# 中小企業退職金共済法 / Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4161-135`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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## 附　則 平成一六年六月二三日法律第一三五号
<sup>suppl-4161-135 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4161-135</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4161-135/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4161-135/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から施行する。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-4161-135/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4161-135/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  略
  <sup>suppl-4161-135/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4161-135/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Omitted
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  附則第十七条の規定　この法律の公布の日又は国家公務員共済組合法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第百三十号）の公布の日のいずれか遅い日
  <sup>suppl-4161-135/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/sme-retirement-allowance-act/suppl-4161-135/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  The provisions of Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation of this Act or the date of promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 130 of 2004), whichever is later.
  <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-20261106T173426-018, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-028, translated 2026-11-07
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch sme-retirement-allowance-act-20261106T173426-034, 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