# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の十七 (Article 78-17)

- 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: 第七十八条の十七 (Article 78-17)（省令への委任） — address `art-78-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-17
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### 第七十八条の十七（省令への委任） — (Delegation to Ministerial Order)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-17</sup>

**第一項**  前三条に定めるもののほか、第七十八条の十四第一項の規定による請求並びに同条第二項及び第三項の規定による標準報酬の改定及び決定の手続に関し必要な事項は、主務省令で定める。
<sup>art-78-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-17/par-1</sup>
Beyond as provided in the preceding three Articles, order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the procedures for the request under the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of that Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78-17/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四 (Article 78-14), art-78-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14
- art-78-17/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十五 (Article 78-15), art-78-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-15
- art-78-17/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十六 (Article 78-16), art-78-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-16
- art-78-17/par-1: 第七十八条の十四第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四第一項 (Article 78-14, paragraph (1)), art-78-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14/par-1
- art-78-17/par-1: 同条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四第二項 (Article 78-14, paragraph (2)), art-78-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14/par-2
- art-78-17/par-1: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四第三項 (Article 78-14, paragraph (3)), art-78-14/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14/par-3

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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
