# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-64-2. 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: 第六十四条の二 (Article 64-2)（中小企業倒産防止共済法の特例） — address `art-64-2` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-64-2 - 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. --- ### 第六十四条の二（中小企業倒産防止共済法の特例） — Special Provisions for the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises caption: machine translation, not official art-64-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-64-2 **第一項** 第五十六条第一項又は第五十八条第一項の認定を受けた中小企業者であって当該認定の申請（認定事業継続力強化計画又は認定連携事業継続力強化計画の実施期間の開始前に第五十七条第一項又は第五十九条第一項の規定による変更の認定の申請があったときは、当該変更の認定の申請）の時において中小企業倒産防止共済法（昭和五十二年法律第八十四号）第二条第一項に規定する中小企業者であった者が当該認定の申請の時から当該認定事業継続力強化計画又は認定連携事業継続力強化計画の実施期間の終了までの間に同項に規定する中小企業者でなくなった場合には、当該事業者は、当該認定事業継続力強化計画又は認定連携事業継続力強化計画の実施期間内においては、引き続き同項に規定する中小企業者とみなして、同法第九条及び第十条の規定を適用する。 art-64-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-64-2/par-1 In the case where a small and medium-sized enterprise that has received the certification referred to in Article 56, paragraph (1) or Article 58, paragraph (1) and that was a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Mutual Relief System for the Prevention of Bankruptcies of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (Act No. 84 of 1977) at the time of the application for that certification (where an application for certification of a change under Article 57, paragraph (1) or Article 59, paragraph (1) was filed before the start of the implementation period of the certified business continuity enhancement plan or certified joint business continuity enhancement plan, at the time of the application for certification of that change) ceases to be a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of that Act during the period from the time of the application for that certification until the end of the implementation period of that certified business continuity enhancement plan or certified joint business continuity enhancement plan, that business operator is deemed to continue to be a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in that paragraph within the implementation period of that certified business continuity enhancement plan or certified joint business continuity enhancement plan, and Articles 9 and 10 of that Act apply. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-64-2/par-1: 第五十六条第一項 → 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-64-2/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-64-2/par-1: 第五十七条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第五十七条第一項 (Article 57, paragraph (1)), art-57/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-57/par-1 - art-64-2/par-1: 第五十九条第一項 → 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 - art-64-2/par-1: 中小企業倒産防止共済法（昭和五十二年法律第八十四号）第二条第一項 → 中小企業倒産防止共済法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/art-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 352AC0000000084) - art-64-2/par-1: 同法第九条 → 中小企業倒産防止共済法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/art-9 (e-Gov law ID 352AC0000000084) - art-64-2/par-1: 第十条 → 中小企業倒産防止共済法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-bankruptcy-prevention-act/art-10 (e-Gov law ID 352AC0000000084) --- ## 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-20261106T173426-016, 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