# 中小企業倒産防止共済法 / Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises — 第三十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 33)

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- Law: 中小企業倒産防止共済法 (Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), 昭和五十二年法律第八十四号
- English title "Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第三十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 33)（中小企業倒産防止共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4111-19/art-33`
- Text in force since: 2020-04-01
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### 第三十三条（中小企業倒産防止共済法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4111-19/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4111-19/art-33</sup>

**第一項**  前条の規定の施行前に同条の規定による改正前の中小企業倒産防止共済法の規定によってした共済契約の申込み、掛金月額の増加又は減少の申込みその他の手続は、同条の規定による改正後の中小企業倒産防止共済法の規定によってしたものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-4111-19/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4111-19/art-33/par-1</sup>
An application for a mutual aid contract, an application for an increase or decrease in the monthly premium, and any other procedure made before the enforcement of the provisions of the preceding Article under the provisions of the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises before amendment by the provisions of that Article are deemed to have been made under the provisions of the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises as amended by the provisions of that Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業倒産防止共済法 — the text in force from 2020-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/352AC0000000084/20200401_429AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業倒産防止共済法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1056), retrieved 2026-10-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act-20261106T173426-006, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業倒産防止共済法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
