# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第五十一条 (Article 51) - 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: 第五十一条 (Article 51)（報告の徴収等） — address `art-51` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十一条（報告の徴収等） — (Collection of Reports) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、事業主に対し、企業型年金の実施状況に関する報告を徴し、又は当該職員をして事業所に立ち入って関係者に質問させ、若しくは実地にその状況を検査させることができる。 art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-1 To the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may collect reports on the status of implementation of a corporate-type pension plan from an employer or have the relevant officials enter the place of business, ask persons concerned questions, or conduct on-site inspection on the status of implementation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定によって質問及び検査を行う当該職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、かつ、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。 art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-2 The officials who ask questions and conduct inspections pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry identification cards showing their official status, and present them when requested by persons concerned. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。 art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-3 The authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as being granted for criminal investigation purposes. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-1 - art-51/par-3: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十一条第一項 (Article 51, paragraph (1)), art-51/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第五十一条第二項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第五十一条第三項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-51/par-3 - 確定拠出年金法 第五十二条第一項（事業主に対する監督） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-52/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第百三条第二項（報告の徴収等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-103/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-103/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第百二十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-120/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-120/par-1/item-1 --- ## 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