# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第六十一条 (Article 61) - 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: 第六十一条 (Article 61)（事務の委託） — address `art-61` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61 - 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. --- ### 第六十一条（事務の委託） — (Entrustment of Administrative Affairs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61 **第一項** 連合会は、政令で定めるところにより、次に掲げる事務を他の者に委託することができる。 art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1 The Association may entrust the following administrative affairs to another person, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 次条第一項の申出の受理に関する事務 art-61/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-1 administrative affairs concerning acceptance of the request referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第六十六条第一項（同条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の届出の受理に関する事務 art-61/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-2 administrative affairs concerning acceptance of the notification referred to in Article 66, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 積立金の管理に関する事務 art-61/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-3 administrative affairs concerning management of the reserve fund; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 積立金の運用に関する契約に係る預金通帳、有価証券その他これに類するものの保管に関する事務 art-61/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-4 administrative affairs concerning the keeping of the deposit passbooks, securities, and other items equivalent thereto relating to investment of the reserve fund; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他厚生労働省令で定める事務（個人型年金加入者の資格の確認及び個人型年金加入者掛金の額が第六十九条に規定する拠出限度額の範囲内であることの確認に関する事務を除く。） art-61/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-5 other administrative affairs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding administrative affairs concerning confirmation of the status as a participant of an individual-type pension plan and confirmation of the fact that the amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contribution is within the maximum contribution amount prescribed in Article 69). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 銀行その他の政令で定める金融機関は、他の法律の規定にかかわらず、前項第一号、第二号及び第五号（厚生労働省令で定める事務に限る。）に掲げる事務を受託することができる。 art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-2 A financial institution specified by Cabinet Order, such as a bank, may be entrusted with the administrative affairs set forth in items (i), (ii), and (v) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the administrative affairs specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), notwithstanding the provisions of other laws. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-61/par-1/item-1: 次条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-62/par-1 - art-61/par-1/item-2: 第六十六条第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十六条第一項 (Article 66, paragraph (1)), art-66/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-66/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-66/par-1 - art-61/par-1/item-2: 同条第二項 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十六条第二項 (Article 66, paragraph (2)), art-66/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-66/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-66/par-2 - art-61/par-1/item-5: 第六十九条 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-69 - art-61/par-2: 前項第一号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十一条第一項第一号 (Article 61, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-61/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-1 - art-61/par-2: 第二号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十一条第一項第二号 (Article 61, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-61/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-2 - art-61/par-2: 第五号 → 確定拠出年金法 第六十一条第一項第五号 (Article 61, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-61/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-1/item-5 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 法人税法 第八十四条第二項第八号（退職年金等積立金の額の計算） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/corporation-tax-act/art-84/par-2/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/340AC0000000034/art-84/par-2/item-8 - 確定拠出年金法 第六十一条第二項（事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-61/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-61/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十七条第一項（国民年金基金の業務の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-77/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-77/par-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