Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Special Provisions on Exemption from National Pension Premiums
第十四条（国民年金の保険料の免除の特例）
During the period from July 2016 to June 2035, when an application is made by a category 1 insured person, etc. (meaning a category 1 insured person or a person who was a category 1 insured person; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article) who has an insured period up to the month preceding the month in which the day on which that person reaches 50 years of age falls (limited to a period on and after the month in which the day on which that person reached 30 years of age falls; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 88, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act, exempt that person from the requirement to pay the premium of National Pension pertaining to the period designated by the Minister among that insured period (excluding a period during which the provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) or Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) through (3) of that Act apply, or a period during which that person is a student, etc. prescribed in Article 90, paragraph (1) of that Act (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "students") or was a student, etc.), other than a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day of application, include the period pertaining to that premium in the full premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) of that Act (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under the provisions of Article 94, paragraph (1) of that Act, the period pertaining to that retroactive payment); provided, however, that this does not apply where the spouse (meaning the spouse prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (7) of that Act) does not fall under any of the following items.
平成二十八年七月から令和十七年六月までの期間において、五十歳に達する日の属する月の前月までの被保険者期間（三十歳に達した日の属する月以後の期間に限る。以下この項において同じ。）がある第一号被保険者等（第一号被保険者又は第一号被保険者であった者をいう。次条第一項において同じ。）であって次の各号のいずれかに該当するものから申請があったときは、厚生労働大臣は、当該被保険者期間のうちその指定する期間（国民年金法第九十条第一項若しくは第九十条の二第一項から第三項までの規定の適用を受ける期間又は同法第九十条第一項に規定する学生等（以下この項において「学生等」という。）である期間若しくは学生等であった期間を除く。）に係る国民年金の保険料については、同法第八十八条第一項の規定にかかわらず、既に納付されたものを除き、これを納付することを要しないものとし、申請のあった日以後、当該保険料に係る期間を同法第五条第三項に規定する保険料全額免除期間（同法第九十四条第一項の規定により追納が行われた場合にあっては、当該追納に係る期間を除く。）に算入することができる。ただし、配偶者（同法第五条第七項に規定する配偶者をいう。）が次の各号のいずれにも該当しないときは、この限りでない。
when the income for the year preceding the year in which the month for which the premium is to be exempt falls (or, for the premium for the months from January to the month specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the income for the year before the preceding year) is not more than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether and how many spouses sharing the same livelihood and dependents that person has, as prescribed in the Income Tax Act (Act No. 33 of 1965);
当該保険料を納付することを要しないものとすべき月の属する年の前年の所得（一月から厚生労働省令で定める月までの月分の保険料については、前々年の所得とする。）が、その者の所得税法（昭和四十年法律第三十三号）に規定する同一生計配偶者及び扶養親族の有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以下であるとき。
when the person falls under Article 90, paragraph (1), item (ii) or item (iii) of the National Pension Act;
国民年金法第九十条第一項第二号及び第三号に該当するとき。
when there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a case where it is extremely difficult to pay the premium of National Pension.
国民年金の保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
The provisions of Article 90, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.
国民年金法第九十条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。
With respect to a person exempted from the requirement to pay the premium under the provisions of paragraph (1) and the premium exempted under the provisions of that paragraph, when applying the provisions of the National Pension Act and other laws and regulations, they are deemed to be a person exempted from the requirement to pay the premium under the provisions of Article 90-3, paragraph (1) of that Act and the premium exempted under the provisions of that paragraph, respectively, and the necessary matters concerning the application of these provisions are specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項の規定により保険料を納付することを要しないものとされた者及び同項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料については、国民年金法その他の法令の規定を適用する場合においては、同法第九十条の三第一項の規定により保険料を納付することを要しないものとされた者及び同項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料とみなすほか、これらの規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
The provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply to an insured person under the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act.
国民年金法附則第五条第一項の規定による被保険者については、第一項の規定を適用しない。
The affairs pertaining to the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for the acceptance of applications and the making of dispositions under the provisions of paragraph (1) are to be performed by the Japan Pension Organization. In this case, the term "the National Pension Act" in Article 23, paragraph (3) of the Japan Pension Organization Act is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Administration of Government-Administered Pension Programs, etc. (Act No. 64 of 2014)"; the term "the National Pension Act" in Article 26, paragraph (2) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Administration of Government-Administered Pension Programs, etc."; the term "the affairs pertaining to the authority prescribed therein, that Act" in Article 27, paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "and the affairs pertaining to the authority prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Administration of Government-Administered Pension Programs, etc., the National Pension Act"; and the term "the National Pension Act" in Article 48, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the National Pension Act or the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Administration of Government-Administered Pension Programs, etc.".
第一項の規定による厚生労働大臣の申請の受理及び処分の権限に係る事務は、日本年金機構に行わせるものとする。この場合において、日本年金機構法第二十三条第三項中「国民年金法」とあるのは「国民年金法若しくは政府管掌年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十六年法律第六十四号）」と、同法第二十六条第二項中「国民年金法」とあるのは「国民年金法若しくは政府管掌年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律」と、同法第二十七条第一項第二号中「に規定する権限に係る事務、同法」とあるのは「及び政府管掌年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律附則第十四条第五項に規定する権限に係る事務、国民年金法」と、同法第四十八条第一項中「国民年金法」とあるのは「国民年金法若しくは政府管掌年金事業等の運営の改善のための国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律」とする。
The provisions of Article 109-4, paragraphs (3), (4), (6), and (7) of the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the authority for the acceptance of applications and the making of dispositions under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.
国民年金法第百九条の四第三項、第四項、第六項及び第七項の規定は、前項の申請の受理及び処分の権限について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under the provisions of paragraph (1) may be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare, as specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
第一項の規定による厚生労働大臣の権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。
The authority delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the Director-General of the Regional Branch Bureau of Health and Welfare, as specified by an Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長に委任することができる。
The scope of the income prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), and the method of calculating its amount, are specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項第一号に規定する所得の範囲及びその額の計算方法は、政令で定める。