# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4231-26` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二三年四月二七日法律第二六号 suppl-4231-26 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-26/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十三年十月一日から施行する。ただし、次条第三項及び第五項並びに附則第三条第十一項及び第十二項、第六条、第七条、第九条、第十五条、第十八条並びに第二十二条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4231-26/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect on October 1, 2011; provided, however, that the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (5) of the following Article, and Article 3, paragraphs (11) and (12), Articles 6, 7, 9, 15, 18 and 22 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第十五条（高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用） — Hiring of Employees of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-26/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15 **第一項** 独立行政法人高齢・障害者雇用支援機構（以下この条において「高齢・障害者雇用支援機構」という。）の理事長は、雇用・能力開発機構を通じ、その職員に対し、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の労働条件及び高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用の基準を提示して、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の募集を行うものとする。 suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 The president of the Incorporated Administrative Agency Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the "Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities" in this Article) is to recruit employees of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers by presenting, through the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan, to the employees of the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan the working conditions of the employees of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers and the criteria for hiring them. machine translation, not official **第二項** 雇用・能力開発機構は、前項の規定によりその職員に対し、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の労働条件及び高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用の基準が提示されたときは、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員となることに関する雇用・能力開発機構の職員の意思を確認し、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員となる意思を表示した者の中から、当該高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用の基準に従い、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員となるべき者を選定し、その名簿を作成して高齢・障害者雇用支援機構の理事長に提出するものとする。 suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 When the working conditions of the employees of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers and the criteria for hiring them have been presented to the employees of the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan is to ascertain the intentions of its employees concerning becoming employees of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers, select from among those who have expressed the intention to become such employees, in accordance with the criteria for hiring those employees, the persons who are to become employees of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers, prepare a roster of them, and submit it to the president of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の名簿に記載された雇用・能力開発機構の職員のうち、高齢・障害者雇用支援機構の理事長から採用する旨の通知を受けた者であって施行日の前日において雇用・能力開発機構の職員であるものは、施行日において、高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員として採用される。 suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-3 Among the employees of the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan listed in the roster referred to in the preceding paragraph, a person who has received notice from the president of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities that the person is to be hired, and who is an employee of the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan on the day preceding the Effective Date, is hired as an employee of the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers on the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の規定により提示する労働条件の内容となるべき事項、同項の規定による提示の方法、第二項の規定による職員の意思の確認の方法その他前三項の規定の実施に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。 suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-4 The matters that are to constitute the content of the working conditions to be presented pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the method of presentation pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the method of confirming the intentions of employees pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), and other matters necessary for the implementation of the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. machine translation, not official ### 第十八条（勤労者退職金共済機構の職員の採用） — Hiring of Employees of the Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-26/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-18 **第一項** 附則第十五条の規定は、雇用・能力開発機構の職員の勤労者退職金共済機構の職員としての採用について準用する。 suppl-4231-26/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-18/par-1 The provisions of Article 15 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the hiring of employees of the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan as employees of the Organization for Workers' Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid. machine translation, not official ### 第二十一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-26/art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-21 **第一項** 施行日前にした行為及び附則第十条の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における施行日以後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4231-26/art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-21/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date and to acts committed on or after the Effective Date in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第二十二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4231-26/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-22 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4231-26/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-22/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4231-26/art-1/par-1: 第十五条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4231-26/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15 - suppl-4231-26/art-1/par-1: 第十八条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18), suppl-4231-26/art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-18 - suppl-4231-26/art-1/par-1: 第二十二条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 22), suppl-4231-26/art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-22 - suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1: この条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4231-26/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15 - suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (1)), suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 - suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-3: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (2)), suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 - suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-4: 第一項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (1)), suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 - suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-4: 第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (2)), suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 - suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-4: 前三項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15, paragraph (3)), suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-3 - suppl-4231-26/art-18/par-1: 附則第十五条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4231-26/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-1/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第一項（高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第二項（高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-2 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第三項（高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-3 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十五条第四項（高齢・障害・求職者雇用支援機構の職員の採用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-15/par-4 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十八条第一項（勤労者退職金共済機構の職員の採用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4231-26/art-18/par-1 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-018, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-020, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-022, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-034, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-034, 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