# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第七十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73) - 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: 第七十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73)（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4191-109/art-73` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-73 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十三条（処分、申請等に関する経過措置） — (Transitional Measures Concerning Dispositions, Applications) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System suppl-4191-109/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-73 **第一項** この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定については、当該各規定。以下同じ。）の施行前に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官、地方社会保険事務局長又は社会保険事務所長（以下「社会保険庁長官等」という。）がした裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分又は通知その他の行為は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定に基づいて、厚生労働大臣、地方厚生局長若しくは地方厚生支局長又は機構（以下「厚生労働大臣等」という。）がした裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分又は通知その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1 Any disposition, such as a ruling, approval, designation, or authorization, or any act, such as a notice, made or conducted by the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, the Director-General of a regional social insurance bureau or the head of a social insurance office (hereinafter referred to as the "Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc.") pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations before the enforcement of this Act (with regard to the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, the respective provisions; the same applies hereinafter), is deemed, after the enforcement of the Act, to be a ruling, approval, designation, or authorization, or any act, such as a notice, made or conducted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Director-General of a regional bureau of health and welfare, the Director-General of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare, or the Japan Pension Service (hereinafter referred to as the "Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc.") based on the corresponding provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官等に対してされている申請、届出その他の行為は、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定に基づいて、厚生労働大臣等に対してされた申請、届出その他の行為とみなす。 suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-2 Any act, such as an application or notification, already conducted or made against the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations at the time of the enforcement of this Act is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be an act, such as an application or notification, conducted or made against the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. based on the corresponding provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** この法律の施行前に法令の規定により社会保険庁長官等に対し報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならないとされている事項で、施行日前にその手続がされていないものについては、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、これを、この法律の施行後の法令の相当規定により厚生労働大臣等に対して、報告、届出、提出その他の手続をしなければならないとされた事項についてその手続がされていないものとみなして、この法律の施行後の法令の規定を適用する。 suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-3 With regard to the particulars for which reports, notifications, submissions, or other procedures were required to be conducted or made to the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc. pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations before the enforcement of this Act, and for which those procedures were not conducted before the effective date of this Act, the provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act apply, after the enforcement of this Act, by deeming them to be particulars for which reports, notifications, submissions, or other procedures are required to be conducted or made to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. pursuant to the corresponding provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, and for which those procedures have not been conducted, except as otherwise provided for in the laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** なお従前の例によることとする法令の規定により、社会保険庁長官等がすべき裁定、承認、指定、認可その他の処分若しくは通知その他の行為又は社会保険庁長官等に対してすべき申請、届出その他の行為については、法令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、この法律の施行後は、この法律の施行後の法令の規定に基づく権限又は権限に係る事務の区分に応じ、それぞれ、厚生労働大臣等がすべきものとし、又は厚生労働大臣等に対してすべきものとする。 suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-4 Any disposition, such as a ruling, approval, designation, or authorization, or any act, such as a notice, to be made or conducted by the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., or any act, such as an application or notification to be conducted or made against the Commissioner of the Social Insurance Agency, etc., pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations of which application is to be continued to be governed by prior laws, is deemed, after the enforcement of this Act, to be one to be made or conducted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. or to be conducted or made against the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, etc. according to the classification of the authority or the administrative affairs pertaining to the authority based on the provisions of the respective laws and regulations after the enforcement of this Act, except as otherwise provided for by laws and regulations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - suppl-4191-109/art-73/par-1: 附則第一条 → 確定拠出年金法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4191-109/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4191-109/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4191-109/art-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