# 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 — 第八条 (Article 8)

- 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（指導及び助言） — address `art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-contractor-payment-act/art-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-8
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### 第八条（指導及び助言） — (Guidance and Advice)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-contractor-payment-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  公正取引委員会、中小企業庁長官又は製造委託等に関する取引に係る事業を所管する大臣は、この法律の施行に関し必要があると認めるときは、委託事業者に対し、指導及び助言をすることができる。
<sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-contractor-payment-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/331AC0000000120/art-8/par-1</sup>
The Japan Fair Trade Commission, the Commissioner of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, or the minister with jurisdiction over the business relating to transactions concerning the manufacturing consignment, etc. may provide guidance and advice to the entrusting business operator, when they find it necessary for the enforcement of this 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) — 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