# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第七十三条の二 (Article 73-2)

- 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: 第七十三条の二 (Article 73-2) — address `art-73-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第七十三条の二
<sup>art-73-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73-2</sup>

  **第一項**  連合会移換者については、個人型年金加入者であった者とみなして、前条（個人型年金の給付に係る部分に限る。）の規定を適用する。この場合において、同条中「同章第五節の規定」とあるのは、「同章第五節の規定（第三十三条の規定及び障害給付金に係る規定を除く。）」とする。
  <sup>art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73-2/par-1</sup>
  With regard to a person whose assets were transferred to the Association, the provisions of the preceding Article (limited to the part pertaining to benefits of an individual-type pension plan) apply by deeming that person to be a person who was a participant of an individual-type pension plan. In this case, the phrase "the provisions of Section 5 of that Chapter" in the preceding Article is deemed to have been replaced with "the provisions of Section 5 of that Chapter (excluding the provisions of Article 33 and the provisions pertaining to disability benefits)."
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-73-2/par-1: 前条 → 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73
- art-73-2/par-1: 第三十三条 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条 (Article 33), art-33 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 確定拠出年金法 第五十五条第二項第六号（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-55/par-2/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-55/par-2/item-6
- 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条第一項（確定拠出年金の連合会移換者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-4/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
