# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4161-154` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154 - 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. --- ## 附　則 平成一六年一二月三日法律第一五四号 suppl-4161-154 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154 ### 第一条（施行期日） — (Effective Date) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-154/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日（以下「施行日」という。）から施行する。 suppl-4161-154/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation (hereinafter referred to as the "effective date"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百二十一条（処分等の効力） — (Effects of Dispositions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-154/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-121 **第一項** この法律の施行前のそれぞれの法律（これに基づく命令を含む。以下この条において同じ。）の規定によってした処分、手続その他の行為であって、改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定に相当の規定があるものは、この附則に別段の定めがあるものを除き、改正後のそれぞれの法律の相当の規定によってしたものとみなす。 suppl-4161-154/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-121/par-1 With regard to any acts conducted, such as dispositions made or procedures taken, pursuant to the provisions of the respective laws (including orders based on them; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) before the enforcement of this Act, for which there are corresponding provisions in the provisions of the respective laws after the amendment are deemed to have been conducted pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws after the amendment, unless otherwise provided for by the Supplementary Provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百二十二条（罰則に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-154/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-122 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為並びにこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4161-154/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-122/par-1 Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed prior to the enforcement of this Act and to acts committed on or after the enforcement of this Act that are to continue to be governed by prior laws pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions as well as those that are to continue to be effective pursuant to these Supplementary Provisions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百二十三条（その他の経過措置の政令への委任） — (Delegation of Other Transitional Measures to Cabinet Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4161-154/art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-123 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-123 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に伴い必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4161-154/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-123/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary transitional measures in line with the enforcement of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-154/art-121/par-1: この条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第百二十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 121), suppl-4161-154/art-121 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-121 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 附則第百二十一条第一項（処分等の効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-154/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-154/art-121/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