# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第四条 (Article 4)

- Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号
- English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第四条 (Article 4)（承認の基準等） — address `art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第四条（承認の基準等） — (Standards for Approval)
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<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4</sup>

    **第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の承認の申請があった場合において、当該申請に係る規約が次に掲げる要件に適合すると認めるときは、同項の承認をするものとする。
    <sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1</sup>
    When an application for the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is filed, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the rules pertaining to the application satisfy the following requirements, the minister is to give the approval referred to in that paragraph:
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      **一**  前条第三項各号に掲げる事項が定められていること。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-1</sup>
      the rules provide for the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article;
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      **二**  実施事業所に使用される第一号等厚生年金被保険者が企業型年金加入者となることについて一定の資格を定めた場合であって、当該実施事業所において確定給付企業年金又は退職手当制度を実施しているときは、当該資格は、確定給付企業年金及び退職手当制度が適用される者の範囲に照らし、特定の者について不当に差別的なものでないこと。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-2</sup>
      if certain qualifications to become a participant of a corporate-type pension plan have been specified for the category I or IV EPI insured person employed at the place of business implementing the plan, where a defined benefit corporate pension plan or a retirement allowance system is implemented, those qualifications are not unreasonably discriminatory against specific persons in light of the scope of persons covered by the defined benefit corporate pension plan and the retirement allowance system;
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      **三**  事業主掛金について、定額又は給与に一定の率を乗ずる方法その他これに類する方法により算定した額によることが定められていること。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-3</sup>
      the rules provide that the employer's contribution is to be made in a fixed amount or in an amount calculated by the method of multiplying the amount of salary by a certain rate or calculated by a similar method;
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      **四**  提示される運用の方法の数及び種類について、第二十三条第一項及び第二項の規定に反しないこと。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-4</sup>
      the number and types of the investment methods to be presented do not run counter to the provisions of Article 23, paragraphs (1) and (2);
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      **五**  企業型年金加入者及び企業型年金運用指図者（以下「企業型年金加入者等」という。）による運用の指図は、少なくとも三月に一回、行い得るものであること。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-5</sup>
      the rules allow a participant of a corporate-type pension plan or an instructor of a corporate-type pension plan (hereinafter referred to as a "participant or instructor of a corporate-type pension plan") to give instructions on investment at least once every three months;
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      **六**  企業型年金の給付の額の算定方法が政令で定める基準に合致していること。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-6</sup>
      the method for calculating the amount of benefits of the corporate-type pension plan conforms to the standards specified by Cabinet Order;
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      **七**  企業型年金加入者が資格を喪失した日において実施事業所に使用された期間が三年以上である場合又は企業型年金加入者が当該企業型年金の障害給付金の受給権を有する場合について、その者の個人別管理資産が移換されるときは、その全てを移換するものとされていること。
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-7</sup>
      the rules provide that, if a participant of a corporate-type pension plan's assets managed per individual are to be transferred in a case that the participant had been employed at the place of business implementing the plan for not less than three years as of the day of losing the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan or that the participant has the right to receive disability benefits under the corporate-type pension plan, all of those assets are to be transferred; and
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      **八**  その他政令で定める要件
      <sup>art-4/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-1/item-8</sup>
      any other requirements specified by Cabinet Order.
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    **第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前条第一項の承認をしたときは、速やかに、その旨をその申請をした事業主に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-2</sup>
    When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare gives the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the minister must promptly give notice to that effect to the employer that has filed the application.
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    **第三項**  事業主は、前条第一項の承認を受けたときは、遅滞なく、同項の承認を受けた規約（以下「企業型年金規約」という。）を実施事業所に使用される第一号等厚生年金被保険者に周知させなければならない。
    <sup>art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-3</sup>
    When the employer obtains the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the employer must, without delay, inform the category I or IV EPI insured person employed at the place of business implementing the plan of the rules for which the approval referred to in that paragraph has been obtained (hereinafter referred to as the "corporate-type pension plan rules").
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    **第四項**  事業主は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、企業型年金規約を実施事業所ごとに備え置き、その使用する第一号等厚生年金被保険者の求めに応じ、これを閲覧させなければならない。
    <sup>art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-4/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-4/par-4</sup>
    The employer must keep the corporate-type pension plan rules at each place of business implementing the plan and have the category I or IV EPI insured person whom the employer employs inspect the rules at their request, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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## Cites
- art-4/par-1: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-1
- art-4/par-1/item-1: 前条第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三条第三項 (Article 3, paragraph (3)), art-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-3
- art-4/par-1/item-4: 第二十三条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-1
- art-4/par-1/item-4: 第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十三条第二項 (Article 23, paragraph (2)), art-23/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-23/par-2
- art-4/par-2: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-1
- art-4/par-3: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第三項（存続厚生年金基金に係る改正前厚生年金保険法等の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-3
- 確定拠出年金法 第三条第一項（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-1
- 確定拠出年金法 第五条第四項（規約の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-5/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-5/par-4
- 確定拠出年金法 第六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-6/par-2
- 確定拠出年金法 第四十六条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/par-3

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 確定拠出年金法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000088/20260401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-19
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19