# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72)

- 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72) — address `art-72`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第七十二条
<sup>art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-72</sup>

  **第一項**  個人型年金は、連合会が解散するに至った日に終了する。
  <sup>art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-72/par-1</sup>
  An individual-type pension plan terminates on the day on which the Association comes to be dissolved.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項に定めるもののほか、個人型年金の終了に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
  <sup>art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-72/par-2</sup>
  Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary particulars in connection with termination of an individual-type pension plan.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-72/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十二条第一項 (Article 72, paragraph (1)), art-72/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-72/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 確定拠出年金法 第七十二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-72/par-2

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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