Supplementary Provisions, Article 9-4-7Special Provisions on a Request, etc. Relating to a Specified Reason
第九条の四の七（特定事由に係る申出等の特例）
An insured person or a person who was an insured person may, when falling under any of the following items, make a request to that effect to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
被保険者又は被保険者であつた者は、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、厚生労働大臣にその旨の申出をすることができる。
When the person has become unable to take a specified procedure (meaning the request under Article 87-2, paragraph (1) or any other procedure specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies below in this Article) due to a specified reason (meaning that the processing of affairs that should have been performed based on the provisions of this Act or any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order was not performed, or that such processing was significantly improper; the same applies below in this Article and in Article 9-4-9 through Article 9-4-11 of the Supplementary Provisions); or
特定事由（この法律その他の政令で定める法令の規定に基づいて行われるべき事務の処理が行われなかつたこと又はその処理が著しく不当であることをいう。以下この条及び附則第九条の四の九から第九条の四の十一までにおいて同じ。）により特定手続（第八十七条の二第一項の申出その他の政令で定める手続をいう。以下この条において同じ。）をすることができなくなつたとき。
When the person has delayed a specified procedure due to a specified reason.
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is, when finding that the request under the preceding paragraph is well-founded, to approve that request.
厚生労働大臣は、前項の申出に理由があると認めるときは、その申出を承認するものとする。
Where a person who made the request under paragraph (1) has received approval under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if it is found that the specified procedure would have been taken had there been no specified reason, and there is a period during which the person who made that request would become an insured person under the provisions relating to that specified procedure had that specified procedure been taken, that period is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order (excluding the provisions of Article 87, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 88, paragraph (1), and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order), deemed, from and after the day of that request, to be the insured period as an insured person under the provisions relating to that specified procedure (referred to in Article 9-4-9, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "specified insured period").
Where a person who made the request under paragraph (1) has received approval under the provisions of paragraph (2), if it is found that the specified procedure would have been taken had there been no specified reason, and there is a period for which, had that specified procedure been taken, part of the amount of the premium would be treated as not required to be paid under the provisions relating to that specified procedure, that period is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order, deemed, from and after the day of that request, to be a period relating to premiums for which part of the amount was treated as not required to be paid under the provisions relating to that specified procedure (referred to in Article 9-4-9, paragraph (1), item (iii) and Article 9-4-11, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "specified partial exemption period"). However, this does not apply to a period that the person who made that request does not wish to be so treated.
第一項の申出をした者が第二項の規定による承認を受けた場合において、特定事由がなければ特定手続が行われていたと認められるときに当該特定手続が行われていたとしたならば当該特定手続に係る規定によりその一部の額につき保険料を納付することを要しないものとされる期間があるときは、当該期間は、この法律その他の政令で定める法令の規定を適用する場合においては、当該申出のあつた日以後、当該特定手続に係る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係る期間（附則第九条の四の九第一項第三号及び第九条の四の十一第一項第二号において「特定一部免除期間」という。）とみなす。ただし、当該申出をした者がこれを希望しない期間については、この限りでない。
Where a person who made the request under paragraph (1) has received approval under the provisions of paragraph (2), if it is found that the specified procedure would have been taken had there been no specified reason, and there is a period during which the person who made that request would become a person who pays the additional premium (meaning the premium under the provisions of Article 87-2, paragraph (1); the same applies below in this Article, and in Article 9-4-9, paragraph (1), item (i) and Article 9-4-10 of the Supplementary Provisions) under the provisions relating to that specified procedure had that specified procedure been taken, that period is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order (excluding the provisions of Article 87, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 88, paragraph (1), and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order), deemed, from and after the day of that request, to be a period during which the person is a person who pays the additional premium under the provisions relating to that specified procedure (referred to in Article 9-4-10, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "specified additional premium payment period").
第一項の申出をした者が第二項の規定による承認を受けた場合において、特定事由がなければ特定手続が行われていたと認められるときに当該特定手続が行われていたとしたならば当該特定手続に係る規定により当該申出をした者が付加保険料（第八十七条の二第一項の規定による保険料をいう。以下この条並びに附則第九条の四の九第一項第一号及び第九条の四の十において同じ。）を納付する者となる期間があるときは、当該期間は、この法律その他の政令で定める法令の規定（第八十七条第一項及び第二項並びに第八十八条第一項の規定その他政令で定める規定を除く。）を適用する場合においては、当該申出のあつた日以後、当該特定手続に係る規定により付加保険料を納付する者である期間（附則第九条の四の十第一項第二号において「特定付加納付期間」という。）とみなす。
Where a person who made the request under paragraph (1) has received approval under the provisions of paragraph (2), if it is found that the specified procedure would have been taken had there been no specified reason, and there is a period for which, had that specified procedure been taken, the premium would be treated as not required to be paid under the provisions relating to that specified procedure (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph through paragraph (8) as the "period eligible for full exemption"), that period eligible for full exemption is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order, deemed, from and after the day of that request, to be a period relating to premiums treated as not required to be paid under the provisions relating to that specified procedure (referred to in the following paragraph and paragraph (8), and in Article 9-4-11, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Supplementary Provisions, as the "specified full exemption period"). However, this does not apply to a period that the person who made that request does not wish to be so treated.
第一項の申出をした者が第二項の規定による承認を受けた場合において、特定事由がなければ特定手続が行われていたと認められるときに当該特定手続が行われていたとしたならば当該特定手続に係る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る期間（以下この項から第八項までにおいて「全額免除対象期間」という。）があるときは、当該全額免除対象期間は、この法律その他の政令で定める法令の規定を適用する場合においては、当該申出のあつた日以後、当該特定手続に係る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係る期間（次項及び第八項並びに附則第九条の四の十一第一項第三号において「特定全額免除期間」という。）とみなす。ただし、当該申出をした者がこれを希望しない期間については、この限りでない。
Where a person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension has received approval under the provisions of paragraph (2), and a period eligible for full exemption (excluding one relating to premiums treated as not required to be paid under the provisions of Article 90-3, paragraph (1)) has been deemed to be a specified full exemption period under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day of the request under paragraph (1).
For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act to a person for whom a period eligible for full exemption has been deemed, under the provisions of paragraph (6), to be a specified full exemption period, the phrase "the insured period of the National Pension on and after that day" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the premium exemption period on and after that day under the provisions of Article 9-4-7, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act".
第六項の規定により全額免除対象期間が特定全額免除期間とみなされた者に対する昭和六十年改正法附則第十八条の規定の適用については、同条第一項中「同日以後の国民年金の被保険者期間」とあるのは、「同日以後に同法附則第九条の四の七第六項の規定により保険料免除期間」とする。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to specify, by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the criteria for approval under the provisions of paragraph (2).
厚生労働大臣は、厚生労働省令で、第二項の規定による承認の基準を定めるものとする。
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must, when intending to establish or amend the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare under the preceding paragraph, consult the Social Security Council in advance.
厚生労働大臣は、前項の厚生労働省令を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、社会保障審議会に諮問しなければならない。
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the procedure for the request under paragraph (1) and any other matters necessary concerning the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs are specified by Cabinet Order.