# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) - 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38)（併給の調整） — address `art-38` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条（併給の調整） — (Adjustment for Combined Benefits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38 **第一項** 障害厚生年金は、その受給権者が他の年金たる保険給付又は国民年金法による年金たる給付（当該障害厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づいて支給される障害基礎年金を除く。）を受けることができるときは、その間、その支給を停止する。老齢厚生年金の受給権者が他の年金たる保険給付（遺族厚生年金を除く。）又は同法による年金たる給付（老齢基礎年金及び付加年金並びに障害基礎年金を除く。）を受けることができる場合における当該老齢厚生年金及び遺族厚生年金の受給権者が他の年金たる保険給付（老齢厚生年金を除く。）又は同法による年金たる給付（老齢基礎年金及び付加年金、障害基礎年金並びに当該遺族厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づいて支給される遺族基礎年金を除く。）を受けることができる場合における当該遺族厚生年金についても、同様とする。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-1 Payment of pension benefits from an employees' disability pension is suspended during a period in which a beneficiary is eligible to receive other pension insurance benefits, or pension benefits under the National Pension Act (other than a basic disability pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' disability pension). Similarly, payment of pension benefits from an employees' old-age pension is suspended during the period in which a beneficiary is eligible to receive other pension insurance benefits (other than an employees' pension for surviving family) or pension benefits under the National Pension Act (other than an old-age basic pension, additional pension, or basic disability pension), and the payment of pension benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family is suspended during the period in which a beneficiary is eligible to receive other pension insurance benefits (other than an employees' old-age pension) or pension benefits under that Act (other than an old-age basic pension and additional pension, a basic disability pension, or a basic pension for surviving family to be paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' pension for surviving family in question). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定によりその支給を停止するものとされた年金たる保険給付の受給権者は、同項の規定にかかわらず、その支給の停止の解除を申請することができる。ただし、その者に係る同項に規定する他の年金たる保険給付又は国民年金法による年金たる給付について、この項の本文若しくは次項又は他の法令の規定でこれらに相当するものとして政令で定めるものによりその支給の停止が解除されているときは、この限りでない。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a beneficiary of pension insurance benefits whose payment is to be suspended pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph may apply for the suspension of payment to be lifted; provided, however, that this does not apply with regard to that person's other pension insurance benefits or pension benefits under the National Pension Act as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if these have been lifted in accordance with the provisions of the main clause of this or the following paragraph or provisions of other laws and regulations prescribed by Cabinet Order as being equivalent thereto. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定によりその支給を停止するものとされた年金たる保険給付について、その支給を停止すべき事由が生じた日の属する月分の支給が行われる場合は、その事由が生じたときにおいて、当該年金たる保険給付に係る前項の申請があつたものとみなす。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-3 If pension insurance benefits whose payment is to be suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) will be paid for the month that includes the day on which the reason for the suspension of payment has occurred, an application as referred to in the preceding paragraph concerning those pension insurance benefits is deemed to have been filed at the time the reason occurred. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の申請（前項の規定により第二項の申請があつたものとみなされた場合における当該申請を含む。）は、いつでも、将来に向かつて撤回することができる。 art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-4 An application as referred to in paragraph (2) (or an application as referred to in paragraph (2), if it is deemed, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, that such an application has been filed) may be prospectively withdrawn at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-2: この項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-2: 次項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-3 - art-38/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-4: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-3 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第二項（併給の調整） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第三項（併給の調整） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第四項（併給の調整） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十二第一項（年金たる保険給付の併給の調整の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-22/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第十一号（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-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-11 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の十第一項第六号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-10/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-10/par-1/item-6 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条第一項（併給の調整の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十六条第三項（厚生年金保険の年金たる保険給付に係る併給調整の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-56/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-56/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十六条第四項（厚生年金保険の年金たる保険給付に係る併給調整の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-56/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十六条第五項（厚生年金保険の年金たる保険給付に係る併給調整の経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-56/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-56/par-5 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十四条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-6 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条第一項（厚生年金保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1 - 国民年金法 附則第九条の三第三項（旧陸軍共済組合等の組合員であつた期間を有する者に対する老齢年金の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3341-141/art-9-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3341-141/art-9-3/par-3 --- ## 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