# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27)

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- 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: 第二十七条 (Article 27)（理事長、副理事長及び理事の禁止行為） — address `art-27`
- 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-27
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### 第二十七条（理事長、副理事長及び理事の禁止行為） — Prohibited Acts of the President, Vice President and Directors
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  機構の理事長、副理事長及び理事は、自己又は機構以外の第三者の利益を図る目的をもつて、次に掲げる行為を行つてはならない。
<sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-27/par-1</sup>
The President, Vice President and directors of the Organization must not engage in the following acts for the purpose of promoting the interests of themselves or of a third party other than the Organization:
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  **一**  特別の利益の提供を受け、又は受けるために、小規模企業共済勘定余裕金の運用に関する契約を機構に締結させること。
  <sup>art-27/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-27/par-1/item-1</sup>
  causing the Organization to conclude a contract concerning the management of surplus funds of the small enterprise mutual aid account in order to receive, or after having received, the provision of a special benefit;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  小規模企業共済勘定余裕金をもつて自己若しくは自己と利害関係のある者の有する有価証券その他の資産を機構に取得させ、又は小規模企業共済勘定余裕金の運用に係る資産を自己若しくは自己と利害関係のある者が取得するようにさせること。
  <sup>art-27/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-27/par-1/item-2</sup>
  causing the Organization to acquire, using surplus funds of the small enterprise mutual aid account, securities or other assets held by oneself or by a person having an interest in oneself, or causing assets relating to the management of surplus funds of the small enterprise mutual aid account to be acquired by oneself or by a person having an interest in oneself.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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-20261106T173426-006, 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