Supplementary Provisions, Article 4-6Special Provisions on Exemptions
第四条の六（適用除外の特例）
For the time being, a part-time worker under 70 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business, who is a worker listed in the items of Article 7 of the Minimum Wage Act (Act No. 137 of 1959) to whom the provisions of that Article apply, and whose remuneration (excluding what is specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent to the wages listed in the items of Article 4, paragraph (3) of that Act), as calculated pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare following the example of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1), is less than 88,000 yen (hereinafter referred to as a "specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception" in this Article) is not to be an insured, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9.
A specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception may become an insured, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if the person makes a request to an implementing organization (limited to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan; the same applies in paragraph (5)) pursuant to the order of the competent ministry.
When the request is accepted, a person who has made the request under the preceding paragraph acquires, on that day, status as an insured under the provisions of that paragraph.
If an insured under the provisions of Article 9 comes to fall under a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception and continues to be employed at the same place of business, the person is deemed, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), to have become an insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) on the day on which the person came to so fall.
An insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) (including a person deemed to be that insured pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph) may, at any time, make a request to an implementing organization pursuant to the order of the competent ministry and lose status as an insured.
An insured under the provisions of paragraph (2) loses status as an insured on the day following the day on which the insured comes to fall under any item of Article 14 (excluding item (iii)) or any of the following items (or, if the insured acquires status as an insured again on the day of that fact, or comes to fall under Article 14, item (v), on that day).
when the approval referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1) has been given;
第八条第一項の認可があつたとき。
when the request under the preceding paragraph has been accepted; or
前項の申出が受理されたとき。
when the person ceases to be a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception.
特定減額特例対象者でなくなつたとき。
A request under paragraph (2) is to be made at the same time as a request under Article 8-3-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act, in the case of a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception who can make the latter request, and a request under paragraph (5) is to be made at the same time as a request under Article 8-3-2, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Health Insurance Act, in the case of a specified person under the reduced minimum wage exception who can make the latter request.
In addition to what is prescribed in paragraphs (1) through (6), matters necessary for the acquisition and loss of status as an insured are specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項から第六項までに規定するもののほか、被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
In paragraph (1), a "part-time worker" means a person who falls under any of the following items and does not fall under any of the items of Article 12:
a part-time worker (meaning a part-time worker prescribed in Article 12, item (v); the same applies in the following item) whose scheduled working hours per week are less than three-quarters of the scheduled working hours per week of an ordinary worker employed at the same place of business (meaning an ordinary worker prescribed in Article 12, item (v); the same applies in the following item);
a part-time worker whose prescribed working days per month are less than three-quarters of the prescribed working days per month of an ordinary worker employed at the same place of business.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 5Transitional Measures Concerning Standardized Remuneration
第五条（標準報酬に関する経過措置）
Among persons who, as of May 1, 1954, were actually insureds under the Former Act and have continued to become insureds under this Act, for a person who falls under any of the following items, the standardized remuneration is not decided under the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (1) with regard to the acquisition of that continuing status, and the amount prescribed in the relevant item is the standard monthly remuneration of that person for each month from May to September 1954:
for a person whose standard monthly remuneration for April 1954 is 7,000 yen or less, the amount equivalent to the standard monthly remuneration for that month;
昭和二十九年四月の標準報酬月額が七千円以下である者については、同月の標準報酬月額に相当する額
for a person whose standard monthly remuneration for April 1954 is 8,000 yen and who is an insured covered by health insurance, the amount equivalent to the standard monthly remuneration of that person for May of that year under the Health Insurance Act; provided, however, that if that amount exceeds 18,000 yen, it is 18,000 yen.
昭和二十九年四月の標準報酬月額が八千円である者であつて、健康保険の被保険者であるものについては、その者の同年五月の健康保険法による標準報酬月額に相当する額。但し、その額が一万八千円をこえるときは、一万八千円とする。
For the purpose of application of Article 23, paragraph (1), the standardized remuneration under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to be the standardized remuneration decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, and the amount of monthly remuneration that served as the basis for the standardized remuneration for April 1954 or the standardized remuneration for May of that year under the Health Insurance Act is deemed to be the amount of monthly remuneration that served as the basis for the standardized remuneration.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6
第六条
Standardized remuneration under the Former Act is deemed to be standardized remuneration under this Act.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 6-2Transitional Measures Concerning Notifications by Employers
第六条の二（事業主の届出に関する経過措置）
For the purpose of application of the provisions of Article 27, for the time being, the phrase "former insureds ages 70 years and older" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "former insureds ages 70 years and older (including persons ages 70 years and older who have a period deemed to be a period of being an insured pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions or other laws and regulations)".
