# 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） — address `suppl-4241-63/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-4241-63/art-1
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十七年十月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of October 1, 2015; provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect as of the dates specified respectively in those items.
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  **一**  次条並びに附則第三条、第二十八条、第百五十九条及び第百六十条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  The provisions of the following Article, and Article 3, Article 28, Article 159, and Article 160 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation
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  **二**  略
  <sup>suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  Omitted
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  **三**  附則第二十四条の規定、附則第九十一条中厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成八年法律第八十二号）附則第三十三条第六項の改正規定（「第二十一条第二項」を「第二十一条第七項」に改める部分に限る。）、附則第九十六条の規定、附則第九十八条中国家公務員等共済組合法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第百五号）附則第十六条、第十七条、第二十一条、第二十八条及び第二十九条の改正規定並びに同法附則第五十七条の次に三条を加える改正規定、附則第百条の規定、附則第百二条中地方公務員等共済組合法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第百八号）附則第十六条、第十七条、第二十一条、第二十九条及び第三十条の改正規定並びに同法附則第九十八条の次に三条を加える改正規定並びに附則第百五条及び第百五十二条の規定　公布の日から起算して一年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-3</sup>
  The provisions of Article 24 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provision amending Article 33, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 82 of 1996) (limited to the part replacing "Article 21, paragraph (2)" with "Article 21, paragraph (7)") in Article 91 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 96 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Articles 16, 17, 21, 28 and 29 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985) and the provisions adding three Articles after Article 57 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, in Article 98 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 100 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions amending Articles 16, 17, 21, 29 and 30 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 108 of 1985) and the provisions adding three Articles after Article 98 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act, in Article 102 of the Supplementary Provisions, and the provisions of Articles 105 and 152 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year from the date of promulgation
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## Cites
- suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第二十八条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 28), suppl-4241-63/art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-28
- suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第百六十条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第百六十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 160), suppl-4241-63/art-160 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-160
- suppl-4241-63/art-1/par-1/item-3: 附則第二十四条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 24), suppl-4241-63/art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-24

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十二条第二項（改正前厚生年金保険法等による保険給付に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十四条第一項（追加費用対象期間を有する者に係る退職共済年金等の額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-24/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-20261013T074650-070, 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
