# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の三十 (Article 78-30)

- 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
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- Provision: 第七十八条の三十 (Article 78-30)（障害厚生年金の額の特例） — address `art-78-30`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第七十八条の三十（障害厚生年金の額の特例） — (Special Provisions on the Amount of Employees' Disability Pension)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-30</sup>

**第一項**  障害厚生年金の受給権者であつて、当該障害に係る障害認定日において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当該障害厚生年金の額については、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て、障害厚生年金の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定を適用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-78-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-30/par-1</sup>
For a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment associated with the relevant disability, the time that person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the person's time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' disability pension, the suspension of payment thereof, and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of employees' disability pension associated with that person.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十一第一項（障害手当金の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-31/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十三第一項（障害厚生年金等に関する事務の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33/par-1

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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
