# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11)

- 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: 第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11) — address `suppl-3441-78/art-11`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3441-78/art-11
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3441-78/art-11
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### 第十一条
<sup>suppl-3441-78/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3441-78/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3441-78/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の公布の日の前日において現に二以上の年金たる保険給付の受給権を有する者の当該二以上の保険給付については、この法律による改正後の厚生年金保険法第三十八条の規定にかかわらず、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-1</sup>
With regard to the two or more insurance benefits of a person who, on the day before the date of promulgation of this Act, actually has the right to receive two or more pension insurance benefits, the provisions then in force continue to govern, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 38 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  この法律による改正前の厚生年金保険法第三十八条の規定により選択した年金たる保険給付は、この法律による改正後の同条の規定により選択した年金たる保険給付とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-2</sup>
Pension insurance benefits selected pursuant to the provisions of Article 38 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to its amendment by this Act are deemed to be pension insurance benefits selected pursuant to the provisions of Article 38 of that Act as amended by this Act.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-3/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-022, 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
