# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第九条 (Article 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9. 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: 第九条 (Article 9)（社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画の変更等） — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9 - e-Gov law ID: 411AC0000000018 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九条（社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画の変更等） — Changes to Plans for Developing New Business Fields Using Outside Highly Skilled Personnel, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9 **第一項** 前条第一項の認定を受けた新規中小企業者等（第十二条及び第十三条において「認定新規中小企業者等」という。）は、当該認定に係る社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画を変更しようとするときは、主務省令で定めるところにより、主務大臣の認定を受けなければならない。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/par-1 A new small and medium-sized enterprise, etc. that has obtained the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to in Articles 12 and 13 as a "certified new small and medium-sized enterprise, etc.") must, when intending to change the plan for developing new business fields using outside highly skilled personnel pertaining to that certification, obtain certification from the competent minister in accordance with order of the competent ministry. machine translation, not official **第二項** 主務大臣は、前条第一項の認定に係る社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画（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「認定社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画」という。）に従って社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓に係る事業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-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/par-2 If the competent minister finds that the business pertaining to developing new business fields using outside highly skilled personnel is not being carried out in accordance with the plan for developing new business fields using outside highly skilled personnel pertaining to the certification under paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (where certification of a change has been granted under the preceding paragraph, the plan as changed; hereinafter referred to as a "certified plan for developing new business fields using outside highly skilled personnel"), 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-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/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-9/par-1: 前条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-8/par-1 - art-9/par-1: 第十二条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-12 - art-9/par-1: 第十三条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十三条 (Article 13), art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-13 - art-9/par-2: 前条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-8/par-1 - art-9/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-3: 前条第三項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第八条第三項 (Article 8, paragraph (3)), art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-8/par-3 - art-9/par-3: 第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 第八条第一項（社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-8/par-1 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第九条第二項（社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/par-2 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第九条第三項（社外高度人材活用新事業分野開拓計画の変更等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-9/par-3 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第七十三条第二項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-73/par-2 - 中小企業等経営強化法 第七十三条第八項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-73/par-8 - 租税特別措置法 第二十九条の二第一項（特定の取締役等が受ける新株予約権の行使による株式の取得に係る経済的利益の非課税等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/art-29-2/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 332AC0000000026) - 租税特別措置法 第二十九条の二第一項第八号（特定の取締役等が受ける新株予約権の行使による株式の取得に係る経済的利益の非課税等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/art-29-2/par-1/item-8 (e-Gov law ID 332AC0000000026) - 租税特別措置法 第二十九条の二第二項第四号（特定の取締役等が受ける新株予約権の行使による株式の取得に係る経済的利益の非課税等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/special-taxation-measures-act/art-29-2/par-2/item-4 (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, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-005, 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