Chapter X National Pension Funds and the National Pension Fund Association (Articles 137-23 to 148)
The law as Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc., and Other Matters, to Strengthen the Functions of the Pension System in Light of Socioeconomic Changes (Act No. 74 of 2025) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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Article 137-23第百三十七条の二十三
Extinguishment of the Obligation to Pay a Pension and Lump-Sum Benefit upon Dissolution of the National Pension Fund Association（連合会の解散による年金及び一時金の支給に関する義務の消滅）
Article 137-23, paragraph (1)
When the National Pension Fund Association is dissolved, it is released from the obligation to pay the pension and lump-sum benefit that it is to pay under Article 137-17, paragraph (4) and Article 137-19, paragraph (2); provided, however, that this does not apply to the obligation to pay a pension or lump-sum benefit that should have been paid by the day of dissolution but has not yet been paid.
When the National Pension Fund Association is dissolved under Article 137-22, paragraph (1), item (i), the directors become the liquidators; provided, however, that this does not apply when the board of councilors elects another person.
When the National Pension Fund Association is dissolved under Article 137-22, paragraph (1), item (ii), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare appoints a liquidator.
The provisions of Article 136-2, Article 137, paragraph (2) (excluding item (ii)) and paragraph (3), and Article 137-2 through Article 137-2-4 apply mutatis mutandis to the liquidation of the National Pension Fund Association.
The provisions listed in column 1 of the following table apply mutatis mutandis to what is listed in column 2 of that table. In this case, the terms listed in column 3 of that table, in the provisions listed in column 1 of that table, are deemed to be replaced with the terms listed in column 4 of that table, respectively.
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Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Article 101, paragraphs (1) through (3) and paragraph (5)
A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the status as a member of a National Pension Fund or as a member of the National Pension Fund Association, a disposition concerning a pension or lump-sum benefit, a disposition concerning a contribution, or a disposition concerning the amount to be collected under Article 23 as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 133 and Article 137-21, and under Article 137-19, paragraph (1)
Article 101-2
A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the status as a member of a National Pension Fund or as a member of the National Pension Fund Association, or a disposition concerning a pension or lump-sum benefit
paragraph (1) of the preceding Article
Article 101, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 138
Article 102, paragraphs (1) and (2)
pension
Article 102, paragraphs (4) and (5)
a contribution, the amount to be collected under Article 23 as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 133 and Article 137-21, and under Article 137-19, paragraph (1), and a lump-sum benefit
Article 104
the family register of a member, a person who was a member, or a person who has the right to receive a pension or lump-sum benefit
the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or an insured person, a person who was an insured person or a person entitled to receive a benefit
a National Pension Fund, the National Pension Fund Association, a member or a person who was a member, or a person who has the right to receive a pension or lump-sum benefit
Article 105 (excluding paragraph (2) (excluding the part that applies paragraph (2) of Article 12 mutatis mutandis) and paragraph (5))
a member, and a person who has the right to receive a pension or lump-sum benefit paid by a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association
the matter, in the case of an insured person other than a category 3 insured person, to the mayor of the municipality, and in the case of a category 3 insured person, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
the matter, the National Pension Fund
to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
to a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association
that fact, in the case of one relating to an insured person other than a category 3 insured person, to the mayor of the municipality, and in the case of one relating to a category 3 insured person or a person entitled to receive a benefit, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
that fact, a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association
A National Pension Fund must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of matters concerning the acquisition and loss of the status as a member of its members.
Confirmation, etc. of Documents Relating to Actuarial Calculation by an Actuary（年金数理関係書類の年金数理人による確認等）
Article 139-2, paragraph (1)
With respect to a document relating to operations concerning actuarial calculation that is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and that a National Pension Fund (including founding committee members, etc. intending to establish a National Pension Fund under Article 119, paragraph (1) or paragraph (3)) or the National Pension Fund Association (including incorporators intending to establish the National Pension Fund Association under Article 137-5) submits to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under this Act, the document must be one that an actuary prescribed in Article 97, paragraph (2) of the Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act (Act No. 50 of 2001) has confirmed to have been prepared based on appropriate actuarial calculations, and has signed.
A National Pension Fund and the National Pension Fund Association must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, submit a report on their operations to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary with respect to a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, or a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, the Minister may collect a report on the status of its operations or its liquidation affairs, or may have the relevant officials enter the office of that National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, or that dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, and question persons concerned, or inspect the actual status.
The relevant officials who conduct questioning and inspection under the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card, and must present it when requested by a person concerned.
The authority pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be construed as authorization for the purpose of a criminal investigation.
