# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第二十四条 (Article 24)

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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: 第二十四条 (Article 24)（株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例） — address `art-24`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第二十四条（株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例） — Special Provisions for the Japan Finance Corporation Act and the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Act
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<sup>art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24</sup>

  **第一項**  株式会社日本政策金融公庫は、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法（平成十九年法律第五十七号）第十一条に規定する業務のほか、次に掲げる業務を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1</sup>
  The Japan Finance Corporation may, in addition to the business prescribed in Article 11 of the Japan Finance Corporation Act (Act No. 57 of 2007), conduct the following business.
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    **一**  特定事業者がその外国関係法人等の全部又は一部と共同で経営革新を行う場合において、当該外国関係法人等に対して、当該外国関係法人等が海外において承認経営革新事業を行うために必要とする長期の資金を貸し付ける業務を行うこと。
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-1</sup>
    where a specified business operator carries out management innovation jointly with all or part of its foreign affiliated corporation, etc., conducting the business of lending to that foreign affiliated corporation, etc. long-term funds that the foreign affiliated corporation, etc. needs in order to carry out an approved management innovation project overseas;
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    **二**  特定事業者がその外国関係法人等の全部又は一部と共同で経営力向上を行う場合において、当該外国関係法人等に対して、当該外国関係法人等が海外において認定経営力向上事業を行うために必要とする長期の資金を貸し付ける業務を行うこと。
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-2</sup>
    where a specified business operator carries out management capacity improvement jointly with all or part of its foreign affiliated corporation, etc., conducting the business of lending to that foreign affiliated corporation, etc. long-term funds that the foreign affiliated corporation, etc. needs in order to carry out a certified management capacity improvement project overseas;
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    **三**  特定事業者（当該特定事業者がその外国関係法人等の全部又は一部と共同で経営革新を行う場合にあっては、当該外国関係法人等を含む。）が海外において承認経営革新事業を行うために必要とする長期の資金の借入れ（外国の銀行その他の金融機関のうち経済産業省令・財務省令で定めるものからの借入れに限る。以下この項及び第六十三条第一項において同じ。）に係る債務の保証（債務を負担する行為であって債務の保証に準ずるものを含む。以下この項及び第六十三条第一項において同じ。）を行うこと。
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-3</sup>
    providing a guarantee of obligations (including acts of assuming obligations that are equivalent to a guarantee of obligations; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 63, paragraph (1)) pertaining to borrowing of long-term funds (limited to borrowing from a foreign bank or other financial institution specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Finance Order; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and Article 63, paragraph (1)) that a specified business operator (including, where the specified business operator carries out management innovation jointly with all or part of its foreign affiliated corporation, etc., that foreign affiliated corporation, etc.) needs in order to carry out an approved management innovation project overseas;
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    **四**  特定事業者（当該特定事業者がその外国関係法人等の全部又は一部と共同で経営力向上を行う場合にあっては、当該外国関係法人等を含む。）が海外において認定経営力向上事業を行うために必要とする長期の資金の借入れに係る債務の保証を行うこと。
    <sup>art-24/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-4</sup>
    providing a guarantee of obligations pertaining to borrowing of long-term funds that a specified business operator (including, where the specified business operator carries out management capacity improvement jointly with all or part of its foreign affiliated corporation, etc., that foreign affiliated corporation, etc.) needs in order to carry out a certified management capacity improvement project overseas.
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  **第二項**  前項第一号及び第二号の規定により外国関係法人等に対して資金を貸し付ける業務は、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法の適用については、同法第十一条第一項第一号の規定による同法別表第一第十四号の中欄に掲げる者に対する同号の下欄に掲げる資金を貸し付ける業務とみなす。
  <sup>art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-2</sup>
  The business of lending funds to a foreign affiliated corporation, etc. under items (i) and (ii) of the preceding paragraph is, for the purposes of the application of the Japan Finance Corporation Act, deemed to be business under Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act of lending the funds listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table 1, item (xiv) of that Act to the persons listed in the middle column of Appended Table 1, item (xiv) of that Act.
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  **第三項**  第一項第三号及び第四号の規定による債務の保証は、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法の適用については、同法第十一条第一項第二号の規定による同法別表第二第四号の下欄に掲げる業務とみなす。
  <sup>art-24/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-3</sup>
  A guarantee of obligations under paragraph (1), items (iii) and (iv) is, for the purposes of the application of the Japan Finance Corporation Act, deemed to be business listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table 2, item (iv) of that Act under Article 11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act.
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  **第四項**  株式会社日本政策金融公庫又は沖縄振興開発金融公庫は、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法第十一条又は沖縄振興開発金融公庫法（昭和四十七年法律第三十一号）第十九条に規定する業務のほか、承認経営革新事業又は認定経営力向上事業を行う特定事業者（第二条第五項第一号から第四号までに掲げる者に限り、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法第二条第三号に規定する中小企業者に該当するものを除く。）のうち同号イに規定する中小企業特定事業を営むものに対し、当該特定事業者が承認経営革新事業又は認定経営力向上事業を行うために必要とする長期の資金を貸し付ける業務を行うことができる。
  <sup>art-24/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-4</sup>
