# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)

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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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)（中小企業等経営強化法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-5031-70/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-01-01
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### 第七条（中小企業等経営強化法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.
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<sup>suppl-5031-70/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  第四条の規定（附則第一条第四号に掲げる改正規定を除く。次条第一項において同じ。）による改正前の中小企業等経営強化法（次条第一項及び附則第九条第一項において「旧中小強化法」という。）第四条の規定の適用を受けて成立している同条第一項に規定する創業等関連保証に係る保険関係については、第二条の規定による改正後の産業競争力強化法第百二十九条の規定の適用を受けて成立している同条第一項に規定する創業関連保証に係る保険関係とみなす。
<sup>suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1</sup>
With regard to the insurance relations pertaining to guarantee related to start-ups, etc. prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. prior to its amendment by the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions listed in Article 1, item (iv) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) (referred to as the "Former SME Management Strengthening Act" in paragraph (1) of the following Article and Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions) that have been established under Article 4 of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act, they are deemed to be insurance relations pertaining to guarantee related to start-ups prescribed in Article 129, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness as amended by the provisions of Article 2 that have been established by application of Article 129 of the Act on Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness as so amended.
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## Cites
- suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1: 附則第一条第四号 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-5031-70/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-1/par-1/item-4
- suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1: 次条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)), suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1
- suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1: 附則第九条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (1)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-1
- suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1: 産業競争力強化法第百二十九条 → e-Gov law 425AC0000000098, 第百二十九条 (Article 129), art-129 — not held in this collection
- suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1: 同条第一項 → e-Gov law 425AC0000000098, 第百二十九条第一項 (Article 129, paragraph (1)), art-129/par-1 — not held in this collection

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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-20261106T173426-022, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-management-strengthening-act-20261106T173426-023, 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
