# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 第十七条 (Article 17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 小規模企業共済法 (Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act), 昭和四十年法律第百二号 - English title "Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第十七条 (Article 17)（掛金の納付） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2021-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17 - e-Gov law ID: 340AC0000000102 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（掛金の納付） — Payment of Premiums caption: machine translation, not official art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17 **第一項** 共済契約者は、共済契約が効力を生じた日の属する月から第九条第一項各号に掲げる事由が生じた日又は共済契約が解除された日の属する月までの各月につき、その月の末日（同項各号に掲げる事由が生じた日又は共済契約の解除の日の属する月にあつては、その事由が生じた日又はその解除の日）における掛金月額により、毎月分の掛金を翌月末日（共済契約が効力を生じた日の属する月分の掛金にあつては、共済契約が効力を生じた日の属する月の翌々月末日）までに納付しなければならない。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17/par-1 For each month from the month containing the day on which the mutual aid contract took effect through the month containing the day on which a ground set out in the items of Article 9, paragraph (1) arose or the day on which the mutual aid contract was cancelled, a mutual aid policyholder must pay the premium for that month at the monthly premium as of the last day of that month (for the month containing the day on which a ground set out in the items of that paragraph arose or the day on which the mutual aid contract was cancelled, as of the day on which that ground arose or the day of that cancellation), by the last day of the following month (for the premium for the month containing the day on which the mutual aid contract took effect, by the last day of the second month after the month containing the day on which the mutual aid contract took effect). machine translation, not official **第二項** 毎月分の掛金は、分割して納付することができない。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17/par-2 The premium for each month may not be paid in installments. machine translation, not official **第三項** 共済契約者は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、機構の承諾を得た場合に限り、掛金を納付しないことができる。この場合において、機構は、経済産業省令で定める場合を除き、これを承諾してはならない。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a mutual aid policyholder may refrain from paying premiums only where the Organization has given its consent. In this case, the Organization must not give that consent except in cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-17/par-1: 第九条第一項 → 小規模企業共済法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-9/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 第一項 → 小規模企業共済法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 小規模企業共済法 第十七条第三項（掛金の納付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-17/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 小規模企業共済法 — the text in force from 2021-06-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000102/20210617_503AC0000000070), retrieved 2026-11-06 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 小規模企業共済法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/846), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act-20261106T173426-004, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act-20261106T173426-004, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act-20261106T173426-005, translated 2026-11-07 - This site's parser, version 225 — 小規模企業共済法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06