# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2) - 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: 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2)（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — address `art-38-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条の二（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — (Suspension of Payment at the Beneficiary's Request) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2 **第一項** 年金たる保険給付（この法律の他の規定又は他の法令の規定によりその全額につき支給を停止されている年金たる保険給付を除く。）は、その受給権者の申出により、その全額の支給を停止する。ただし、この法律の他の規定又は他の法令の規定によりその額の一部につき支給を停止されているときは、停止されていない部分の額の支給を停止する。 art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-1 At the request of the beneficiary, payment is suspended in full for pension insurance benefits (other than pension insurance benefits whose payment is suspended in full pursuant to other provisions of this Act or the provisions of other laws and regulations); provided, however, that if there is a partial suspension on payment of those benefits pursuant to other provisions of this Act or the provisions of other laws and regulations, payment of the amount not suspended thereby is suspended. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書のその額の一部につき支給を停止されている年金たる保険給付について、この法律の他の規定又は他の法令の規定による支給停止が解除されたときは、前項本文の年金たる保険給付の全額の支給を停止する。 art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-2 If a suspension on payment under other provisions of this Act or the provisions of other laws and regulations has been lifted for pension insurance benefits that are subject to a partial suspension on payment as referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the payment of pension insurance benefits as referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph is suspended in full. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の申出は、いつでも、将来に向かつて撤回することができる。 art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-3 The request under paragraph (1) may be prospectively withdrawn at any time. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項又は第二項の規定により支給を停止されている年金給付は、政令で定める法令の規定の適用については、その支給を停止されていないものとみなす。 art-38-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-4 Pension benefits whose payment is suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) are deemed not to be subject to a suspension of payment as it concerns the application of the provisions of laws and regulations as provided for by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の規定による支給停止の方法その他前各項の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-38-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-5 Cabinet Order provides for the means of suspending payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and for other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-38-2/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-1 - art-38-2/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-1 - art-38-2/par-4: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-1 - art-38-2/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第二項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (2)), art-38-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-2 - art-38-2/par-5: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-1 - art-38-2/par-5: 前各項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第二項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (2)), art-38-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-2 - art-38-2/par-5: 前各項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第三項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (3)), art-38-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-3 - art-38-2/par-5: 前各項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第四項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (4)), art-38-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-4 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第二項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第三項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第四項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第五項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-5 - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十三第一項（年金たる保険給付の申出による支給停止の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-23/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第十二号（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-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-12 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の十第一項第七号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-10/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-10/par-1/item-7 - 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 --- ## 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