# 中小企業基本法 / Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act — 第二十条 (Article 20)

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- Law: 中小企業基本法 (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act), 昭和三十八年法律第百五十四号
- English title "Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Basic Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
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- Provision: 第二十条 (Article 20)（商業の集積の活性化） — address `art-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第二十条（商業の集積の活性化） — Revitalization of Commercial Clusters
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-20</sup>

  **第一項**  国は、相当数の中小小売商業者又は中小サービス業者が事業を行う商店街その他の商業の集積の活性化を図るため、顧客その他の地域住民の利便の増進を図るための施設の整備、共同店舗の整備その他の必要な施策を講ずるものとする。
  <sup>art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-basic-act/art-20/par-1</sup>
  In order to revitalize shopping districts and other commercial clusters in which a considerable number of small and medium-sized retailers or small and medium-sized service providers carry on business, the State is to take the necessary measures, including development of facilities for enhancing the convenience of customers and other local residents, development of joint stores, and other measures.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業基本法 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/338AC0000000154/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業基本法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/822), retrieved 2026-10-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-basic-act-20261106T173426-003, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06