# 厚生年金保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第八条の三 (Article 8-3)

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- Law: 厚生年金保険法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年政令第百十号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
- Kind: CabinetOrder — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第八条の三 (Article 8-3)（二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金の支給の繰上げの特例の適用に関する読替え等） — address `art-8-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八条の三（二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金の支給の繰上げの特例の適用に関する読替え等） — Replacement of Terms, etc. for Application of the Special Provisions on Early Payment of Employees' Old-Age Pensions to a Person Who Has Spent Time as an Insured Person in Two or More Categories
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<sup>art-8-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-8-3</sup>

**第一項**  二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者について、法附則第七条の三の規定を適用する場合においては、同条第一項中「老齢厚生年金」とあるのは「老齢厚生年金（第三号に該当する者については第一号厚生年金被保険者期間に基づく老齢厚生年金に限り、第四号に該当する者については第三号厚生年金被保険者期間に基づく老齢厚生年金に限る。）」と、同条第六項中「第四十四条及び」とあるのは「厚生年金保険法施行令（昭和二十九年政令第百十号）第三条の十三第一項の規定により読み替えられた第四十四条及び」と、「第四十四条第一項」とあるのは「同令第三条の十三第一項の規定により読み替えられた第四十四条第一項」と、「附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時（」とあるのは「当該一の期間に基づく附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時（」と、「又は第三項」とあるのは「若しくは第三項」と、「又は附則第七条の三第五項」とあるのは「若しくは附則第七条の三第五項」と、「により当該」とあるのは「若しくは第七十八条の二十二に規定する他の期間に基づく老齢厚生年金の受給権を取得したことにより当該」と、「」とあるのは「附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時」」とあるのは「胎児」とあるのは「第七十八条の二十二に規定する各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち同条に規定する一の期間に基づく附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した当時胎児」と、「子は、受給権者がその権利を取得した」とあるのは「子は、一の期間に基づく同条第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した」」と、第六条の三中「厚生年金保険の」とあるのは「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る」とする。
<sup>art-8-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-8-3/par-1</sup>
Where the provisions of Article 7-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories, the phrase "employees' old-age pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "employees' old-age pension (limited, for a person who falls under item (iii), to an employees' old-age pension based on a category I EPI insured period, and, for a person who falls under item (iv), to an employees' old-age pension based on a category III EPI insured period)"; in paragraph (6) of that Article, the phrase "Article 44, and" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 44, as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 3-13, paragraph (1) of the Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Cabinet Order No. 110 of 1954), and", the phrase "Article 44, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 44, paragraph (1) as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 3-13, paragraph (1) of that Order", the phrase "at the time that the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65 (" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time that the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions based on that time in one category reached the age of 65 (", in the phrase "or (3)", "又は" (or) is deemed to be replaced with "若しくは" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives), in the phrase "or Article 7-3, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions", "又は" (or) is deemed to be replaced with "若しくは" (or, joining a smaller group of alternatives), the phrase "the number of months came to be 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "the number of months came to be 240 or more pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (2) or (3), or by acquiring the right to receive an employees' old-age pension based on the time in another category prescribed in Article 78-22", and the phrase in which "" is deemed to be replaced with "at the time the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions reached the age of 65" is deemed to be replaced with the phrase in which "in utero" is deemed to be replaced with "in utero at the time that the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions based on the time in one category among the category of EPI insured period prescribed in Article 78-22 reached the age of 65" and "the child is deemed to have been receiving financial support from the beneficiary at the time the beneficiary acquired the right to receive benefits" is deemed to be replaced with "the child is deemed to have been receiving financial support from the beneficiary at the time the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension based on the time in one category under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article reached the age of 65"; and in Article 6-3, the phrase "under employees' pension insurance" is deemed to be replaced with "relating to the time in one category among the categories of EPI insured period".
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**第二項**  前項の場合（法附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳未満である場合に限る。）における法第七十八条の二十九の規定により読み替えられた法第四十六条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額」とあるのは、「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額（当該老齢厚生年金について、在職支給停止規定（老齢厚生年金の受給権者が第七十八条の二十二に規定する二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者でないものとした場合に当該受給権者が附則第十一条第一項に規定する被保険者等である日が属する月において適用される同項その他の当該老齢厚生年金の支給の停止に関する規定をいう。）により支給を停止する額を計算する場合において、その計算の基礎となる基本月額に十二を乗じて得た額に相当する額に限る。）」とする。
<sup>art-8-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-8-3/par-2</sup>
In the case of the preceding paragraph (limited to the case where the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act is under the age of 65), for the application of Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-29 of the Act, the phrase "the amount of employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the amount of employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods (limited to the amount equivalent to the amount obtained by multiplying by 12 the base monthly amount that forms the basis for calculating that amount, where the amount for which payment of that employees' old-age pension is suspended is calculated under the provisions on suspension of payment during employment (meaning the provisions set forth in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions and other provisions on the suspension of payment of that employees' old-age pension, which would apply in the month that includes a day on which the person is an insured person, etc. prescribed in that paragraph if the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension were not a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories prescribed in Article 78-22))".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-8-3/par-1: 法附則第七条の三 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 同条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 第三号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第一項第三号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (1), item (iii)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-1/item-3 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 第四号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-1/item-4 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 同条第六項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (6)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-6 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 第四十四条 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十四条 (Article 44), art-44 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-44 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 厚生年金保険法施行令（昭和二十九年政令第百十号）第三条の十三第一項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第三条の十三第一項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1)), art-3-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-3-13/par-1
- art-8-3/par-1: 第四十四条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-44/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 附則第七条の三第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (3)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 附則第七条の三第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (5)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-5 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 第七十八条の二十二 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十二 (Article 78-22), art-78-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-22 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-1: 第六条の三 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第六条の三 (Article 6-3), art-6-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-6-3
- art-8-3/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第八条の三第一項 (Article 8-3, paragraph (1)), art-8-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-8-3/par-1
- art-8-3/par-2: 法附則第七条の三第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (3)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-2: 法第七十八条の二十九 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十九 (Article 78-29), art-78-29 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-29 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-2: 法第四十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-46/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-2: 第七十八条の二十二 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十二 (Article 78-22), art-78-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-22 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)
- art-8-3/par-2: 附則第十一条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (1)), suppl-3291-115/art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-11/par-1 (e-Gov law ID 329AC0000000115)

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第八条の三第二項（二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金の支給の繰上げの特例の適用に関する読替え等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-8-3/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第八条の四第一項（二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金の基本手当等との調整の特例の適用に関する読替え） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-8-4/par-1

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法施行令 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329CO0000000110/20261001_508CO0000000276), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-023, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 229 — 厚生年金保険法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
