# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第五十九条 (Article 59) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59. 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: 第五十九条 (Article 59)（連携事業継続力強化計画の変更等） — address `art-59` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59 - 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. --- ### 第五十九条（連携事業継続力強化計画の変更等） — Changes to Joint Business Continuity Enhancement Plans, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59 **第一項** 前条第一項の認定を受けた中小企業者は、当該認定に係る連携事業継続力強化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。 art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-1 A small and medium-sized enterprise that has received the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article must, when it intends to change the joint business continuity enhancement plan pertaining to the certification, obtain certification from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry as specified by Order of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. machine translation, not official **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前条第一項の認定に係る連携事業継続力強化計画（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「認定連携事業継続力強化計画」という。）に従って連携事業継続力強化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。 art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-2 If the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry finds that joint business continuity enhancement is not being carried out in accordance with the joint business continuity enhancement plan pertaining to the certification referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (where certification of a change has been given under the preceding paragraph, the plan as changed; hereinafter referred to as a "certified joint business continuity enhancement plan"), the Minister may rescind that certification. machine translation, not official **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。 art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the certification under paragraph (1). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-59/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-59/par-2: 前条第一項 → 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-59/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-1 - art-59/par-3: 前条第三項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十八条第三項 (Article 58, paragraph (3)), art-58/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-58/par-3 - art-59/par-3: 第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十八条第一項（連携事業継続力強化計画の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-58/par-1 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十九条第二項（連携事業継続力強化計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-2 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十九条第三項（連携事業継続力強化計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-59/par-3 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第六十四条の二第一項（中小企業倒産防止共済法の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-64-2/par-1 - 地方税法 附則第十二条第十項（固定資産税に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/local-tax-act/suppl-5031-7/art-12/par-10 (e-Gov law ID 325AC0000000226) - 租税特別措置法 第十一条の三第一項（特定事業継続力強化設備等の特別償却） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/art-11-3/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 332AC0000000026) - 租税特別措置法 第四十四条の二第一項（特定事業継続力強化設備等の特別償却） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/art-44-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 332AC0000000026) --- ## 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-20261106T173426-015, 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