  In addition to the business prescribed in Article 11 of the Japan Finance Corporation Act or Article 19 of the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Act (Act No. 31 of 1972), the Japan Finance Corporation or the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation may conduct the business of lending long-term funds that a specified business operator needs in order to carry out an approved management innovation project or a certified management capacity improvement project, to a specified business operator that carries out that project (limited to a person listed in Article 2, paragraph (5), items (i) through (iv), and excluding one that falls under a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Japan Finance Corporation Act) and that carries on the specified small and medium-sized enterprise business prescribed in item (iii), (a) of that Article.
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  **第五項**  前項の規定により特定事業者に対して資金を貸し付ける業務は、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法又は沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の適用については、それぞれ株式会社日本政策金融公庫法第十一条第一項第一号の規定による同法別表第一第十四号の中欄に掲げる者に対する同号の下欄に掲げる資金を貸し付ける業務又は沖縄振興開発金融公庫法第十九条第一項第五号の業務とみなす。
  <sup>art-24/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-5</sup>
  The business of lending funds to a specified business operator under the preceding paragraph is, for the purposes of the application of the Japan Finance Corporation Act or the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Act, deemed to be, respectively, business under Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Japan Finance Corporation Act of lending the funds listed in the right-hand column of Appended Table 1, item (xiv) of that Act to the persons listed in the middle column of Appended Table 1, item (xiv) of that Act, or business under Article 19, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Act.
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## Cites
- art-24/par-1: 株式会社日本政策金融公庫法（平成十九年法律第五十七号）第十一条 → e-Gov law 419AC0000000057, 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-1/item-3: この項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1
- art-24/par-1/item-3: 第六十三条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第六十三条第一項 (Article 63, paragraph (1)), art-63/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-63/par-1
- art-24/par-2: 前項第一号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-24/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-1
- art-24/par-2: 第二号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第二号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-24/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-2
- art-24/par-3: 第一項第三号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第三号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-24/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-3
- art-24/par-3: 第四号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第四号 (Article 24, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-24/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-4
- art-24/par-4: 株式会社日本政策金融公庫法第十一条 → e-Gov law 419AC0000000057, 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-4: 沖縄振興開発金融公庫法（昭和四十七年法律第三十一号）第十九条 → e-Gov law 347AC0000000031, 第十九条 (Article 19), art-19 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-4: 第二条第五項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第五項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (5), item (i)), art-2/par-5/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-5/item-1
- art-24/par-4: 第二条第五項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第五項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (5), item (ii)), art-2/par-5/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-5/item-2
- art-24/par-4: 第二条第五項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第五項第三号 (Article 2, paragraph (5), item (iii)), art-2/par-5/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-5/item-3
- art-24/par-4: 第二条第五項第一号から第四号まで → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第五項第四号 (Article 2, paragraph (5), item (iv)), art-2/par-5/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-5/item-4
- art-24/par-4: 株式会社日本政策金融公庫法第二条第三号 → e-Gov law 419AC0000000057, 第二条第一項第三号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-2/par-1/item-3 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-5: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第四項 (Article 24, paragraph (4)), art-24/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-4
- art-24/par-5: 株式会社日本政策金融公庫法第十一条第一項第一号 → e-Gov law 419AC0000000057, 第十一条第一項第一号 (Article 11, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-11/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-5: 同法別表第一第十四号 → e-Gov law 419AC0000000057, 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — not held in this collection
- art-24/par-5: 沖縄振興開発金融公庫法第十九条第一項第五号 → e-Gov law 347AC0000000031, 第十九条第一項第五号 (Article 19, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-19/par-1/item-5 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第一項第三号（株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-1/item-3
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第二項（株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-2
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第三項（株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-3
- 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十四条第五項（株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-24/par-5
- 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-1
- 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第三条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5021-58/art-3/par-2

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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-20261106T173426-008, 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