# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第六十四条 (Article 64)

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- Law: 中小企業退職金共済法 (Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百六十号
- English title "Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第六十四条 (Article 64)（理事長及び理事の禁止行為） — address `art-64`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第六十四条（理事長及び理事の禁止行為） — Prohibited Acts of the President and Directors
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-64</sup>

  **第一項**  理事長及び理事は、自己又は機構以外の第三者の利益を図る目的をもつて、次に掲げる行為を行つてはならない。
  <sup>art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-64/par-1</sup>
  The president and directors must not commit any of the following acts for the purpose of promoting their own interests or the interests of a third party other than the Organization:
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **一**  特別の利益の提供を受け、又は受けるために、退職金共済業務に係る業務上の余裕金の運用に関する契約を機構に締結させること。
    <sup>art-64/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-64/par-1/item-1</sup>
    Causing the Organization to conclude a contract concerning the management of operational surplus funds relating to retirement allowance mutual aid operations, having received or in order to receive the provision of a special benefit;
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **二**  自己若しくは自己と利害関係のある者の有する有価証券その他の資産を機構に取得させ、又は退職金共済業務に係る業務上の余裕金の運用に係る資産を自己若しくは自己と利害関係のある者が取得するようにさせること。
    <sup>art-64/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-64/par-1/item-2</sup>
    Causing the Organization to acquire securities or other assets held by oneself or by a person with an interest related to oneself, or causing assets relating to the management of operational surplus funds relating to retirement allowance mutual aid operations to be acquired by oneself or by a person with an interest related to oneself.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 中小企業退職金共済法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000160/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-06
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 中小企業退職金共済法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1775), retrieved 2026-09-23
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-012, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 225 — 中小企業退職金共済法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06