# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) - 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46) — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十六条 art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46 **第一項** 事業主は、企業型年金を終了しようとするときは、実施事業所に使用される第一号等厚生年金被保険者の過半数で組織する労働組合があるときは当該労働組合、当該第一号等厚生年金被保険者の過半数で組織する労働組合がないときは当該第一号等厚生年金被保険者の過半数を代表する者の同意を得て、厚生労働大臣の承認を受けなければならない。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/par-1 When an employer intends to terminate a corporate-type pension plan, the employer must obtain approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare by obtaining the consent of a labor union consisting of the majority of the category I or IV EPI insured persons employed at the place of business implementing the plan, if there is any such labor union, or the consent of the person representative of the majority of the category I or IV EPI insured persons, if there is no labor union consisting of the majority of the category I or IV EPI insured persons. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、実施事業所が二以上であるときは、同項の同意は、各実施事業所について得なければならない。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if there are two or more places of business implementing the plan, the consent referred to in that paragraph must be obtained for each place of business implementing the plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第四条第二項及び第三項の規定は、第一項の終了の承認の申請があった場合について準用する。 art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/par-3 The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case where an application for the approval for termination referred to in paragraph (1) has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-46/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/par-1 - art-46/par-3: 第四条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), 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 - art-46/par-3: 第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第四条第三項 (Article 4, paragraph (3)), 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 - art-46/par-3: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第四十五条第一項第一号（企業型年金の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-45/par-1/item-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第四十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-46/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 --- ## 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