Supplementary Provisions, Article 9-4-3Payment of the Specified Premium
第九条の四の三（特定保険料の納付）
An insured person or a person who was an insured person (limited to a person who has a specified period) may, during the period until the day on which three years elapse, calculated from the day following the day specified by Cabinet Order under Article 98 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to as the "specified premium payment deadline"), obtain the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and pay, for each month of the period, among the specified period, other than the premium-paid period, during which the person was 50 years of age or older but under 60 years of age (or, in the case of a person who is under 60 years of age, the period within 10 years before the month that includes the day of approval), the premium (hereinafter referred to in this Article and in Article 9-4-9, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions as the "specified premium") in the highest of the amounts obtained by adding the amount specified by Cabinet Order to the amount equivalent to the premium for each month of the period within 10 years before the month that includes the day of approval (or, for the period within 10 years before the month that includes the day of approval, that added amount).
平成二十五年改正法附則第九十八条の政令で定める日の翌日から起算して三年を経過する日（以下「特定保険料納付期限日」という。）までの間において、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者（特定期間を有する者に限る。）は、厚生労働大臣の承認を受け、特定期間のうち、保険料納付済期間以外の期間であつて、その者が五十歳以上六十歳未満であつた期間（その者が六十歳未満である場合にあつては、承認の日の属する月前十年以内の期間）の各月につき、承認の日の属する月前十年以内の期間の各月の保険料に相当する額に政令で定める額を加算した額のうち最も高い額（承認の日の属する月前十年以内の期間にあつては、当該加算した額）の保険料（以下この条及び附則第九条の四の九第四項において「特定保険料」という。）を納付することができる。
Payment of the specified premium under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to be made in order, starting with the specified premium relating to the premium for the month that elapsed earliest.
Where payment of the specified premium is made under the provisions of paragraph (1), the premium for the month to which the payment relates is deemed to have been paid on the day on which the payment was made.
Where a person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension makes payment of the specified premium under the provisions of paragraph (1), the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the payment was made. However, for a specified recipient prescribed in the following Article, the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the specified premium payment deadline.
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the procedure for payment of the specified premium and any other matters necessary concerning payment of the specified premium are specified by Cabinet Order.
Supplementary Provisions, Article 9-4-4Special Provisions on the Old-Age Basic Pension, etc. of a Specified Recipient
第九条の四の四（特定受給者の老齢基礎年金等の特例）
With respect to the period that became a time-barred inconsistent period that is held by a person who has a period that became a time-barred inconsistent period as a result of a correction made, on or after the Partial Effective Date of the 2013 Amendment Act, to matters recorded under the provisions of Article 14, and who was, on the Partial Effective Date of the 2013 Amendment Act, receiving an old-age basic pension or old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act on the basis that the period that became that time-barred inconsistent period was a premium-paid period (including a person for whom payment of the whole of those benefits is suspended; referred to in the following Article as a "specified recipient"), that period is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order (limited to those relating to the old-age basic pension or old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act), deemed to be a premium-paid period until the specified premium payment deadline. In this case, the provisions of Article 9-4-2, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions do not apply.
平成二十五年改正法一部施行日以後に第十四条の規定により記録した事項の訂正がなされたことにより時効消滅不整合期間となつた期間を有する者であつて、平成二十五年改正法一部施行日において当該時効消滅不整合期間となつた期間が保険料納付済期間であるものとして老齢基礎年金又は厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等を受けているもの（これらの給付の全部につき支給が停止されている者を含む。次条において「特定受給者」という。）が有する当該時効消滅不整合期間となつた期間については、この法律その他の政令で定める法令の規定（老齢基礎年金又は厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等に係るものに限る。）を適用する場合においては、特定保険料納付期限日までの間、保険料納付済期間とみなす。この場合において、附則第九条の四の二第二項の規定は、適用しない。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 9-4-5Amount of the Old-Age Basic Pension of a Specified Recipient for the Month Following the Month That Includes the Specified Premium Payment Deadline, and Thereafter
第九条の四の五（特定保険料納付期限日の属する月の翌月以後の特定受給者の老齢基礎年金の額）
With respect to the amount of the old-age basic pension paid to a specified recipient for the months from the month following the month that includes the specified premium payment deadline onward, where the amount after correction (meaning the amount specified in the provisions of Article 27 and Article 28, Article 9-2 and Article 9-2-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act) is less than the amount obtained by multiplying the amount before correction (meaning the amount specified in these provisions where the provisions of Article 27 and Article 28, Article 9-2 and Article 9-2-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act are applied deeming the period that became a time-barred inconsistent period prescribed in the preceding Article to be a premium-paid period) by 90 percent (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "lower limit of reduction"), the amount is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27 and Article 28, Article 9-2 and Article 9-2-2 of the Supplementary Provisions, and Article 17 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, the amount equivalent to the lower limit of reduction.
