# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第八十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 81)

- 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: 第八十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 81)（厚生年金基金の加入員及び代議員等の資格に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-81`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八十一条（厚生年金基金の加入員及び代議員等の資格に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Status as a Member and Status of Delegates, etc. of an Employees' Pension Fund
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<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81</sup>

**第一項**  大正十年四月一日以前に生まれた者であつて、施行日の前日において厚生年金基金の加入員であつた者（施行日に新厚生年金保険法第百二十四条の規定により当該加入員の資格を喪失する者を除く。）は、施行日に、当該加入員の資格を喪失する。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-1</sup>
A person who was born on or before April 1, 1921 and who was a member of an employees' pension Fund on the day preceding the Effective Date (excluding a person who loses the status as a member on the Effective Date pursuant to the provisions of Article 124 of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act) loses the status as a member on the Effective Date.
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**第二項**  基金の代議員及び役員の資格については、基金の業務の運営状況を勘案して政令で定める日（同日において現に基金の代議員又は役員である者については、その任期が終了する日）までの間、新厚生年金保険法第百十七条第三項並びに第百十九条第二項及び第四項中「加入員」とあるのは、「加入員（国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第三十四号。以下「昭和六十年改正法」という。）附則第八十一条第二項に規定する政令で定める日までの間に第百二十四条第五号に該当することにより加入員の資格を喪失した者及び昭和六十年改正法附則第八十一条第一項の規定により加入員の資格を喪失した者であつて、当該資格を喪失したときから引き続き設立事業所に使用されているものを含む。）」とする。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2</sup>
With regard to the status of delegates and officers of a Fund, until the date specified by Cabinet Order in consideration of the state of operation of the Fund's business (for a person who is a delegate or officer of the Fund on that date, the day on which the person's term of office ends), the term "members" in Article 117, paragraph (3) and Article 119, paragraphs (2) and (4) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "members (including a person who lost the status as a member by falling under Article 124, item (v) during the period up to the date specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 81, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the "1985 Amendment Act"), and a person who lost the status as a member pursuant to the provisions of Article 81, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act, and who has been continuously employed at the establishing place of business since losing that status)".
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**第三項**  厚生年金保険法第六条第一項第三号に規定する船舶に使用される厚生年金保険の被保険者については、当分の間、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百十条第一項中「被保険者」とあるのは、「被保険者（船舶に使用される被保険者を除く。次項、第百二十二条並びに第百四十四条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）」とする。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-3</sup>
With respect to an insured covered by employees' pension insurance who is employed on a ship prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, for the time being, the term "insured" in Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act that remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act is deemed to be replaced with "insured (excluding an insured employed on a ship; the same applies in the following paragraph, Article 122, and Article 144, paragraphs (1) and (2))".
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## Cites
- suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2: 国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第三十四号。以下「昭和六十年改正法」という。）附則第八十一条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十一条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 81, paragraph (2)), suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2
- suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2: 昭和六十年改正法附則第八十一条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 81, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-1
- suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-3: 厚生年金保険法第六条第一項第三号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六条第一項第三号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-6/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-6/par-1/item-3
- suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-3: 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

## Cited by

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- 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十一条第二項（厚生年金基金の加入員及び代議員等の資格に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-81/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-20261013T074650-036, translated 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T083844-002, 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
