# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2. 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: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4071-63/art-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2 - e-Gov law ID: 334AC0000000160 — never renamed. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Monthly Premiums caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4071-63/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2 **第一項** 改正後の中小企業退職金共済法（以下「新法」という。）第四条第二項の規定によりこの法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）の属する月の掛金月額を五千円以上の額に増加しなければならない退職金共済契約については、同項の規定にかかわらず、施行日から起算して二年を経過する日までの間は、その掛金月額を四千円とすることができる。ただし、新法第九条の規定により掛金月額が五千円以上の額に増加された日以後においては、この限りでない。 suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 With respect to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract for which the monthly premium for the month containing the date on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date") must be increased to 5,000 yen or more pursuant to Article 4, paragraph (2) of the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "New Act"), notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph, the monthly premium may be 4,000 yen until the day on which two years have elapsed counting from the Effective Date; provided, however, that this does not apply on or after the day on which the monthly premium is increased to an amount of 5,000 yen or more pursuant to Article 9 of the New Act. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の退職金共済契約のうち、同項本文に規定する期間の経過後における掛金月額を五千円以上に増加することが著しく困難であると労働大臣が認定したもの（以下この条において「認定契約」という。）については、新法第四条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該期間の経過後においても、労働省令で定める日までの間は、その掛金月額を四千円とすることができる。この場合には、前項ただし書の規定を準用する。 suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 With respect to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract under the preceding paragraph for which the Minister of Labour certifies that it is extremely difficult to increase the monthly premium to 5,000 yen or more after the expiry of the period prescribed in the main clause of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "certified contract" in this Article), notwithstanding Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New Act, the monthly premium may be 4,000 yen even after the expiry of that period, until the date specified by Order of the Ministry of Labour. In this case, the proviso to the preceding paragraph applies mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の規定による認定に関し必要な事項は、労働省令で定める。 suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-3 Matters necessary for the certification under the preceding paragraph are specified by Order of the Ministry of Labour. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の退職金共済契約のうち、同項本文に規定する期間の満了の際現に掛金月額が四千円であるもの（認定契約を除く。）に係る掛金月額は、当該期間の満了の時に、五千円に増加されたものとみなす。 suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-4 With respect to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract under paragraph (1) whose monthly premium is 4,000 yen at the expiry of the period prescribed in the main clause of that paragraph (excluding a certified contract), the monthly premium is deemed to have been increased to 5,000 yen at the time of the expiry of that period. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第二項に規定する労働省令で定める日までの期間の満了の際現に掛金月額が四千円である認定契約に係る掛金月額は、当該期間の満了の時に、五千円に増加されたものとみなす。 suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-5 With respect to a certified contract whose monthly premium is 4,000 yen at the expiry of the period up to the date specified by Order of the Ministry of Labour prescribed in paragraph (2), the monthly premium is deemed to have been increased to 5,000 yen at the time of the expiry of that period. machine translation, not official **第六項** 船員法（昭和二十二年法律第百号）の適用を受ける船員である被共済者に係る退職金共済契約に関しては、第二項中「労働大臣」とあるのは「運輸大臣」と、「労働省令」とあるのは「運輸省令」と、第三項及び前項中「労働省令」とあるのは「運輸省令」とする。 suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-6 With respect to a retirement allowance mutual aid contract relating to a covered employee who is a mariner to whom the Mariners Act (Act No. 100 of 1947) applies, the phrase "Minister of Labour" in paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Minister of Transport", the phrase "Order of the Ministry of Labour" in that paragraph with "Order of the Ministry of Transport", and the phrase "Order of the Ministry of Labour" in paragraph (3) and the preceding paragraph with "Order of the Ministry of Transport". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1: 第四条第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-4/par-2 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1: 新法第九条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-9 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2: この条 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2), suppl-4071-63/art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2: 新法第四条第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 第四条第二項 (Article 4, paragraph (2)), art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/art-4/par-2 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-3: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-4: 第一項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-5: 第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-6: 第二項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-6: 第三項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (3)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-3 - suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-6: 前項 → 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (5)), suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第二項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-2 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第三項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-3 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第四項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-4 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第五項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-5 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第二条第六項（掛金月額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-2/par-6 - 中小企業退職金共済法 附則第十八条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4071-63/art-18/par-1 --- ## 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-20261106T173426-019, 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