# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第百四条 (Article 104)

- Law: 厚生年金保険法 (Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年法律第百十五号
- English title "Employees' Pension Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — 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: 第百四条 (Article 104) — address `art-104`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104
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### 第百四条
<sup>art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104</sup>

**第一項**  法人（法人でない社団又は財団で代表者又は管理人の定めがあるもの（以下この条において「人格のない社団等」という。）を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の代表者（人格のない社団等の管理人を含む。）又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関して、第百二条から前条までの違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑を科する。
<sup>art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104/par-1</sup>
If the representative of a corporation (this includes an association or foundation that is not a corporation but that has a designated representative or administrator; hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality"; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (that representative may be an administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual has violated one of the provisions from Article 102 through the preceding Article in connection with the business or assets of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is also subject to the fine set forth in the relevant Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  人格のない社団等について前項の規定の適用がある場合においては、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につき当該人格のない社団等を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。
<sup>art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104/par-2</sup>
When the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents it in any judicial proceedings, and legal provisions concerning criminal proceedings in which a corporation is the defendant or the suspect apply mutatis mutandis.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-104/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104
- art-104/par-1: この項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104/par-1
- art-104/par-1: 第百二条から前条まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百二条 (Article 102), art-102 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-102 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-102
- art-104/par-1: 第百二条から前条まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-103
- art-104/par-1: 第百二条から前条まで → 厚生年金保険法 第百三条の二 (Article 103-2), art-103-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-103-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-103-2
- art-104/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百四条第一項 (Article 104, paragraph (1)), art-104/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の二十六第一項第四号（登録の拒否） — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-26/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-26/par-1/item-4
- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第六条第一項第二号（許可の欠格事由） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-6/par-1/item-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第百四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第一項（厚生年金保険の被保険者の種別の変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十二条第一項（徴収金の督促及び滞納処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-82/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十二条第二項（徴収金の督促及び滞納処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-82/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 厚生年金保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
