# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第九条 (Article 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9. 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 - 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（掛金月額の変更） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9 - e-Gov law ID: 334AC0000000160 — 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. --- ### 第九条（掛金月額の変更） — Change of Monthly Premium caption: machine translation, not official art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9 **第一項** 機構は、共済契約者から掛金月額の増加の申込みがあつたときは、これを承諾しなければならない。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-1 The Organization must accept an application from a mutual aid policyholder for an increase in the monthly premium. machine translation, not official **第二項** 機構は、共済契約者からの掛金月額の減少の申込みについては、前条第三項各号に掲げる場合を除き、これを承諾してはならない。 art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-2 The Organization must not accept an application from a mutual aid policyholder for a decrease in the monthly premium, except in the cases set out in the items of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前二項の申込みは、被共済者の氏名及び増加後又は減少後の掛金月額を明らかにしてしなければならない。 art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-3 An application under the preceding two paragraphs must be made by stating clearly the name of the covered employee and the monthly premium after the increase or decrease. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第七条第一項及び第二項の規定は、掛金月額の増加又は減少について準用する。 art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-4 The provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an increase or decrease in the monthly premium. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-9/par-2: 前条第三項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第八条第三項 (Article 8, paragraph (3)), art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-8/par-3 - art-9/par-3: 前二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-3: 前二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第九条第二項 (Article 9, paragraph (2)), art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-2 - art-9/par-4: 第七条第一項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-7/par-1 - art-9/par-4: 第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-7/par-2 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業退職金共済法 第九条第三項（掛金月額の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9/par-3 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第二十三条第一項（加入促進等のための掛金負担軽減措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-23/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第八十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-89/par-1/item-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第一項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-3501-40/art-2/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第五条第一項（特例被共済者に係る退職金等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-3501-40/art-5/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第一項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-3551-45/art-2/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第一項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4021-39/art-2/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第六項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4021-39/art-2/par-6 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第十四項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4021-39/art-2/par-14 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第一項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第四条第二項（退職金共済事業を廃止した団体からの受入金額の受入れ等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4271-17/art-4/par-2 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第四条第三項（退職金共済事業を廃止した団体からの受入金額の受入れ等に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4271-17/art-4/par-3 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-002, 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