# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第九条 (Article 9) - 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（企業型年金加入者） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9 - 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. --- ### 第九条（企業型年金加入者） — (Participant of a Corporate-type Pension Plan) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9 **第一項** 実施事業所に使用される第一号等厚生年金被保険者は、企業型年金加入者とする。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9/par-1 The category I or IV EPI insured person employed at the place of business implementing the plan are to be participant of a corporate-type pension plans. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、前項の規定にかかわらず、企業型年金加入者としない。 art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a person who falls under any of the following items is not to be a participant of a corporate-type pension plan: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 実施事業所に使用される第一号等厚生年金被保険者が企業型年金加入者となることについて企業型年金規約で一定の資格を定めた場合における当該資格を有しない者 art-9/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9/par-2/item-1 when the corporate-type pension plan rules provide for certain qualifications for the category I or IV EPI insured person employed at the place of business implementing the plan to become a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, a person who does not have the qualifications; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 企業型年金の老齢給付金の受給権を有する者又はその受給権を有する者であった者 art-9/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9/par-2/item-2 a person who has or had the right to receive old-age benefits under the corporate-type pension plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第三条第一項（規約の承認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-3/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第九条第二項（企業型年金加入者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-9/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第十三条第一項（同時に二以上の企業型年金の企業型年金加入者となる資格を有する者の取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-13/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