# 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 / Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment — 第一条 (Article 1)

- Law: 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 (Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment), 昭和三十一年法律第百二十号
- English title "Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment": 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: 第一条 (Article 1)（目的） — address `art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-contractor-payment-act/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-1
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### 第一条（目的） — (Purpose)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-contractor-payment-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、製造委託等に関し、中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等を防止することによつて、委託事業者の中小受託事業者に対する取引を公正にするとともに、中小受託事業者の利益を保護し、もつて国民経済の健全な発達に寄与することを目的とする。
<sup>art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-contractor-payment-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-1/par-1</sup>
The purpose of this Act is to ensure fairness in transactions between entrusting business operators and small and medium-sized entrusted business operators and to protect the interests of small and medium-sized entrusted business operators, by preventing delays, etc. in the payment of the price to small and medium-sized entrusted business operators, related to manufacturing consignment, etc., thereby contributing to the sound development of the national economy.
<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) — 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/331AC0000000120/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Preventing Delay in Payment to Small and Medium-Sized Entrusted Business Operators in Relation to Manufacturing Consignment — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5106/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 189 — 製造委託等に係る中小受託事業者に対する代金の支払の遅延等の防止に関する法律 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11