Supplementary Provisions, Article 13-4Special Provisions on Early Payment of Employees' Old-Age Pensions
第十三条の四（老齢厚生年金の支給の繰上げの特例）
A person prescribed in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions who falls under all of the items of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to a person who is not an insured under the National Pension pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act) may, before reaching the age set forth in the right-hand column of the table in the relevant paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, make to an implementing organization a request for early payment of an employees' old-age pension.
A request under the preceding paragraph must, in the case of a person who is able to make the request for early payment prescribed in Article 9-2, paragraph (1) or Article 9-2-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act, be made at the same time as those requests.
前項の請求は、国民年金法附則第九条の二第一項又は第九条の二の二第一項に規定する支給繰上げの請求を行うことができる者にあつては、これらの請求と同時に行わなければならない。
When the request under paragraph (1) is made, an employees' old-age pension is paid to the person from the month that includes the day on which the request was made, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 42.
The amount of the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), the amount obtained by deducting the amount specified by Cabinet Order from the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.
When a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) who has an insured period on or after the day on which the request under paragraph (1) was made reaches the age set forth in the right-hand column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, the period of being an insured before the month that includes the day on which the person reached that age is to be the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached that age.
When a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) who has an insured period on or after the day on which the person reached the age set forth in the right-hand column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions reaches the age of 65, the period of being an insured before the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age of 65 is to be the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age of 65.
When applying Article 44 and Article 44-2 as it was prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, to the amount of the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3), in Article 44, paragraph (1), the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension under Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount prescribed in Article 13-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "early payment adjustment amount") has been added, the age set forth in the right-hand column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "special starting age for payment"); the same applies in paragraph (3))", the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary acquired the right to receive those benefits" with "at the time the beneficiary reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the special starting age for payment)", the phrase "Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3)" with "Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 13-4, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, Article 43, paragraph (3) or Article 13-4, paragraph (5) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions)", the phrase "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43" with "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (2) and (3) and Article 13-4, paragraphs (4) through (6) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "is calculated by adding an additional amount of pension to the amount provided for in that Article" with "an additional amount of pension is added to the amount provided for in those provisions, and the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reached the age of 65 (or, if the person is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension to which the early payment adjustment amount has been added, the special starting age for payment) or from the month in which the number of months in the insured period came to be 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3)"; in Article 44, paragraph (3), the phrase "at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension under Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65"; and in Article 44-2, paragraph (1) as it was prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, the phrase "Article 43, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 13-4, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "Article 132, paragraph (2)" with "Article 132, paragraph (2) as it was prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013), which remains in force pursuant to Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, as read with the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 13-7, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of this Act".
第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の額について、第四十四条及び平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の第四十四条の二の規定を適用する場合には、第四十四条第一項中「受給権者がその権利を取得した当時（その権利を取得した当時」とあるのは「附則第十三条の四第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳（その者が附則第十三条の五第一項に規定する繰上げ調整額（以下この項において「繰上げ調整額」という。）が加算されている老齢厚生年金の受給権者であるときは、附則第八条の二各項の表の下欄に掲げる年齢（以下この項において「特例支給開始年齢」という。）とする。第三項において同じ。）に達した当時（六十五歳（その者が繰上げ調整額が加算されている老齢厚生年金の受給権者であるときは、特例支給開始年齢）に達した当時」と、「又は第三項」とあるのは「若しくは第三項又は附則第十三条の四第六項（その者が繰上げ調整額が加算されている老齢厚生年金の受給権者であるときは、第四十三条第三項又は附則第十三条の四第五項若しくは第六項）」と、「第四十三条の規定にかかわらず、同条に定める額に加給年金額を加算した額とする」とあるのは「第四十三条第二項及び第三項並びに附則第十三条の四第四項から第六項までの規定にかかわらず、これらの規定に定める額に加給年金額を加算するものとし、六十五歳（その者が繰上げ調整額が加算されている老齢厚生年金の受給権者であるときは、特例支給開始年齢）に達した日の属する月の翌月又は第四十三条第二項若しくは第三項の規定により当該月数が二百四十以上となるに至つた月から、年金の額を改定する」と、同条第三項中「受給権者がその権利を取得した当時」とあるのは「附則第十三条の四第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時」と、平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の第四十四条の二第一項中「第四十三条第一項」とあるのは「附則第十三条の四第四項」と、「第百三十二条第二項」とあるのは「附則第十三条の七第一項の規定により読み替えられた公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第六十三号）附則第五条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた同法第一条の規定による改正前の第百三十二条第二項」とする。
While a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3) the amount of which has been increased pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) as deemed to be replaced under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (excluding one to which the early payment adjustment amount prescribed in Article 13-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions has been added by reason of the person being a person prescribed in Article 8-2, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions) (limited to a person who has not reached the age of 65) is subject to the provisions of Article 13-5, paragraph (5) or (6) of the Supplementary Provisions, payment of the portion equivalent to the amount added pursuant to Article 44, paragraph (1) as deemed to be replaced under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is suspended.
When a person prescribed in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions acquires the right to benefits from an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of paragraph (3), the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions do not apply to that person.