# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日等） — address `suppl-3571-79/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3571-79/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3571-79/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日等） — Effective Date, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3571-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3571-79/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3571-79/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和五十七年九月一日から施行する。ただし、第二条及び附則第五条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on September 1, 1982; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 2 and Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第二条の規定による改正後の厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和四十八年法律第九十二号。以下「法律第九十二号」という。）附則第二十二条の二の規定及び附則第五条の規定は、昭和五十七年七月一日（国民年金法による年金たる給付に係る部分にあつては、同年八月一日）から適用する。
<sup>suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 22-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 92 of 1973; hereinafter referred to as "Act No. 92") as amended by the provisions of Article 2, and the provisions of Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions apply from July 1, 1982 (or, for the portion relating to benefits in the form of a pension under the National Pension Act, from August 1 of that year).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-1: 附則第五条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-3571-79/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3571-79/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3571-79/art-5
- suppl-3571-79/art-1/par-2: 附則第五条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-3571-79/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3571-79/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3571-79/art-5

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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-20261013T074650-027, 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
