# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)
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- 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
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- Provision: 第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18)（罰則に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4171-30/art-18`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第十八条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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suppl-4171-30/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4171-30/art-18
**第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為並びに附則第五条第四項及び第十二条第四項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
suppl-4171-30/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-4171-30/art-18/par-1
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (4) and Article 12, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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## 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-20261106T173426-019, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-020, 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