# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第三十七条 (Article 37) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-37. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三十七条 (Article 37)（中小企業信用保険法の特例） — address `art-37` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-37 - e-Gov law ID: 411AC0000000018 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十七条（中小企業信用保険法の特例） — Special Provisions for the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act caption: machine translation, not official art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-37 **第一項** 第三十一条第一項の規定による認定を受けた一般社団法人（その社員総会における議決権の二分の一以上を中小企業者が有しているものに限る。）、一般財団法人（その設立に際して拠出された財産の価額の二分の一以上が中小企業者により拠出されているものに限る。）又は特定非営利活動促進法（平成十年法律第七号）第二条第二項に規定する特定非営利活動法人（その社員総会における表決権の二分の一以上を中小企業者が有しているものに限り、かつ、中小企業信用保険法第二条第一項第六号に該当するものを除く。）であって、経営革新等支援業務の実施に必要な資金に係る中小企業信用保険法第三条第一項又は第三条の二第一項に規定する債務の保証を受けたもの（以下この条において「認定一般社団法人等」という。）については、当該認定一般社団法人等を同法第二条第一項の中小企業者とみなして、同法第三条、第三条の二及び第四条から第八条までの規定を適用する。この場合において、これらの規定中「借入れ」とあるのは、「中小企業等経営強化法第三十七条に規定する認定一般社団法人等が行う同法第三十一条第一項に規定する経営革新等支援業務の実施に必要な資金の借入れ」とする。 art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-37/par-1 With respect to a general incorporated association (limited to one in which small and medium-sized enterprises hold one-half or more of the voting rights at its general meeting of members), a general incorporated foundation (limited to one for which one-half or more of the value of the property contributed at its establishment was contributed by small and medium-sized enterprises) or a specified non-profit corporation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities (Act No. 7 of 1998) (limited to one in which small and medium-sized enterprises hold one-half or more of the voting rights at its general meeting of members, and excluding one that falls under Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act), in each case one that has received certification under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1) and that has received a guarantee of obligations prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 3-2, paragraph (1) of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act concerning funds necessary for the implementation of support work for management innovation, etc. (hereinafter in this Article referred to as a "certified general incorporated association, etc."), the provisions of Articles 3 and 3-2 and Articles 4 through 8 of that Act apply by deeming the certified general incorporated association, etc. to be a small and medium-sized enterprise under Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act. In this case, the term "borrowing" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "borrowing of funds necessary for the implementation of support work for management innovation, etc. prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. conducted by a certified general incorporated association, etc. prescribed in Article 37 of that Act". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-37/par-1: 第三十一条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-31/par-1 - art-37/par-1: 特定非営利活動促進法（平成十年法律第七号）第二条第二項 → e-Gov law 410AC1000000007, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: 中小企業信用保険法第二条第一項第六号 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第二条第一項第六号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-2/par-1/item-6 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: 中小企業信用保険法第三条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: 第三条の二第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条の二第一項 (Article 3-2, paragraph (1)), art-3-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: この条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第三十七条 (Article 37), art-37 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-37 - art-37/par-1: 同法第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: 同法第三条 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: 第三条の二 → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第三条の二 (Article 3-2), art-3-2 — not held in this collection - art-37/par-1: 第四条から第八条まで → e-Gov law 325AC0000000264, 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — not held in this collection ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 第三十七条第一項（中小企業信用保険法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-37/par-1 --- ## 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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-011, 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