# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) - 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4221-27` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二二年四月二八日法律第二七号 suppl-4221-27 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4221-27/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、平成二十三年四月一日から施行する。 suppl-4221-27/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of April 1, 2011. machine translation, not official ### 第二条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4221-27/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-2 **第一項** suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-1 **第二項** 施行日において、現に厚生年金保険法の規定による障害厚生年金の受給権者によって生計を維持しているその者の六十五歳未満の配偶者（婚姻の届出をしていないが事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある者を含み、当該受給権者がその権利を取得した日の翌日以後に有するに至った当該配偶者に限る。）がある場合における同法第五十条の二第三項（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。以下この条において「昭和六十年改正法」という。）附則第六十条第一項の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。）の規定の適用については、厚生年金保険法第五十条の二第三項中「当該配偶者を有するに至つた日の属する月の翌月」とあるのは、「国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十二年法律第二十七号）の施行の日の属する月」とする。 suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-2 In the case where, on the Effective Date, there is a spouse under 65 years of age of a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act who is actually supported by that beneficiary (including a person who has not registered a marriage but is, de facto, in circumstances the same as those of a person in a marital relationship, and limited to the spouse whom the beneficiary has come to have on or after the day following the day on which the beneficiary acquired the right), with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 50-2, paragraph (3) of that Act (including the case where applied by replacing terms pursuant to Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985; hereinafter referred to in this Article as the "1985 Amendment Act")), the phrase "the month following the month that includes the day on which the beneficiary came to have that spouse" in Article 50-2, paragraph (3) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the month that includes the day on which the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 27 of 2010) comes into effect". machine translation, not official **第六項** 施行日において、現に昭和六十年改正法第三条の規定による改正前の厚生年金保険法（以下この項において「旧厚生年金保険法」という。）の規定又は昭和六十年改正法第五条の規定による改正前の船員保険法（昭和十四年法律第七十三号。以下この項において「旧船員保険法」という。）の規定による障害年金の受給権者によって生計を維持しているその者の配偶者（婚姻の届出をしていないが事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある者を含み、当該受給権者がその権利を取得した日の翌日以後に有するに至った当該配偶者に限る。）又はその者の第五条の規定による改正後の昭和六十年改正法附則第七十八条第五項の規定により読み替えられた旧厚生年金保険法第五十一条第二項において準用する旧厚生年金保険法第四十四条第一項若しくは第五条の規定による改正後の昭和六十年改正法附則第八十七条第六項の規定により読み替えられた旧船員保険法第四十一条ノ二第一項に規定する子（当該受給権者がその権利を取得した日の翌日以後に有するに至った当該子に限る。）がある場合における第五条の規定による改正後の昭和六十年改正法附則第七十八条第五項及び第八十七条第六項の規定の適用については、第五条の規定による改正後の昭和六十年改正法附則第七十八条第五項中「当該配偶者又は当該子を有するに至つた日の属する月の翌月」とあるのは「国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十二年法律第二十七号）の施行の日の属する月」と、第五条の規定による改正後の昭和六十年改正法附則第八十七条第六項中「当該配偶者又ハ当該子ヲ有スルニ至リタル日ノ属スル月ノ翌月」とあるのは「国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十二年法律第二十七号）ノ施行ノ日ノ属スル月」とする。 suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 In the case where, on the Effective Date, there is a spouse of a beneficiary of a disability pension under the provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act before the revision by the provisions of Article 3 of the 1985 Amendment Act (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act") or under the provisions of the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 73 of 1939; hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "Former Mariners Insurance Act") before the revision by the provisions of Article 5 of the 1985 Amendment Act, who is actually supported by that beneficiary (including a person who has not registered a marriage but is, de facto, in circumstances the same as those of a person in a marital relationship, and limited to the spouse whom the beneficiary has come to have on or after the day following the day on which the beneficiary acquired the right), or a child of that beneficiary prescribed in Article 44, paragraph (1) of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 51, paragraph (2) of the Former Employees' Pension Insurance Act, as the terms are replaced pursuant to Article 78, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as revised by the provisions of Article 5, or in Article 41-2, paragraph (1) of the Former Mariners Insurance Act, as the terms are replaced pursuant to Article 87, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as revised by the provisions of Article 5 (limited to a child whom the beneficiary has come to have on or after the day following the day on which the beneficiary acquired the right), with regard to the application of Article 78, paragraph (5) and Article 87, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as revised by the provisions of Article 5, the phrase "the month following the month that includes the day on which the beneficiary came to have that spouse or that child" in Article 78, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as revised by the provisions of Article 5 is deemed to be replaced with "the month that includes the day on which the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 27 of 2010) comes into effect", and the phrase "the month following the month that includes the day on which the beneficiary came to have that spouse or that child" in Article 87, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act as revised by the provisions of Article 5 is deemed to be replaced with "the month that includes the day on which the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 27 of 2010) comes into effect". machine translation, not official ### 第三条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4221-27/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-3 **第一項** この附則に定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4221-27/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-3/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-2: 同法第五十条の二第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十条の二第三項 (Article 50-2, paragraph (3)), art-50-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-50-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-50-2/par-3 - suppl-4221-27/art-2/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。以下この条において「昭和六十年改正法」という。）附則第六十条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 60, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-60/par-1 - suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6: この項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第二条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (6)), suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 - suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6: 昭和六十年改正法附則第七十八条第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十八条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 78, paragraph (5)), suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-5 - suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6: 昭和六十年改正法附則第八十七条第六項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十七条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 87, paragraph (6)), suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-6 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十条第一項（老齢厚生年金の加給年金額等の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-60/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二条第六項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4221-27/art-2/par-6 --- ## 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-20261013T074650-067, 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