# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第七十三条 (Article 73) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73. 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: 第七十三条 (Article 73)（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — address `art-73` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73 - e-Gov law ID: 334AC0000000160 — 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. --- ### 第七十三条（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — Measures Accompanying Designation of Specified Industries caption: machine translation, not official art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣が特定業種の指定をしたときは、当該特定業種に係る第七十条第一項第一号に掲げる業務の開始に必要な準備を行うため、機構に、準備委員会を置く。 art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has designated a specified industry, a preparatory committee is established in the Organization in order to make the preparations necessary for the commencement of the operations listed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) relating to that specified industry. machine translation, not official **第二項** 準備委員会は、当該特定業種に属する事業を営む中小企業者（当該中小企業者が法人であるときは、その代表者）及び当該特定業種に係る機構の退職金共済業務の適正な運営に必要な学識経験を有する者のうちから厚生労働大臣が任命した委員（次項において「準備委員」という。）並びに理事長をもつて組織する。 art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-2 A preparatory committee is organized by the president and by members appointed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from among small and medium-sized enterprises that carry on businesses belonging to the specified industry concerned (where the enterprise is a corporation, its representative) and persons with the knowledge and experience necessary for the proper operation of the Organization's retirement allowance mutual aid operations relating to that specified industry (referred to as "preparatory committee members" in the following paragraph). machine translation, not official **第三項** 機構は、準備委員会の議を経て、当該特定業種に係る第七十条第一項第一号に掲げる業務を開始するため、特定業種退職金共済規程の変更を行い、第七十一条第二項の認可を受けなければならない。 art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-3 The Organization must, after deliberation by the preparatory committee, amend the specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid rules in order to commence the operations listed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) relating to the specified industry concerned, and obtain the authorization under Article 71, paragraph (2). machine translation, not official **第四項** 機構は、準備委員会の議を経て、当該特定業種に係る第七十条第一項第一号に掲げる業務を開始するため、当該業務を開始する事業年度の年度計画を変更しなければならない。 art-73/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-4 The Organization must, after deliberation by the preparatory committee, amend the annual plan for the business year in which it will commence the operations listed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) relating to the specified industry concerned, in order to commence those operations. machine translation, not official **第五項** 機構は、前項の規定により年度計画を変更し、通則法第三十一条第一項の規定に基づき厚生労働大臣に届け出たときは、当該特定業種に属する事業を営む中小企業者のうちから、共済契約者となろうとする者を募集しなければならない。 art-73/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-5 When the Organization has amended the annual plan pursuant to the preceding paragraph and has notified the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (1) of the General Rules Act, it must solicit, from among the small and medium-sized enterprises that carry on businesses belonging to the specified industry concerned, those who wish to become mutual aid policyholders. machine translation, not official **第六項** 機構は、前項の規定による募集に応じた者の数が当該特定業種に属する事業を営む中小企業者の数に厚生労働省令で定める率を乗じて得た数に達したときは、厚生労働大臣に対し、当該特定業種に係る第七十条第一項第一号に掲げる業務の開始の認可を申請しなければならない。 art-73/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-6 When the number of persons who have responded to the solicitation under the preceding paragraph reaches the number obtained by multiplying the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that carry on businesses belonging to the specified industry concerned by the rate specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Organization must apply to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for authorization to commence the operations listed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) relating to that specified industry. machine translation, not official **第七項** 第五項の規定による募集に応じた者と機構との間には、前項の認可があつた時において、当該特定業種に係る特定業種退職金共済契約が締結されたものとみなす。 art-73/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-7 A specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract relating to the specified industry concerned is deemed to have been concluded between a person who responded to the solicitation under paragraph (5) and the Organization at the time of the authorization under the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第八項** 前項の特定業種退職金共済契約は、機構が当該特定業種に係る第七十条第一項第一号に掲げる業務を開始する日にその効力を生ずるものとする。 art-73/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-8 The specified-industry retirement allowance mutual aid contract referred to in the preceding paragraph is to take effect on the day on which the Organization commences the operations listed in Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i) relating to the specified industry concerned. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-73/par-1: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 - art-73/par-2: 次項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第三項 (Article 73, paragraph (3)), art-73/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-3 - art-73/par-3: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 - art-73/par-3: 第七十一条第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十一条第二項 (Article 71, paragraph (2)), art-71/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-71/par-2 - art-73/par-4: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 - art-73/par-5: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第四項 (Article 73, paragraph (4)), art-73/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-4 - art-73/par-5: 通則法第三十一条第一項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000103, 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-73/par-6: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第五項 (Article 73, paragraph (5)), art-73/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-5 - art-73/par-6: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 - art-73/par-7: 第五項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第五項 (Article 73, paragraph (5)), art-73/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-5 - art-73/par-7: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第六項 (Article 73, paragraph (6)), art-73/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-6 - art-73/par-8: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第七項 (Article 73, paragraph (7)), art-73/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-7 - art-73/par-8: 第七十条第一項第一号 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十条第一項第一号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-70/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業退職金共済法 第四十一条第四項（締結等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-41/par-4 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第五十三条第一項（従前の積立事業についての取扱い） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-53/par-1 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第二項（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-2 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第五項（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-5 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第六項（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-6 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第七項（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-7 - 中小企業退職金共済法 第七十三条第八項（特定業種の指定に伴う措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-73/par-8 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-013, translated 2026-11-07 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-014, 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