# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の三十六 (Article 78-36) - 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: 第七十八条の三十六 (Article 78-36)（被扶養配偶者である期間についての特例） — address `art-78-36` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-36 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-36 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条の三十六（被扶養配偶者である期間についての特例） — (Special Provisions on the Period during Which a Person is a Dependent Spouse) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-36 **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、第七十八条の十四第一項の規定を適用する場合においては、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る標準報酬についての同項の規定による請求は、他の期間に係る標準報酬についての当該請求と同時に行わなければならない。 art-78-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-36/par-1 When the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period, must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合においては、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、一の期間又は当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有する者とみなして第七十八条の十四第一項及び第七十八条の二十第一項の規定を適用し、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項、第七十八条の二十第二項及び第五項並びに附則第十七条の十一から第十七条の十三までの規定を適用する。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。 art-78-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-36/par-2 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be either a person who has spent time in one category only or a person who has only the insured period associated with that time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and Article 78-20, paragraph (1) apply; the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and Article 78-20, paragraph (2) and paragraph (5), and the provisions of Article 17-11 through Article 17-13 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period constituting a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78-36/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-78-36/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十六第一項 (Article 78-36, paragraph (1)), art-78-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-36/par-1 - art-78-36/par-2: 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-78-36/par-2: 第七十八条の二十第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十第一項 (Article 78-20, paragraph (1)), 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 - art-78-36/par-2: 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-78-36/par-2: 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-78-36/par-2: 第七十八条の二十第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十第二項 (Article 78-20, paragraph (2)), 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 - art-78-36/par-2: 第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十第五項 (Article 78-20, paragraph (5)), 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 - art-78-36/par-2: 附則第十七条の十一から第十七条の十三まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の十一 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-11), suppl-3291-115/art-17-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17-11 - art-78-36/par-2: 附則第十七条の十一から第十七条の十三まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の十二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-12), suppl-3291-115/art-17-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17-12 - art-78-36/par-2: 附則第十七条の十一から第十七条の十三まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の十三 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17-13), suppl-3291-115/art-17-13 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17-13 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の三十六第二項（被扶養配偶者である期間についての特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-36/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