# 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 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/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 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9) — address `suppl-5031-70/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/suppl-5031-70/art-9 - 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. --- ### 第九条 suppl-5031-70/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9 **第一項** この法律の施行の際現に旧中小強化法第十七条第一項の認定（旧中小強化法第十八条第一項の変更の認定を含む。）を受けている旧中小強化法第十七条第一項に規定する経営力向上計画は、新中小強化法第十七条第一項の認定を受けた同項に規定する経営力向上計画とみなす。 suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-1 A management capacity improvement plan prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act for which certification under Article 17, paragraph (1) of the Former SME Management Strengthening Act (including certification of a change under Article 18, 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 capacity improvement plan prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which certification under Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act has been obtained. machine translation, not official **第二項** 新中小強化法第二条第二項に規定する中小企業者等（同条第六項に規定する特定事業者等（以下この項において「特定事業者等」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、特定事業者等とみなして、新中小強化法の経営力向上（同条第十項に規定する経営力向上をいう。第五項において同じ。）に関する規定を適用する。 suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 A small and medium-sized enterprise, etc. prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act (excluding one that falls under a specified business operator, etc. prescribed in paragraph (6) of that Article (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as a "specified business operator, etc.")) is, until March 31, 2023, deemed to be a specified business operator, etc., and the provisions of the New SME Management Strengthening Act concerning management capacity improvement (meaning management capacity improvement prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (10) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act; the same applies in paragraph (5)) 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等がした新中小強化法第十七条第一項の認定の申請であって、特定日においてその認定をするかどうかの処分がされていないものについての認定の処分については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 With regard to an application for certification under Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act that was filed by a small and medium-sized enterprise, etc. 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 certification has been made on the specified day, the provisions then in force continue to govern with respect to the disposition of certification. machine translation, not official **第四項** 特定日において現に新中小強化法第十七条第一項の認定を受けている同項に規定する経営力向上計画（第二項に規定する中小企業者等に係るものに限る。）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同条第一項の認定を受けた同項に規定する経営力向上計画についての計画の変更の認定及び認定の取消し、中小企業信用保険法の特例、中小企業投資育成株式会社法の特例、株式会社日本政策金融公庫法及び沖縄振興開発金融公庫法の特例、食品等の流通の合理化及び取引の適正化に関する法律の特例、特定許認可等に基づく地位の承継等、中小企業等協同組合法（昭和二十四年法律第百八十一号）及び中小企業団体の組織に関する法律（昭和三十二年法律第百八十五号）の特例、事業の譲渡の場合の債権者の異議の催告等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-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-4 With regard to a management capacity improvement plan prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which certification under Article 17, 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, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2)), and a management capacity improvement plan prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which certification under Article 17, 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 certification of a change to the plan and the rescission of certification, the special provisions of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Credit Insurance Act, the special provisions of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Investment Business Corporation Act, the special provisions of the Japan Finance Corporation Act and the Okinawa Development Finance Corporation Act, the special provisions of the Act on Rationalization of Distribution of Food, etc. and Proper Transactions, succession to status based on specified permission, etc., the special provisions of the Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Cooperatives Act (Act No. 181 of 1949) and the Act on the Organization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Association (Act No. 185 of 1957), the call for objections by creditors in the case of a transfer of business, etc., and the collection of reports, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official **第五項** 特定日において現に新中小強化法第十七条第一項の認定を受けている同項に規定する経営力向上計画（第二項に規定する中小企業者等に係るものに限る。）及び第三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同条第一項の認定を受けた同項に規定する経営力向上計画に従って行われる経営力向上については、新中小強化法第二十五条第一項の規定は、特定日の翌日以後も、なおその効力を有する。 suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5 With regard to management capacity improvement carried out in accordance with a management capacity improvement plan prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which certification under Article 17, 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, etc. prescribed in paragraph (2)), and a management capacity improvement plan prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act for which certification under Article 17, 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 paragraph (3), the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the New SME Management Strengthening Act remain in force on and after the day following the specified day. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-1: 新中小強化法第十七条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-17/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2: 新中小強化法第二条第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2: 同条第六項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第六項 (Article 2, paragraph (6)), art-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-6 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2: この項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2: 同条第十項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二条第十項 (Article 2, paragraph (10)), art-2/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-2/par-10 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2: 第五項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (5)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3: この条 → 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-9/par-3: 新中小強化法第十七条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-17/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-4: 新中小強化法第十七条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-17/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-4: 第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-4: 前項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (3)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5: 新中小強化法第十七条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-17/par-1 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5: 第二項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (2)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5: 第三項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9, paragraph (3)), suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 - suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5: 新中小強化法第二十五条第一項 → 中小企業等経営強化法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 6 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 附則第九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-2 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-3 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-4 - 中小企業等経営強化法 附則第九条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-management-strengthening-act/suppl-5031-70/art-9/par-5 --- ## 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