Where, after paying premiums in advance pursuant to Article 93, paragraph (1) of the Act, and before the period relating to the advance payment has elapsed, an insured person (in the cases listed in item (i), (b) or item (ii), limited to a category 1 insured person; the same applies in the following paragraph) comes to fall under any of the following items, the portion of the premiums paid in advance that relates to the period specified respectively in those items is to be refunded upon the request of that person (or, where the person has come to fall under Article 9, item (i) of the Act, of the person's heir).
in the case where the person comes to fall under any of the following, the unelapsed period
次のいずれかに該当するに至つた場合 未経過期間
where the person loses status as an insured person;
被保険者の資格を喪失した場合
where the person becomes a category 2 insured person prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "category 2 insured person") or a category 3 insured person;
法第七条第一項第二号に規定する第二号被保険者（以下「第二号被保険者」という。）又は第三号被保険者となつた場合
in the case where the person comes to fall under any of the following, the period relating to the premiums that are no longer required to be paid
次のいずれかに該当するに至つた場合 納付することを要しないものとされた保険料に係る期間
where all or part of the premium for the period relating to the advance payment has become not required to be paid pursuant to Article 88-2, or Article 88-3, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act;
法第八十八条の二又は第八十八条の三第一項若しくは第二項の規定により前納に係る期間の保険料につきその全部又は一部を納付することを要しないものとされた場合
where all or part of the premium for the period relating to the advance payment has become not required to be paid pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1), Article 90, paragraph (1), Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) through (3), or Article 90-3, paragraph (1) of the Act, Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2004 Amendment Act, or Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2014 Amendment Act.
法第八十九条第一項、第九十条第一項、第九十条の二第一項から第三項まで若しくは第九十条の三第一項、平成十六年改正法附則第十九条第二項又は平成二十六年改正法附則第十四条第一項の規定により前納に係る期間の保険料につきその全部又は一部を納付することを要しないものとされた場合
The amount to be refunded for the period specified in each item of the preceding paragraph is the amount equivalent to the amount that would have to be paid in advance if premiums for the period specified respectively in those items were paid in advance at the time the insured person came to fall under any of those items (where, under Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Act, part of the premium for the period relating to the advance payment has become not required to be paid, limited to the premium of the part of the amount that has become not required to be paid under those provisions).
前項各号に定める期間に係る還付額は、被保険者が同項各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた時においてそれぞれ当該各号に定める期間につき保険料（法第九十条の二第一項から第三項までの規定により前納に係る期間の保険料につきその一部を納付することを要しないものとされた場合については、これらの規定によりその一部の額につき納付することを要しないものとされた保険料に限る。）を前納するものとした場合におけるその前納すべき額に相当する額とする。
In a case prescribed in paragraph (1) (excluding a case arising from coming to fall under Article 9, item (i) of the Act and a case arising from all or part of the premium for the period relating to the advance payment having become not required to be paid pursuant to Article 89, paragraph (1) of the Act; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "case where a refund arises"), where the insured person has notified in advance of the wish to receive, in a case where a refund arises, the refund under paragraph (1) in any of the accounts listed in the following items, paragraph (1) applies as if that person had made the request referred to in that paragraph.
a deposit account or savings account relating to the approval under Article 92-2 of the Act; and
法第九十二条の二の規定による承認に係る預金口座又は貯金口座
a deposit and savings account prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Act on the Registration, etc. of Deposit and Savings Accounts for the Prompt and Reliable Provision of Public Benefits, etc. (Act No. 38 of 2021) that relates to the registration under Article 3, paragraph (1) of that Act.
公的給付の支給等の迅速かつ確実な実施のための預貯金口座の登録等に関する法律（令和三年法律第三十八号）第三条第一項の登録に係る同法第二条第六項に規定する預貯金口座
The notification referred to in the preceding paragraph may be withdrawn for the future at any time.
前項の申出は、いつでも、将来に向かつて撤回することができる。
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2004 Amendment Actmachine translation
「平成十六年改正法」
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 104 of 2004).
Short name set inArticle 1-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
category 1 insured personmachine translation
「第一号被保険者」
A category 1 insured person as Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the National Pension Act defines one, including here persons insured under Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act's supplementary provisions (附則), Article 11, paragraph (1) of those of Act No. 95 of 1994, Article 23, paragraph (1) of those of Act No. 104 of 2004 and Article 40, paragraph (1) of those of Act No. 74 of 2025, and persons insured under the former Act (旧法).
Short name set inArticle 1-2, paragraph (1), item (iii), (a)
category 3 insured personmachine translation
「第三号被保険者」
A category 3 insured person as Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act defines one: a dependent spouse (被扶養配偶者) of a category 2 insured person (第二号被保険者) — one who mainly lives on that person's income and lives in Japan or is treated as based there — aged 20 to 59.
Short name set inArticle 1-2, paragraph (1), item (iv), (a)
2014 Amendment Actmachine translation
「平成二十六年改正法」
Short name for Act No. 64 of 2014, the 2014 Act partially amending the National Pension Act and other laws to improve the running of the government-run pension programmes (政府管掌年金事業) and related programmes.
Short name set inArticle 1-2, paragraph (1), item (ix)
category 2 insured personmachine translation
「第二号被保険者」
A category 2 insured person as Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the National Pension Act defines one: a person insured under Employees' Pension Insurance (厚生年金保険).
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1), item (i), (b)
case where a refund arisesmachine translation
「還付発生の場合」
In Article 9, paragraph (3), a case under paragraph (1) in which prepaid premiums are to be refunded, other than one arising from the insured person's death (Article 9, item (i) of the National Pension Act) or from the premiums for the prepaid period being exempted under Article 89, paragraph (1) of that Act.
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (3)· applies only in this paragraph