# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46)

- 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: 第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46)（厚生年金保険の被保険者の種別の変更） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四十六条（厚生年金保険の被保険者の種別の変更） — Change of Insured Category under Employees' Pension Insurance
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<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-46</sup>

**第一項**  厚生年金保険法第十八条、第二十七条、第二十九条から第三十一条まで、第百二条第一項（第一号及び第二号に限る。）及び第百四条、平成二十五年改正法附則第八十五条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十九条の二、平成二十五年改正法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百二十八条並びに平成二十五年改正法附則第九十四条（第一号に限る。）の規定は、厚生年金保険の被保険者の種別の変更（第一種被保険者（旧厚生年金保険法第三条第一項第一号に規定する第一種被保険者を含む。）と第三種被保険者（旧厚生年金保険法第三条第一項第五号に規定する第三種被保険者を含む。）との間の変更をいう。）について準用する。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 18 and 27, Articles 29 through 31, Article 102, paragraph (1) (limited to items (i) and (ii)) and Article 104 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, Article 19-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 85 of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, Article 128 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, and Article 94 (limited to item (i)) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act apply mutatis mutandis to a change of insured category under employees' pension insurance (meaning a change between a class 1 insured person (including a class 1 insured person prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act) and a class 3 insured person (including a class 3 insured person prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (v) of the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act)).
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## Cites
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 厚生年金保険法第十八条 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第二十七条 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-27
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第二十九条から第三十一条まで → 厚生年金保険法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-29
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第二十九条から第三十一条まで → 厚生年金保険法 第三十条 (Article 30), art-30 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-30
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第二十九条から第三十一条まで → 厚生年金保険法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-31
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第百二条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百二条第一項 (Article 102, paragraph (1)), art-102/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-102/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-102/par-1
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第百二条第一項第一号 (Article 102, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-102/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-102/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-102/par-1/item-1
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第二号 → 厚生年金保険法 第百二条第一項第二号 (Article 102, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-102/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-102/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-102/par-1/item-2
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第百四条 → 厚生年金保険法 第百四条 (Article 104), art-104 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-104 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-104
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 平成二十五年改正法附則第八十五条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 85), suppl-4251-63/art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-85
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 平成二十五年改正法附則第五条第一項 → 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-46/par-1: 平成二十五年改正法附則第九十四条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第九十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 94), suppl-4251-63/art-94 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-94 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-94
- suppl-3601-34/art-46/par-1: 第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第九十四条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 94, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-4251-63/art-94/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-94/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-94/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十六条第一項（厚生年金保険の保険給付の制限の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-76/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
