# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の三十三 (Article 78-33)

- 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: 第七十八条の三十三 (Article 78-33)（障害厚生年金等に関する事務の特例） — address `art-78-33`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33
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### 第七十八条の三十三（障害厚生年金等に関する事務の特例） — (Special Provisions on Administrative Functions Connected with Employees' Disability Pensions and Employees' Pensions for Surviving Family)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33</sup>

**第一項**  第七十八条の三十の規定による障害厚生年金及び第七十八条の三十一の規定による障害手当金の支給に関する事務は、政令で定めるところにより、当該障害に係る初診日における被保険者の種別に応じて、第二条の五第一項各号に定める者が行う。
<sup>art-78-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33/par-1</sup>
Pursuant to Cabinet Order, the person specified in the items of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) for the insured category of the insured on the day of initial examination for the disability in question carries out the administrative functions connected with the payment of an employees' disability pension under the provisions of Article 78-30 and an employees' disability allowance under the provisions of Article 78-31.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定は、前条第一項の規定による遺族厚生年金の支給に関する事務について準用する。
<sup>art-78-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the administrative functions connected with the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78-33/par-1: 第七十八条の三十 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十 (Article 78-30), art-78-30 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-30
- art-78-33/par-1: 第七十八条の三十一 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十一 (Article 78-31), art-78-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-31
- art-78-33/par-1: 第二条の五第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第二条の五第一項 (Article 2-5, paragraph (1)), art-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-2-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-2-5/par-1
- art-78-33/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十三第一項 (Article 78-33, paragraph (1)), art-78-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33/par-1
- art-78-33/par-2: 前条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十二第一項 (Article 78-32, paragraph (1)), art-78-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-32/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十三第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-33/par-2

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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