第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。
Article 142第百四十二条
Supervision of a National Pension Fund, etc.（基金等に対する監督）
Article 142, paragraph (1)
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, having collected a report or conducted questioning or inspection under the preceding Article, finds that the administration or execution of the operations of a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, or the liquidation affairs of a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association (hereinafter referred to as "conduct of the business of funds, etc."), violates laws and regulations, the articles, or a disposition of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, finds that the conduct of the business of funds, etc. remarkably lacks propriety, or finds that an officer of a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, or a liquidator of a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, clearly neglects the conduct of the business of funds, etc., the Minister may, specifying a period, order the National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association or their officers, or the dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association or their liquidators, to take necessary measures to correct the violation or make improvements with respect to the conduct of the business of funds, etc.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary to ensure the sound operation of the business of a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, the Minister may, specifying a period, order that National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association to amend its articles.
When a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, or their officers, or a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, or their liquidators, violates an order under paragraph (1), or when a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association violates an order under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, specifying a period, order that National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, or that dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, to replace all or part of the officers or liquidators relating to that violation.
When a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, or a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, violates an order under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may replace the officers relating to the order under that paragraph, or dismiss the liquidators relating to the order under that paragraph.
When a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association violates an order under paragraph (1), or when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds, based on the status of its operations, that it is difficult to continue those operations, the Minister may order the dissolution of that National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association.
Of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in this Chapter, the part relating to a National Pension Fund may, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, be delegated in part to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare.
The authority delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare under the preceding paragraph may, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare.
A person who fails to make a report under Article 141, paragraph (1), or makes a false report, or who fails to answer a question by the relevant officials under that paragraph, or makes a false statement, or who refuses, obstructs, or evades an inspection under that paragraph, is subject to imprisonment for not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
When a dissolved National Pension Fund, without justifiable reason, fails to pay, by the time limit specified in a demand letter, the amount to be collected that it is to bear under Article 137-19, paragraph (1), a representative, agent, employee or other worker who committed that violation is also subject to the same penalty as under the preceding paragraph.
When a representative, agent, employee or other worker of a juridical person commits the violation under the preceding Article in connection with the operations of that juridical person, the offender is punished, and, in addition, the fine under that Article is also imposed on that juridical person.
When a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association, or a dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, falls under any of the following items, an officer, agent, employee or other worker of the National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, or a liquidator of the dissolved National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association, who committed that violation is subject to a non-penal fine of not more than 200,000 yen.
When, in violation of Article 120, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 137-8, paragraph (2)), a notification is not made, or a false notification is made;
When, in violation of Article 139, a notification is not made, or a false notification is made;
第百三十九条の規定に違反して、届出をせず、又は虚偽の届出をしたとき。
Article 145, paragraph (1), item (iii)
When, in violation of Article 140, a report is not made, or a false report is made;
第百四十条の規定に違反して、報告をせず、又は虚偽の報告をしたとき。
Article 145, paragraph (1), item (iv)
When an order under Article 142, paragraph (1) is violated;
第百四十二条第一項の規定による命令に違反したとき。
Article 145, paragraph (1), item (v)
When a project other than a project that a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association is to conduct under the provisions of this Chapter is conducted.
この章の規定により基金又は連合会が行うものとされた事業以外の事業を行つたとき。
Article 146第百四十六条
Article 146, paragraph (1)
When a National Pension Fund or the National Pension Fund Association falls under any of the following items, an officer of the National Pension Fund or National Pension Fund Association who committed that violation is subject to a non-penal fine of not more than 200,000 yen.
When, in violation of Article 121 (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 137-9), public notice is neglected, or false public notice is given;
When, in violation of Article 137-3-4, paragraph (2) or Article 137-3-10, paragraph (2), a document is not kept, a matter that should be stated in that document is not stated, or a false statement is made, or inspection under those provisions is refused;
When, in violation of Article 137-17, paragraph (7) or Article 137-19, paragraph (7), notice is not given;
第百三十七条の十七第七項又は第百三十七条の十九第七項の規定に違反して、通知をしないとき。
Article 146, paragraph (1), item (iv)
When, in violation of Article 137-17, paragraph (8) (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 137-19, paragraph (8)), public notice is neglected, or false public notice is given.
In the cases listed in the following items, a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen is imposed:
次の各号に掲げる場合には、十万円以下の過料に処する。
Article 147, paragraph (1), item (i)
When a member fails to make a notification in violation of Article 12, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 127-2, or Article 105, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 138; provided, however, that this excludes the case where a notification is made by the head of household under Article 12, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 127-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 105, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 138);
When a member makes a false notification in violation of Article 12, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 127-2, or Article 105, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 138;
When the head of household to which a member belongs makes a false notification when making a notification under Article 12, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 127-2 (including as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 105, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 138);
When a person obligated to notify a death under the Family Register Act fails to make a notification in violation of the main clause of Article 105, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 138.
A person who, in violation of Article 118, paragraph (2) or Article 137-4-3, paragraph (2), uses the name "National Pension Fund" or the name "National Pension Fund Association" is subject to a non-penal fine of not more than 100,000 yen.