Supplementary Provisions, Article 10Special Provisions on Payment of National Pension Premiums
第十条（国民年金の保険料の納付の特例）
From October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2018, an insured person of National Pension or a person who was an insured person of National Pension (excluding a person entitled to receive an old-age basic pension under the National Pension Act) may, with the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pay, for each month of a period, among that person’s insured periods of National Pension, other than the premium-paid period of National Pension (meaning the premium-paid period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act; the same applies hereinafter) and the premium exemption period (meaning the premium exemption period prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article) (limited to a period within five years before the month in which the day of approval falls, and for which the right to collect the premium of National Pension pertaining to that period has been extinguished by prescription), a premium of National Pension in the amount obtained by adding the amount specified by Cabinet Order to the amount equivalent to the premium of National Pension for that month (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "late-payment premium").
平成二十七年十月一日から平成三十年九月三十日までの間、国民年金の被保険者又は被保険者であった者（国民年金法による老齢基礎年金の受給権者を除く。）は、厚生労働大臣の承認を受け、その者の国民年金の被保険者期間のうち、国民年金の保険料納付済期間（同法第五条第一項に規定する保険料納付済期間をいう。以下同じ。）及び保険料免除期間（同条第二項に規定する保険料免除期間をいう。）以外の期間（承認の日の属する月前五年以内の期間であって、当該期間に係る国民年金の保険料を徴収する権利が時効によって消滅しているものに限る。）の各月につき、当該各月の国民年金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国民年金の保険料（以下この条において「後納保険料」という。）を納付することができる。
When granting the approval under the preceding paragraph, if a person seeking that approval has not paid the whole or part of a premium of National Pension that was not paid by the due date for payment and for which the right to collect it has not been extinguished by prescription (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as "premiums in arrears"), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to request payment of those premiums in arrears.
Payment of the late-payment premium under paragraph (1) is to be made in order, beginning with the late-payment premium pertaining to the premium of National Pension for the month that elapsed earliest.
When payment of the late-payment premium is made under the provisions of paragraph (1), the premium of National Pension for the month to which the payment pertains is deemed to have been paid on the day the payment was made.
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 87-2, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the term "Article 94, paragraph (4)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "Article 94, paragraph (4), or Article 10, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Administration of Government-Administered Pension Programs, etc. (Act No. 64 of 2014)".
前項の場合における国民年金法第八十七条の二第二項の規定の適用については、同項中「第九十四条第四項」とあるのは、「第九十四条第四項又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）附則第十条第四項」とする。
With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act to a person who paid the late-payment premium under the provisions of paragraph (1), the term "the insured period of National Pension on and after that day" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the period that became a premium-paid period as a result of payment made on and after that day under the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. for Improving the Administration of Government-Administered Pension Programs, etc. (Act No. 64 of 2014)".
第一項の規定により後納保険料を納付し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）附則第十条第一項の規定による納付が行われたことにより保険料納付済期間」とする。
The affairs pertaining to the authority of approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare 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 10, paragraph (7) 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承認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条第七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 of approval 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、前項の承認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 approval 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承認の権限は、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。
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the payment procedure for the late-payment premium and other necessary matters concerning payment of the late-payment premium are specified by Cabinet Order.