# 中小企業等経営強化法 / Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8. 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: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-5031-70/art-8` - Text in force since: 2026-01-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条 suppl-5031-70/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧中小強化法第十四条第一項の承認（旧中小強化法第十五条第一項の変更の承認を含む。）を受けている旧中小強化法第十四条第一項に規定する経営革新計画は、第四条の規定による改正後の中小企業等経営強化法（以下この条及び次条において「新中小強化法」という。）第十四条第一項の承認を受けた同項に規定する経営革新計画とみなす。 suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1 A management innovation plan prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act for which approval under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act (including approval of a change under Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act) is actually held at the time this Act comes into effect is deemed to be a management innovation plan prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. as amended by the provisions of Article 4 (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the following Article as the "New SME Management Strengthening Act") for which approval under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act has been obtained. machine translation, not official **第二項** 中小企業等経営強化法第二条第一項に規定する中小企業者（新中小強化法第二条第五項に規定する特定事業者（以下この項において「特定事業者」という。）に該当するものを除く。）については、令和五年三月三十一日までの間は、特定事業者とみなして、新中小強化法の経営革新（中小企業等経営強化法第二条第九項に規定する経営革新をいう。）に関する規定を適用する。 suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 A small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc. (excluding one that falls under a specified business operator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as a "specified business operator")) is, until March 31, 2023, deemed to be a specified business operator, and the provisions of the New SME Management Strengthening Act concerning management innovation (meaning management innovation prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (9) of the Act on Strengthening the Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc.) apply to it. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項に規定する日（以下この条において「特定日」という。）までに同項に規定する中小企業者がした新中小強化法第十四条第一項の承認の申請であって、特定日においてその承認をするかどうかの処分がされていないものについての承認の処分については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3 With regard to an application for approval under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act that was filed by a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in the preceding paragraph by the day prescribed in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "specified day") and for which no disposition as to whether to grant the approval has been made on the specified day, the provisions then in force continue to govern with respect to the disposition of approval. machine translation, not official **第四項** 特定日において現に新中小強化法第十四条第一項の承認を受けている同項に規定する経営革新計画（第二項に規定する中小企業者に係るものに限る。）及び前項の規定によりなお従前の例により特定日の翌日以後に新中小強化法第十四条第一項の承認を受けた同項に規定する経営革新計画についての計画の変更の承認及び承認の取消し、中小企業信用保険法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十四号）の特例、中小企業投資育成株式会社法（昭和三十八年法律第百一号）の特例、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法（平成十九年法律第五十七号）及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法（昭和四十七年法律第三十一号）の特例、食品等の流通の合理化及び取引の適正化に関する法律（平成三年法律第五十九号）の特例並びに報告の徴収については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-4 With regard to a management innovation plan prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which approval under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act is actually held on the specified day (limited to one pertaining to a small and medium-sized enterprise prescribed in paragraph (2)), and a management innovation plan prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which approval under Article 14, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act has been obtained on or after the day following the specified day with the provisions then in force continuing to govern pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the approval of a change to the plan and the rescission of approval, the special provisions of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act (Act No. 264 of 1950), the special provisions of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Investment Business Corporation Act (Act No. 101 of 1963), the special provisions of the Japan Finance Corporation Act (Act No. 57 of 2007) and the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Act (Act No. 31 of 1972), the special provisions of the Act on Rationalization of Distribution of Food, etc. and Proper Transactions (Act No. 59 of 1991), and the collection of reports, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1: この条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-5031-70/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1: 次条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-5031-70/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1: 第十四条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-14/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2: 中小企業等経営強化法第二条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2: 新中小強化法第二条第五項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第五項 (Article 2, paragraph (5)), art-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-5 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2: この項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2: 中小企業等経営強化法第二条第九項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第九項 (Article 2, paragraph (9)), art-2/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-9 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3: この条 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-5031-70/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3: 新中小強化法第十四条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-14/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-4: 新中小強化法第十四条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-14/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-4: 第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-4: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (3)), suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第七条第一項（中小企業等経営強化法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-7/par-1 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-1 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-2 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-3 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-8/par-4 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-023, 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