# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

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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
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- Provision: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-4071-63/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4071-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成七年十二月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on December 1, 1995; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一**  第百二条、第百四条及び第百五条の改正規定並びに附則第十九条の規定　公布の日から起算して二十日を経過した日
  <sup>suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions amending Articles 102, 104 and 105, and the provisions of Article 19 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date on which 20 days have elapsed counting from the date of promulgation;
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  **二**  第二十一条の四及び別表第二から別表第四までの改正規定並びに附則第三条から第十条まで、第十一条第二項から第四項まで、第十三条、第十四条及び第十七条の規定　平成八年四月一日
  <sup>suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The provisions amending Article 21-4 and Appended Table 2 through Appended Table 4, and the provisions of Articles 3 through 10, Article 11, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 13, Article 14 and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions: April 1, 1996.
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## Cites
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第十九条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 19), suppl-4071-63/art-19 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-19
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4071-63/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-10
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4071-63/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-3
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-4071-63/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-4
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-4071-63/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-5
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-4071-63/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-6
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7), suppl-4071-63/art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-7
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8), suppl-4071-63/art-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-8
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三条から第十条まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 9), suppl-4071-63/art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-9
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十一条第二項から第四項まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十一条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-63/art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-11/par-2
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十一条第二項から第四項まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十一条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (3)), suppl-4071-63/art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-11/par-3
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十一条第二項から第四項まで → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十一条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (4)), suppl-4071-63/art-11/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-11/par-4
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十三条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4071-63/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-13
- suppl-4071-63/art-1/par-1/item-2: 第十四条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4071-63/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-14

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第三条第一項（過去勤務掛金に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-3/par-1
- 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十九条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-19/par-1

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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-20261106T173426-018, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-024, 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
