# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7)
- 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: 第七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7) — address `suppl-3351-17/art-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第七条
suppl-3351-17/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3351-17/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3351-17/art-7
**第一項** この法律の施行の日の属する月の前月以前の月に係る保険料については、なお従前の保険料率による。
suppl-3351-17/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3351-17/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3351-17/art-7/par-1
With regard to insurance premiums for months on or before the month preceding the month that includes the day this Act comes into effect, the former insurance premium rate continues to apply.
machine translation, not official
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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-017, translated 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