 323AC0000000025)
- art-69-4/par-3/item-1: 第七十五条の二第五項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条の二第五項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (5)), art-75-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75-2/par-5
- art-69-4/par-3/item-1: 第六項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十五条の二第六項 (Article 75-2, paragraph (6)), art-75-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-75-2/par-6
- art-69-4/par-3/item-1: 保険業法（平成七年法律第百五号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 407AC0000000105, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-69-4/par-3/item-2: 前号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十九条の四第三項第一号 (Article 69-4, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-69-4/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-3/item-1
- art-69-4/par-4: 第六十三条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-63
- art-69-4/par-4: 第六十五条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-65
- art-69-4/par-4: 第六十六条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-66
- art-69-4/par-4: 通則法第二十一条第四項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第二十一条第四項 (Article 21, paragraph (4)), art-21/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-69-4/par-4: 第二十三条第一項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-69-4/par-4: 第二項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-69-4/par-4: 中小企業退職金共済法（昭和三十四年法律第百六十号）第六十九条の四第三項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十九条の四第三項 (Article 69-4, paragraph (3)), art-69-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-3

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十九条の四第三項第二号（資産運用委員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-3/item-2
- 中小企業退職金共済法 第六十九条の四第四項（資産運用委員） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-69-4/par-4
- 中小企業退職金共済法 第八十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-88/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業退職金共済法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000160/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業退職金共済法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1775), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-013, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業退職金共済法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06