# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第四十二条 (Article 42)

- 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
- 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: 第四十二条 (Article 42)（欠格） — address `art-42`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第四十二条（欠格） — (Disqualification)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-42</sup>

    **第一項**  故意の犯罪行為により企業型年金加入者又は企業型年金加入者であった者を死亡させた者は、前条の規定にかかわらず、死亡一時金を受けることができない。企業型年金加入者又は企業型年金加入者であった者の死亡前に、その者の死亡によって死亡一時金を受けるべき者を故意の犯罪行為により死亡させた者についても、同様とする。
    <sup>art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-42/par-1</sup>
    A person who has caused the death of a person who is or was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan by committing an intentional criminal act may not receive the lump-sum death benefit, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article. The same applies to a person who has, before the death of a person who is or was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, caused the death of the person who was eligible to receive a lump-sum death benefit upon the death of the person who is or was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, by committing an intentional criminal act.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-42/par-1: 前条 → 確定拠出年金法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-41

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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