# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（経過措置） — address `suppl-3421-91/art-2` - Text in force since: 2021-06-17 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2 - e-Gov law ID: 340AC0000000102 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL 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. --- ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3421-91/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2 **第一項** この法律による改正前の小規模企業共済法（以下「旧法」という。）の定めるところにより締結された共済契約であつて、この法律の施行前に旧法第七条第二項若しくは第三項の規定により解除されたもの又はその共済契約者に旧法第九条第一項第一号若しくは第二号に掲げる事由が生じたものに係る解約手当金又は共済金の支給については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-1 With respect to the payment of a cancellation refund or mutual aid benefit relating to a mutual aid contract concluded as provided for in the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act before amendment by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") that, before this Act comes into effect, was cancelled pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Former Act or had a cause set out in Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Former Act arise for its mutual aid policyholder, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第二項** この法律の施行の際現に旧法の定めるところにより締結されている共済契約（以下「旧共済契約」という。）は、この法律の施行の日において、この法律による改正後の小規模企業共済法（以下「新法」という。）第二条の四に規定する第二種共済契約となるものとする。 suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-2 A mutual aid contract concluded as provided for in the Former Act that is in effect at the time this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as a "former mutual aid contract") is to become, on the date this Act comes into effect, a type 2 mutual aid contract prescribed in Article 2-4 of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act as amended by this Act (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"). machine translation, not official **第三項** 旧共済契約の共済契約者は、この法律の施行後九十日以内に申し出て、当該共済契約を新法第二条の三に規定する第一種共済契約に変更することができる。この場合において、当該変更は、その申出の日に効力を生ずる。 suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-3 The mutual aid policyholder of a former mutual aid contract may, by applying within 90 days after this Act comes into effect, change that mutual aid contract to a type 1 mutual aid contract prescribed in Article 2-3 of the New Act. In this case, the change takes effect on the date of the application. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項に規定する共済契約であつてその共済契約者に旧法第九条第一項第一号又は第二号に掲げる事由が生じたものに係る共済契約者についての新法第十三条第一項前段の規定の適用については、同項中「第二条の四第一号若しくは第二号」とあるのは「小規模企業共済法の一部を改正する法律（昭和四十二年法律第九十一号）による改正前の小規模企業共済法第九条第一項第一号又は第二号」と、「再び当該共済金に係る共済契約と同一の種類の共済契約」とあるのは「第二種共済契約」とする。 suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-4 With respect to the application of the first sentence of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the New Act to a mutual aid policyholder of a mutual aid contract prescribed in paragraph (1) for whose mutual aid policyholder a cause set out in Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Former Act has arisen, the phrase "Article 2-4, item (i) or (ii)" in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the New Act is deemed to be replaced with "Article 9, paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii) of the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act before amendment by the Act Partially Amending the Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act (Act No. 91 of 1967)", and the phrase "again a mutual aid contract of the same type as the mutual aid contract relating to that mutual aid benefit" with "a type 2 mutual aid contract". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-4: 第一項 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-1 - suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-4: 新法第十三条第一項 → 小規模企業共済法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/art-13/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 小規模企業共済法 附則第二条第四項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3421-91/art-2/par-4 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-007, 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-20261106T173426-007, 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