特定受給者に支給する特定保険料納付期限日の属する月の翌月以後の月分の老齢基礎年金の額については、訂正後年金額（第二十七条及び第二十八条並びに附則第九条の二及び第九条の二の二並びに昭和六十年改正法附則第十七条の規定に定める額をいう。）が訂正前年金額（前条に規定する時効消滅不整合期間となつた期間を保険料納付済期間とみなして第二十七条及び第二十八条並びに附則第九条の二及び第九条の二の二並びに昭和六十年改正法附則第十七条の規定を適用した場合におけるこれらの規定に定める額をいう。）に百分の九十を乗じて得た額（以下この条において「減額下限額」という。）に満たないときは、第二十七条及び第二十八条並びに附則第九条の二及び第九条の二の二並びに昭和六十年改正法附則第十七条の規定にかかわらず、減額下限額に相当する額とする。
Supplementary Provisions, Article 9-4-6Special Provisions on the Disability Basic Pension, etc. of a Person Who Has an Inconsistent Period
第九条の四の六（不整合期間を有する者の障害基礎年金等に係る特例）
With respect to the period that became an inconsistent period held by a person who has a period that became an inconsistent period as a result of a correction made, on or after the Partial Effective Date of the 2013 Amendment Act, to matters recorded under the provisions of Article 14, and who was, on the Partial Effective Date of the 2013 Amendment Act, receiving a disability basic pension or a benefit in the form of a pension having disability as its ground for payment under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act or any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order, on the basis that the period that became that inconsistent period was a premium-paid period (including a person for whom payment of the whole of those benefits is suspended), that period is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order (limited to those relating to those benefits), deemed to be a premium-paid period.
With respect to the period that became an inconsistent period that is the basis for calculating the period that is an eligibility requirement for a survivors' basic pension relating to the death of a person who has a period that became an inconsistent period as a result of a correction made, on or after the Partial Effective Date of the 2013 Amendment Act, to matters recorded under the provisions of Article 14, or for a benefit in the form of a pension having death as its ground for payment under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act or any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order, that is being paid on the basis that the period that became that inconsistent period was, on the Partial Effective Date of the 2013 Amendment Act, a premium-paid period (including a benefit for which payment of the whole is suspended), that period is, for the purpose of applying the provisions of this Act and any other laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order (limited to those relating to those benefits), deemed to be a premium-paid period.
平成二十五年改正法一部施行日以後に第十四条の規定により記録した事項の訂正がなされたことにより不整合期間となつた期間を有する者の死亡に係る遺族基礎年金又は厚生年金保険法その他の政令で定める法令に基づく死亡を支給事由とする年金たる給付であつて、平成二十五年改正法一部施行日において当該不整合期間となつた期間が保険料納付済期間であるものとして支給されているもの（これらの給付の全部につき支給が停止されているものを含む。）の受給資格要件たる期間の計算の基礎となる当該不整合期間となつた期間については、この法律その他の政令で定める法令の規定（これらの給付に係るものに限る。）を適用する場合においては、保険料納付済期間とみなす。
Where a notification is given under the provisions of Article 9-4-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of paragraph (1) do not apply, from and after the day on which that notification was given, to the period to which that notification relates.
附則第九条の四の二第一項の規定により届出が行われたときは、当該届出が行われた日以後、当該届出に係る期間については、第一項の規定は、適用しない。
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".
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.