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7Prior Dispositions, Etc.
第七条（従前の処分等）
Except as otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, dispositions, procedures, and other acts carried out under the Former Act or orders based on it are deemed to be dispositions, procedures, and other acts carried out under the corresponding provisions of this Act or the orders based on it.
この附則に別段の規定があるものを除くほか、旧法又はこれに基く命令によつてした処分、手続その他の行為は、この法律又はこれに基く命令中の相当する規定によつてした処分、手続その他の行為とみなす。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-2Confirmation, Etc. of Periods of Being an Insured in Another Insured Category
第七条の二（他の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間の確認等）
With regard to the period of being an insured of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories and who seeks to have Article 42, Article 47, paragraph (1), Article 47-2, paragraph (1), Article 47-3, paragraph (1), Article 52, paragraph (4), the proviso to Article 54, paragraph (2), Article 55, paragraph (1), Article 58, paragraph (1), paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions, or Article 13-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions applied to the person, the period is as confirmed by the person prescribed in the items of Article 2-5, paragraph (1), in accordance with the category of EPI insured period of each item.
二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者であつて、第四十二条、第四十七条第一項、第四十七条の二第一項、第四十七条の三第一項、第五十二条第四項、第五十四条第二項ただし書、第五十五条第一項、第五十八条第一項、次条第一項、附則第八条又は第十三条の四第一項の規定の適用を受けようとするものの被保険者であつた期間については、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に応じ、第二条の五第一項各号に定める者の確認を受けたところによる。
With regard to the premium-paid periods (excluding those pertaining to category II EPI insured periods, category III EPI insured periods, or category IV EPI insured periods), premium-exemption periods, and periods to be included in the calculation (meaning the periods to be included in the calculation prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act) of a person who has a category II EPI insured period, a category III EPI insured period, or a category IV EPI insured period and who seeks to have Article 42, Article 47, paragraph (1), Article 47-2, paragraph (1), Article 47-3, paragraph (1), Article 52, paragraph (4), the proviso to Article 54, paragraph (2), Article 55, paragraph (1), Article 58, paragraph (1), paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions, or Article 13-4, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions applied to the person, the periods are, for the time being, as confirmed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
第二号厚生年金被保険者期間、第三号厚生年金被保険者期間又は第四号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者であつて、第四十二条、第四十七条第一項、第四十七条の二第一項、第四十七条の三第一項、第五十二条第四項、第五十四条第二項ただし書、第五十五条第一項、第五十八条第一項、次条第一項又は附則第八条若しくは第十三条の四第一項の規定の適用を受けようとするものの保険料納付済期間（第二号厚生年金被保険者期間、第三号厚生年金被保険者期間又は第四号厚生年金被保険者期間に係るものを除く。）、保険料免除期間及び合算対象期間（国民年金法附則第九条第一項に規定する合算対象期間をいう。）については、当分の間、厚生労働大臣の確認を受けたところによる。
The provisions of Article 90, paragraph (1) and paragraphs (3) through (5), Article 91-2, and Article 91-3 apply mutatis mutandis to dispositions relating to a confirmation under the provisions of paragraph (1) concerning a person who has a category I EPI insured period.
第九十条第一項及び第三項から第五項まで、第九十一条の二並びに第九十一条の三の規定は、第一号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者に係る第一項の規定による確認に関する処分について準用する。
The provisions of Article 7-5, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to dispositions relating to a confirmation under the provisions of paragraph (1) concerning a person who has a category II EPI insured period, a category III EPI insured period, or a category IV EPI insured period. In this case, the phrase "old-age basic pension, basic disability pension, or basic pension for surviving family" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "employees' old-age pension, employees' disability pension, or employees' pension for surviving family".
国民年金法附則第七条の五第三項及び第四項の規定は、第二号厚生年金被保険者期間、第三号厚生年金被保険者期間又は第四号厚生年金被保険者期間を有する者に係る第一項の規定による確認に関する処分について準用する。この場合において、同条第四項中「老齢基礎年金、障害基礎年金又は遺族基礎年金」とあるのは、「老齢厚生年金、障害厚生年金又は遺族厚生年金」と読み替えるものとする。
The provisions of Article 101, paragraphs (1) through (5) and Article 101-2 of the National Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to dispositions relating to a confirmation under the provisions of paragraph (2).
国民年金法第百一条第一項から第五項まで及び第百一条の二の規定は、第二項の規定による確認に関する処分について準用する。