# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45)

- 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: 第四十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45)（第四種被保険者及び船員任意継続被保険者に係る厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格の特例） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-45`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-45
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### 第四十五条（第四種被保険者及び船員任意継続被保険者に係る厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格の特例） — Special Provisions on Status as an Insured under Employees' Pension Insurance for Class 4 Insured Persons and Voluntarily Continued Mariner Insured Persons
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-45</sup>

**第一項**  第四種被保険者及び船員任意継続被保険者は、公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第六十三号。以下「平成二十五年改正法」という。）附則第五条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の厚生年金保険法第百十条、第百二十二条及び第百四十四条の規定の適用については、厚生年金保険の被保険者でないものとみなす。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-1</sup>
For the purpose of applying the provisions of Articles 110, 122 and 144 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013; hereinafter referred to as the "2013 Amendment Act"), which remain in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, class 4 insured persons and voluntarily continued mariner insured persons are deemed not to be insureds under employees' pension insurance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第四種被保険者及び船員任意継続被保険者については、厚生年金保険法附則第四条の三第一項及び第四条の五第一項の規定は適用しない。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 4-3, paragraph (1) and Article 4-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act do not apply to class 4 insured persons and voluntarily continued mariner insured persons.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-1: 公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第六十三号。以下「平成二十五年改正法」という。）附則第五条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-1
- suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-2: 厚生年金保険法附則第四条の三第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-3291-115/art-4-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-4-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-4-3/par-1
- suppl-3601-34/art-45/par-2: 第四条の五第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条の五第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4-5, paragraph (1)), suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/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-20261013T074650-030, 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
