# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第八十七条の二 (Article 87-2)

- 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: 第八十七条の二 (Article 87-2)（保険料の滞納処分等の特例） — address `art-87-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八十七条の二（保険料の滞納処分等の特例） — (Special Provisions on Measures to Collect Arrears of Insurance Premiums and Other Dispositions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-87-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-87-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-87-2</sup>

**第一項**  第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者及び第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料の繰上徴収、保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の督促及び滞納処分並びに延滞金の徴収については、前三条の規定にかかわらず、共済各法の定めるところによる。
<sup>art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-87-2/par-1</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three Articles, advance collection of insurance premiums, demands for insurance premiums or other monies to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act, measures to collect arrears, and collection of delinquency charges from a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured are governed by the Acts on mutual aid.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-87-2/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-85
- art-87-2/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-86
- art-87-2/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十七条 (Article 87), art-87 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-87

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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