# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の二十九 (Article 78-29) - 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: 第七十八条の二十九 (Article 78-29)（老齢厚生年金の支給停止の特例） — address `art-78-29` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-29 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条の二十九（老齢厚生年金の支給停止の特例） — (Special Provisions on Suspending Payment of Employees' Old-Age Pensions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-29 **第一項** 二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者について、第四十六条の規定を適用する場合においては、同条第一項中「老齢厚生年金の受給権者」とあるのは「第七十八条の二十二に規定する各号の厚生年金被保険者期間（以下この項において「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）のうち同条に規定する一の期間（第六項において「一の期間」という。）に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の受給権者」と、「及び老齢厚生年金の額」とあるのは「及び各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額を合算して得た額」と、「第四十四条の三第四項に規定する加算額を除く。以下この項において同じ」とあるのは「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする第四十四条の三第四項に規定する加算額を合算して得た額を除く」と、「当該老齢厚生年金」とあるのは「当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金」と、「控除して得た額」とあるのは「控除して得た額に当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額（第四十四条第一項に規定する加給年金額及び第四十四条の三第四項に規定する加算額を除く。以下この項において同じ。）を十二で除して得た額を基本月額で除して得た数を乗じて得た額」と、「老齢厚生年金の額以上」とあるのは「当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額以上」と、「老齢厚生年金の全部」とあるのは「当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の全部」と、同条第六項中「被保険者期間の月数」とあるのは「被保険者期間の月数（その者の二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間に係る被保険者期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなした場合における当該被保険者期間の月数とする。）」とするほか、同条の規定の適用に関し必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-78-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-29/par-1 When the provisions of Article 46 are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (referred to in paragraph (6) as 'the person's time in one category') among each of the categories of EPI insured period as provided for in that Article (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this paragraph as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "the amount of employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the amount arrived at when the amount of employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods is added up"; the phrase "excluding... additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph" is deemed to be the phrase "excluding... the amount arrived at when the additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods are added up"; the phrase "the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount, the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum, and the amount equivalent to one-half of the difference is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension");" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount; the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum; the difference is multiplied by the number that is arrived at when, first, the amount of an employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category (excluding the amount of additional pension provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is divided by 12, and then the quotient is divided by the base monthly amount; and the amount equivalent to one-half of the production thus calculated is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension"):"; the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; and, in paragraph (6) of that Article, the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more" is deemed to be the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more (the number of months counted into that insured period is the number of months that constitute the relevant person's insured period associated with the time in one category if the insured periods associated with the time that the relevant person has spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together and that person is deemed to have had only the insured period associated with the time in one category"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78-29/par-1: 第四十六条 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十六条 (Article 46), art-46 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-46 - art-78-29/par-1: 同条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-46/par-1 - art-78-29/par-1: 第七十八条の二十二 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十二 (Article 78-22), art-78-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-22 - art-78-29/par-1: 第六項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十六条第六項 (Article 46, paragraph (6)), art-46/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-46/par-6 - art-78-29/par-1: 第四十四条の三第四項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十四条の三第四項 (Article 44-3, paragraph (4)), art-44-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-44-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-44-3/par-4 - art-78-29/par-1: 第四十四条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-44/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十八第一項（老齢厚生年金の支給の繰下げの特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-28/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十九条第一項（二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金の基本手当等との調整の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-19/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十一条第二項（二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る特例による老齢厚生年金の支給の繰上げの特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-21/par-2 --- ## 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