# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十九条の十二 (Article 79-12)

- 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: 第七十九条の十二 (Article 79-12)（懲戒処分） — address `art-79-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-12
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-12
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### 第七十九条の十二（懲戒処分） — (Disciplinary Action)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-79-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-12</sup>

**第一項**  運用職員が前条の規定に違反したと認めるときは、その職員の任命権者は、その職員に対し国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）に基づく懲戒処分をしなければならない。
<sup>art-79-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-12/par-1</sup>
Upon finding that an investment official has violated the provisions of the preceding Article, the person with the power to appoint that investment official must take disciplinary action against that official based on the provisions of the National Civil Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-79-12/par-1: 前条 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十九条の十一 (Article 79-11), art-79-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-79-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-79-11

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十九条第一項（懲戒処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-29/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
