# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（資格の得喪の確認） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十八条（資格の得喪の確認） — (Confirmation of Acquisition or Forfeiture of Status) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18 **第一項** 被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失は、厚生労働大臣の確認によつて、その効力を生ずる。ただし、第十条第一項の規定による被保険者の資格の取得及び第十四条第三号に該当したことによる被保険者の資格の喪失は、この限りでない。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-1 Acquisition and forfeiture of status as an insured become effective by virtue of a confirmation by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply to status as an insured acquired pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1), nor to forfeiture of status as an insured due to the person having come to fall under Article 14, item (iii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の確認は、第二十七条の規定による届出若しくは第三十一条第一項の規定による請求により、又は職権で行うものとする。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare makes a confirmation as referred to in the preceding paragraph based on a notification under the provisions of Article 27 or a request under the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1), or on the minister's own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の確認については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章（第十二条及び第十四条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。 art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-3 The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) Chapter III (other than Articles 12 and 14) do not apply to the confirmation referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者及び第四号厚生年金被保険者の資格の取得及び喪失については、前三項の規定は、適用しない。 art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-4 The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to the acquisition or forfeiture of status as a category II EPI insured, a category III EPI insured, or a category IV EPI insured. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-1: 第十条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10/par-1 - art-18/par-1: 第十四条第三号 → 厚生年金保険法 第十四条第一項第三号 (Article 14, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-14/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-14/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-14/par-1/item-3 - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-2: 第二十七条 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-27 - art-18/par-2: 第三十一条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31/par-1 - art-18/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-3: 第十二条 → 行政手続法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-12 - art-18/par-3: 第十四条 → 行政手続法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-14 - art-18/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-1 - art-18/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-2 - art-18/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-3 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第三十五条第一項第五号（派遣先への通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-35/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-35/par-1/item-5 - 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第二項（資格の得喪の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第三項（資格の得喪の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第四項（資格の得喪の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 第二十九条第一項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-29/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十一条第一項（確認の請求） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第三号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-4/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条第一項（被保険者の資格に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-3/par-1 - 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 附則第四十二条第一項（厚生年金保険の被保険者資格の取得及び喪失の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-42/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第一項（船員任意継続被保険者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/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 附則第十四条第一項（厚生年金保険の被保険者資格の取得及び喪失に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-14/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十四条第二項（厚生年金保険の被保険者資格の取得及び喪失に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-14/par-2 --- ## 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