# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-3361-182/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第五条
<sup>suppl-3361-182/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3361-182/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3361-182/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  昭和三十六年四月一日において厚生年金保険法による被保険者期間が一年以上であつた者で同法第四十二条第一項各号に規定する被保険者期間のいずれをも満たしていなかつたもののうち、同日において現に厚生年金保険及び国民年金以外の公的年金制度の被保険者又は組合員若しくは農林漁業団体職員共済組合の任意継続組合員であり、改正後の厚生年金保険法第四十六条の三第一号イからニまでのいずれかに該当し、かつ、六十歳以上であつた者に対しては、昭和三十六年四月一日にさかのぼつて、同条の通算老齢年金を支給する。
<sup>suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-1</sup>
Among persons who had an insured period under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act of one year or more on April 1, 1961 but had not satisfied any of the insured periods prescribed in the items of Article 42, paragraph (1) of that Act, with regard to a person who, on that day, was actually an insured or a member of a public pension system other than employees' pension insurance and the National Pension, or a member with optional and continued coverage of the Mutual Aid Association for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations, who fell under any of Article 46-3, item (i), (a) through (d) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended, and who was 60 years of age or older, the aggregated old-age pension under that Article is paid retroactively to April 1, 1961.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定による通算老齢年金は、厚生年金保険法第三十六条第一項の規定にかかわらず、昭和三十六年四月からその支給を始める。
<sup>suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-2</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, payment of the aggregated old-age pension under the provisions of the preceding paragraph begins in April 1961.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  昭和三十六年四月一日において厚生年金保険法による被保険者期間が一年以上であつた者で同法第四十二条第一項各号に規定する被保険者期間のいずれをも満たしていなかつたもののうち、同日において現に国民年金以外の公的年金制度の被保険者又は組合員若しくは農林漁業団体職員共済組合の任意継続組合員でなかつた者が、同日後に厚生年金保険及び国民年金以外の公的年金制度の被保険者又は組合員となつた場合において、その際現に六十歳以上であり、かつ、改正後の厚生年金保険法第四十六条の三第一号イからニまでのいずれかに該当しているか又は該当するに至つたときは、その者に対し、同条の通算老齢年金を支給する。この場合において、その者が厚生年金保険及び国民年金以外の公的年金制度の被保険者又は組合員となつた日が、施行日前であるときは、その者に対する通算老齢年金の支給は、その日にさかのぼるものとする。
<sup>suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-3</sup>
Among persons who had an insured period under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act of one year or more on April 1, 1961 but had not satisfied any of the insured periods prescribed in the items of Article 42, paragraph (1) of that Act, if a person who, on that day, was not actually an insured or a member of a public pension system other than the National Pension, or a member with optional and continued coverage of the Mutual Aid Association for Employees of Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Organizations, becomes, after that day, an insured or a member of a public pension system other than employees' pension insurance and the National Pension, and at that time is actually 60 years of age or older and falls under, or comes to fall under, any of Article 46-3, item (i), (a) through (d) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended, the aggregated old-age pension under that Article is paid to that person. In such a case, if the day on which the person became an insured or a member of a public pension system other than employees' pension insurance and the National Pension is before the Effective Date, payment of the aggregated old-age pension to the person is to be retroactive to that day.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3361-182/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3361-182/art-5/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
- 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
