# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第五十四条の三 (Article 54-3)

- 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: 第五十四条の三 (Article 54-3)（他の制度の資産等の移換があった場合の運用の指図の特例） — address `art-54-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第五十四条の三（他の制度の資産等の移換があった場合の運用の指図の特例） — (Special Provisions on Instructions on Investment When Assets from Other Systems Are Transferred)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-54-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-3</sup>

  **第一項**  第五十四条第一項又は前条第一項の規定により移換される資産又は脱退一時金相当額等がある場合における第二十五条の二の規定の適用については、同条第三項中「及び同日後」とあるのは「、同日後」と、「をいう」とあるのは「及び同日後に第五十四条第一項又は第五十四条の二第一項の規定により移換される資産又は脱退一時金相当額等について運用の指図が行われていないものをいう」とする。
  <sup>art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-3/par-1</sup>
  With regard to the application of Article 25-2 when there are assets or an amount equivalent to a lump-sum withdrawal payment, etc. transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) or paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the phrase "and those for which ... after that day" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with ", those for which ... after that day," and the phrase "means ... that day" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "means ... that day, and those for which no instructions on investment have been given with regard to the assets or the amount equivalent to lump-sum withdrawal payment, etc. transferred pursuant to the provisions of Article 54, paragraph (1) or Article 54-2, paragraph (1) after that day".
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-54-3/par-1: 第五十四条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54/par-1
- art-54-3/par-1: 前条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の二第一項 (Article 54-2, paragraph (1)), art-54-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-2/par-1
- art-54-3/par-1: 第二十五条の二 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2), art-25-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25-2
- art-54-3/par-1: 同条第三項 → 確定拠出年金法 第二十五条の二第三項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (3)), art-25-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-25-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-25-2/par-3

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の七第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-7/par-1

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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
