# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第五十五条 (Article 55) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55. 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55)（事業継続力強化計画作成指針） — address `art-55` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55 - e-Gov law ID: 411AC0000000018 — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十五条（事業継続力強化計画作成指針） — Guidelines for Preparing Business Continuity Enhancement Plans caption: machine translation, not official art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、事業継続力強化計画（次条第一項に規定する事業継続力強化計画をいう。）及び連携事業継続力強化計画（第五十八条第一項に規定する連携事業継続力強化計画をいう。）の適確な作成に資するため、これらの計画の作成のための指針（以下この条において「事業継続力強化計画作成指針」という。）を定めるものとする。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55/par-1 In order to contribute to the appropriate preparation of business continuity enhancement plans (meaning business continuity enhancement plans prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article) and joint business continuity enhancement plans (meaning joint business continuity enhancement plans prescribed in Article 58, paragraph (1)), the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry is to establish guidelines for preparing those plans (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、中小企業者の事業継続力強化に対する取組の状況その他の事情を勘案して必要があると認めるときは、事業継続力強化計画作成指針を変更するものとする。 art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55/par-2 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds it necessary in consideration of the status of efforts by small and medium-sized enterprises toward business continuity enhancement and other circumstances, the Minister is to change the guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans. machine translation, not official **第三項** 経済産業大臣は、事業継続力強化計画作成指針を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、専門家その他の関係者の意見を聴くものとする。ただし、経済産業省令で定める軽微な変更については、この限りでない。 art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55/par-3 When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry intends to establish or change the guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans, the Minister is to hear in advance the opinions of experts and other persons concerned; provided, however, that this does not apply to minor changes specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. machine translation, not official **第四項** 経済産業大臣は、事業継続力強化計画作成指針を定め、又はこれを変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。 art-55/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55/par-4 When the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry has established or changed the guidelines for preparing business continuity enhancement plans, the Minister must publicize them without delay. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-55/par-1: 次条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-56/par-1 - art-55/par-1: 第五十八条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-58/par-1 - art-55/par-1: この条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十五条第一項（事業継続力強化計画作成指針） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-55/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-20261106T173426-013, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-014, 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