# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十七条の三 (Article 47-3) - 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: 第四十七条の三 (Article 47-3) — address `art-47-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条の三 art-47-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3 **第一項** 疾病にかかり、又は負傷し、かつ、その傷病（以下この条において「基準傷病」という。）に係る初診日において被保険者であつた者であつて、基準傷病以外の傷病により障害の状態にあるものが、基準傷病に係る障害認定日以後六十五歳に達する日の前日までの間において、初めて、基準傷病による障害（以下この条において「基準障害」という。）と他の障害とを併合して障害等級の一級又は二級に該当する程度の障害の状態に該当するに至つたとき（基準傷病の初診日が、基準傷病以外の傷病（基準傷病以外の傷病が二以上ある場合は、基準傷病以外のすべての傷病）に係る初診日以降であるときに限る。）は、その者に基準障害と他の障害とを併合した障害の程度による障害厚生年金を支給する。 art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-1 If a person has contracted an illness or suffered an injury, was an insured on the day of initial examination for that injury or illness (hereinafter referred to as the "base injury or illness" in this Article) and has a disability due to an injury or illness other than the base injury or illness, and if the severity of that person's disabilities stemming from a combination of the disability arising from the base injury or illness (hereinafter referred to as the "base disability" in this Article) and other disabilities (but only if the day of initial examination of the base injury or illness is on or after the day of initial examination for the injury or illness other than the base injury or illness (if there are two or more injuries or illnesses other than the base injury or illness, for all injuries or illnesses other than the base injury or illness)) comes to be classified as Grade 1 or Grade 2 of the disability grades for the first time during the period from the day of disability assessment for the base injury or illness until the day before the day on which the person reaches the age of 65, the person is paid employees' disability pension in accordance with the severity of the disabilities stemming from a combination of the base disability and other disabilities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四十七条第一項ただし書の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。この場合において、同条第一項ただし書中「当該傷病」とあるのは、「基準傷病」と読み替えるものとする。 art-47-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-2 The provisions of the proviso to Article 47, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a case under the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the phrase "that injury or illness" in the proviso to paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the base injury or illness". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の障害厚生年金の支給は、第三十六条第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該障害厚生年金の請求があつた月の翌月から始めるものとする。 art-47-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 36 paragraph (1), payment of employees' disability pension under paragraph (1) of this Article commences from the month that follows the month in which the claim for the employees' disability pension is made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47-3/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条の三 (Article 47-3), art-47-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3 - art-47-3/par-2: 第四十七条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47/par-1 - art-47-3/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条の三第一項 (Article 47-3, paragraph (1)), art-47-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-1 - art-47-3/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条の三第一項 (Article 47-3, paragraph (1)), art-47-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-1 - art-47-3/par-3: 第三十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-36/par-1 ## Cited by 14 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 第四十七条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-47-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-47-3/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 第五十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-51/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 第百条の十第一項第十二号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-10/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-10/par-1/item-12 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の二第一項（他の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間の確認等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-7-2/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の二第二項（他の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間の確認等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-7-2/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十六条の三第一項（障害厚生年金の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-16-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-16-3/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十八条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-48/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-48/par-6 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十四条第一項（障害厚生年金等の支給要件の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-64/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-64/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-65/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-65/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-67/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-10/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十九条第一項（初診日が施行日前にある傷病による障害等の場合における経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-19/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