# 小規模企業共済法 / Small Enterprise Mutual Relief Projects Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3571-49` - 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-3571-49 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 昭和五七年五月一八日法律第四九号 suppl-3571-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。 suppl-3571-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the day specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official **第二項** 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その共済契約者に旧法第二条の三各号若しくは第二条の四各号に掲げる事由が生じたもの又は旧法第七条第三項若しくは第四項の規定により解除されたものに係る共済金又は解約手当金の支給については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3571-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49/par-2 With respect to the payment of a mutual aid benefit or cancellation refund 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") for whose mutual aid policyholder a cause set out in the items of Article 2-3 or the items of Article 2-4 of the Former Act arose before this Act comes into effect, or that was cancelled pursuant to Article 7, paragraph (3) or (4) of the Former Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第三項** 旧法の定めるところにより締結された第一種共済契約であつて、この法律の施行前にその共済契約者に旧法第七条第三項各号に掲げる事由が生じたもの（前項に規定するもの及びこの法律の施行前に同条第二項の規定により解除されたものを除く。）については、この法律の施行の時に解除されたものとみなす。 suppl-3571-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49/par-3 A type 1 mutual aid contract concluded as provided for in the Former Act for whose mutual aid policyholder a cause set out in the items of Article 7, paragraph (3) of the Former Act arose before this Act comes into effect (excluding one prescribed in the preceding paragraph and one cancelled pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article before this Act comes into effect) is deemed to have been cancelled at the time this Act comes into effect. machine translation, not official **第四項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-3571-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49/par-4 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3571-49/par-3: 前項 → 小規模企業共済法 附則第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, paragraph (2)), suppl-3571-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49/par-2 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 小規模企業共済法 附則第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/small-enterprise-mutual-aid-act/suppl-3571-49/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-20261106T173426-007, 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