# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の二十 (Article 78-20) - 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: 第七十八条の二十 (Article 78-20)（標準報酬改定請求を行う場合の特例） — address `art-78-20` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条の二十（標準報酬改定請求を行う場合の特例） — (Special Provisions for When Filing a Request for Standardized Remuneration to Be Revised or Decided) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20 **第一項** 特定被保険者又は被扶養配偶者が、離婚等（第七十八条の二第一項に規定する離婚等をいう。）をした場合において、第七十八条の十四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が行われていない特定期間の全部又は一部を対象期間として第七十八条の二第一項の規定による標準報酬の改定又は決定の請求をしたときは、当該請求をしたときに、第七十八条の十四第一項の請求があつたものとみなす。ただし、当該請求をした日において当該特定被保険者が障害厚生年金の受給権者であるときは、この限りでない。 art-78-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20/par-1 If a specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof have gone through a divorce or similar circumstances (meaning the divorce or similar circumstances provided for in Article 78-2, paragraph (1)), and a request for a revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) has been filed that has, as the subject period, the whole or a part of a specific period for which the standardized remuneration has not been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the request under Article 78-14, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed at the time that the request for a revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) was filed; provided, however, that this does not apply if the specific insured is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension as of the day of the relevant request. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、第七十八条の三第一項の対象期間標準報酬総額の基礎となる当該特定期間に係る被保険者期間の標準報酬（標準報酬月額について、第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）並びに第七十八条の六第一項及び第二項の当該特定期間に係る被保険者期間の改定前の標準報酬（標準報酬月額について、第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）については、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定による改定及び決定後の標準報酬とする。 art-78-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the standardized remuneration for the insured period that falls under the specific period, that constitutes the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period referred to in Article 78-3, paragraph (1) (or, for the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for a month for which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration) and the standardized remuneration for the insured period that falls under the specific period referred to in Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) (or, for the standardized monthly amount of remuneration of a month for which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration) is the standardized remuneration after the revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第七十八条の十四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が行われていない特定期間の全部又は一部を対象期間として第七十八条の四第一項の請求があつた場合において、同項の請求があつた日に特定被保険者が障害厚生年金の受給権を有しないときは、同条第二項に規定する情報は、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により当該対象期間中の特定期間に係る被保険者期間の標準報酬の改定及び決定が行われたとみなして算定したものとする。 art-78-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20/par-3 If a request under Article 78-4, paragraph (1) has been filed that has, as the subject period, the whole or a part of the specific period for which the standardized remuneration has not been not revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and the specific insured has no right to receive benefits from the employees' disability pension as of the day on which the request under that paragraph was filed, the information provided for in paragraph (2) of that Article is that which is calculated when the standardized remuneration for the insured period in the specific period that fell under the subject period is deemed to have been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の規定は、第七十八条の五の求めがあつた場合に準用する。 art-78-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20/par-4 The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if a request under Article 78-5 has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月の標準報酬月額について第七十八条の十四第二項の規定により改定された場合における第七十八条の三第一項及び第七十八条の六第一項の規定の適用については、第七十八条の三第一項中「標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）」とあるのは「標準報酬月額」と、第七十八条の六第一項第一号中「標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額。次号において同じ。）」とあるのは「標準報酬月額」とする。 art-78-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20/par-5 To apply the provisions of Article 78-3, paragraph (1) and Article 78-6, paragraph (1) to a case in which the standardized monthly amount of remuneration is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) for a month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) has been deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the phrase "the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period ( the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is substituted for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the relevant month pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph" in Article 78-3, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with " the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period" and the phrase "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration (for months in which, pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration, the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration; the same applies in the following item)" in Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78-20/par-1: 第七十八条の二第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二第一項 (Article 78-2, paragraph (1)), art-78-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-2/par-1 - art-78-20/par-1: 第七十八条の十四第二項 → 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-78-20/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 - art-78-20/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 - 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art-78-20/par-3: 同条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の四第二項 (Article 78-4, paragraph (2)), art-78-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-4/par-2 - art-78-20/par-4: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十第三項 (Article 78-20, paragraph (3)), art-78-20/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-20/par-3 - art-78-20/par-4: 第七十八条の五 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の五 (Article 78-5), art-78-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-5 - art-78-20/par-5: 第二十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-26/par-1 - art-78-20/par-5: 第七十八条の十四第二項 → 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-78-20/par-5: 第七十八条の三第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三第一項 (Article 78-3, paragraph (1)), art-78-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-3/par-1 - art-78-20/par-5: 第七十八条の六第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の六第一項 (Article 78-6, paragraph (1)), art-78-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-6/par-1 - art-78-20/par-5: 第七十八条の六第一項第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の六第一項第一号 (Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-78-6/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-6/par-1/item-1 - art-78-20/par-5: 次号 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の六第一項第二号 (Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-78-6/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-6/par-1/item-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. 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