# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

- 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（罰則の適用等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-76/art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第十二条（罰則の適用等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Application of Penal Provisions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-76/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-76/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にした行為並びに附則第二条第一項、第三条第一項、第四条、第五条第一項、第九項、第十七項、第十九項及び第二十一項並びに第六条第一項及び第三項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合における施行日以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。
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-1</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of penal provisions to acts committed before the effective date and to acts committed on or after the effective date when prior laws are to continue to govern the applicability pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 3, paragraph (1), Article 4, Article 5, paragraphs (1), (9), (17), (19), and (21), and Article 6, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Supplementary Provisions.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  施行日前にされた破産の宣告、再生手続開始の決定、更生手続開始の決定又は外国倒産処理手続の承認の決定に係る届出、通知又は報告の義務に関するこの法律による改正前の証券取引法、測量法、国際観光ホテル整備法、建築士法、投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律、電気通信事業法、電気通信役務利用放送法、水洗炭業に関する法律、不動産の鑑定評価に関する法律、外国証券業者に関する法律、積立式宅地建物販売業法、銀行法、貸金業の規制等に関する法律、浄化槽法、有価証券に係る投資顧問業の規制等に関する法律、抵当証券業の規制等に関する法律、金融先物取引法、遊漁船業の適正化に関する法律、前払式証票の規制等に関する法律、商品投資に係る事業の規制に関する法律、不動産特定共同事業法、保険業法、資産の流動化に関する法律、債権管理回収業に関する特別措置法、新事業創出促進法、建設工事に係る資材の再資源化等に関する法律、著作権等管理事業法、マンションの管理の適正化の推進に関する法律、確定給付企業年金法、特定製品に係るフロン類の回収及び破壊の実施の確保等に関する法律、社債等の振替に関する法律、確定拠出年金法、使用済自動車の再資源化等に関する法律、信託業法及び特定目的会社による特定資産の流動化に関する法律等の一部を改正する法律附則第二条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされる同法第一条の規定による改正前の特定目的会社による特定資産の流動化に関する法律の規定並びにこれらの規定に係る罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4161-76/art-12/par-5</sup>
Prior laws continue to govern the applicability of the provisions of the following laws before the amendment by this Act and the penal provisions relating to those provisions with regard to the obligation of making a notification, giving a notice, or making a report concerning a declaration of bankruptcy, an order commencing rehabilitation proceedings, an order commencing reorganization proceedings, or an order of recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings made before the effective date: the Securities and Exchange Act, Survey Act, Act on Development of International Tourist Hotels, Act on Architects and Building Engineers, Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations, Telecommunications Business Act, Act on Broadcast on Telecommunications Services, Act on Coal Washing Operations, Act on Real Estate Appraisal, Act on Foreign Securities Dealers, Advanced-Installment Type Building Lots and Building Sales Business Act, Banking Act, Act on Controls on Money Lending, Purification Tank Act, Act on Regulation of Investment Advisory Business Pertaining to Securities, Act on Regulation of Mortgage Security Business, Financial Futures Transaction Act, Act on Regulation of Sportfishing Boat Service, e Act on Regulation on Advanced Payment Certificate, Act on Regulation of Commodity Investment, Act on Specified Joint Real Estate Ventures, Insurance Business Act, Act on the Securitization of Assets, Act on Special Measures Concerning Claim Management and Collection Business, Act for Facilitating the Creation of New Business, Construction Material Recycling Act, Act on Copyright Management, Act on Advancement of Proper Condominium Management, Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act, Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons Concerning Products, Act on Book Entry of Corporate Bonds and Shares, Defined Contribution Pension Act, Act on Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles, Trust Business Act, and Act on the Securitization of Specified Assets by Special Purpose Companies before its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the Act on the Securitization of Specified Assets by Special Purpose Companies, which is to remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
