# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第二十一条 (Article 21)

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- Law: 中小企業等経営強化法 (Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.), 平成十一年法律第十八号
- English title "Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.": claude-opus-5-5
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- Provision: 第二十一条 (Article 21)（事業再編投資計画の変更等） — address `art-21`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第二十一条（事業再編投資計画の変更等） — Changes to Business Restructuring Investment Plans, etc.
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<sup>art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21</sup>

  **第一項**  前条第一項の認定を受けた投資事業有限責任組合（以下「認定事業再編投資組合」という。）は、当該認定に係る事業再編投資計画を変更しようとするときは、経済産業省令で定めるところにより、経済産業大臣の認定を受けなければならない。
  <sup>art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-1</sup>
  An investment limited partnership that has obtained the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as a "certified business restructuring investment partnership") must, when intending to change the business restructuring investment plan pertaining to that certification, obtain certification from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in accordance with Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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  **第二項**  経済産業大臣は、前条第一項の認定に係る事業再編投資計画（前項の規定による変更の認定があったときは、その変更後のもの。以下「認定事業再編投資計画」という。）に従って事業再編投資が行われていないと認めるときは、その認定を取り消すことができる。
  <sup>art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-2</sup>
  If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that business restructuring investment is not being carried out in accordance with the business restructuring investment plan pertaining to the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (where certification of a change has been granted under the preceding paragraph, the plan as changed; hereinafter referred to as a "certified business restructuring investment plan"), the minister may rescind that certification.
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  **第三項**  前条第三項の規定は、第一項の認定について準用する。
  <sup>art-21/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-3</sup>
  The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification under paragraph (1).
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## Cites
- art-21/par-1: 前条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-20/par-1
- art-21/par-2: 前条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十条第一項 (Article 20, paragraph (1)), art-20/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-20/par-1
- art-21/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-1
- art-21/par-3: 前条第三項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十条第三項 (Article 20, paragraph (3)), art-20/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-20/par-3
- art-21/par-3: 第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第十三項（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-13
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十条第一項（事業再編投資計画の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-20/par-1
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十一条第二項（事業再編投資計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-2
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十一条第三項（事業再編投資計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-21/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English titles of cited laws, written for this site, written 2026-10-08
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業等経営強化法 — the text in force from 2026-01-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/411AC0000000018/20260101_507AC0000000041), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-005, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-008, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業等経営強化法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
