# 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 — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4161-76`
- Text in force since: 2020-04-01
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## 附　則 平成一六年六月二日法律第七六号
<sup>suppl-4161-76 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4161-76</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4161-76/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、破産法（平成十六年法律第七十五号。次条第八項並びに附則第三条第八項、第五条第八項、第十六項及び第二十一項、第八条第三項並びに第十三条において「新破産法」という。）の施行の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4161-76/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date on which the Bankruptcy Act (Act No. 75 of 2004; referred to as "the new Bankruptcy Act" in paragraph (8) of the following Article and in Article 3, paragraph (8), Article 5, paragraphs (8), (16) and (21), Article 8, paragraph (3), and Article 13 of the Supplementary Provisions) comes into effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4161-76/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から前条までに規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4161-76/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/suppl-4161-76/art-14/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act-20261106T173426-007, 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
