# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34) - 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: 第三十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34)（清算人等） — address `suppl-4251-63/art-34` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十四条（清算人等） — Liquidators, etc. caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4251-63/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34 **第一項** 存続厚生年金基金が解散したときは、理事が、その清算人となる。ただし、代議員会において他人を選任したときは、この限りでない。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-1 When a surviving employees' pension Fund is dissolved, its directors become its liquidators; provided, however, that this does not apply where another person is elected by the board of delegates. machine translation, not official **第二項** 次に掲げる場合には、厚生労働大臣が清算人を選任する。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2 In the following cases, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare appoints a liquidator: machine translation, not official **一** 前項の規定により清算人となる者がないとき。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-1 When there is no person who becomes a liquidator under the provisions of the preceding paragraph; machine translation, not official **二** 清算人が欠けたため損害を生ずるおそれがあるとき。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-2 When there is a risk of damage arising due to a vacancy in the office of liquidator. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の場合において、清算人の職務の執行に要する費用は、存続厚生年金基金が負担する。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the costs required for the performance of the duties of the liquidator are borne by the surviving employees' pension Fund. machine translation, not official **第四項** 解散した存続厚生年金基金の残余財産は、規約で定めるところにより、その解散した日において当該存続厚生年金基金が年金たる給付の支給に関する義務を負っていた者に分配しなければならない。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 The residual assets of a dissolved surviving employees' pension Fund must be distributed, as provided by its articles of Association, to the persons to whom that surviving employees' pension Fund owed obligations concerning the payment of benefits in the form of pensions on the day of dissolution. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項の規定により残余財産を分配する場合においては、同項に規定する者に、その全額を支払うものとし、当該残余財産を事業主に引き渡してはならない。 suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-5 When distributing the residual assets pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the whole amount is to be paid to the persons prescribed in that paragraph, and those residual assets must not be delivered to the employer. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-1: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-1 - suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2 - suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-5: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34, paragraph (4)), suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 ## Cited by 17 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第二項（存続厚生年金基金に係る改正前厚生年金保険法等の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十一条第七項（自主解散型基金が解散する場合における責任準備金相当額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-11/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-11/par-7 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条第一項（自主解散型納付計画の承認を受けて解散した場合における責任準備金相当額の納付の猶予等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-13/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十条第三項（清算型基金が解散する場合における責任準備金相当額の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-20/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十二条第一項（清算型納付計画の承認を受けて解散した場合における責任準備金相当額の納付の猶予等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-22/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第二項第一号（清算人等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-2/item-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第三項（清算人等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第五項（清算人等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-5 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十五条第一項（解散存続厚生年金基金の残余財産の確定給付企業年金への交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-35/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十五条第三項（解散存続厚生年金基金の残余財産の確定給付企業年金への交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-35/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十六条第一項（解散存続厚生年金基金の残余財産の独立行政法人勤労者退職金共済機構への交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-36/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第一項（解散基金加入員等に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第四項（解散基金加入員等に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-44/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十四条第二項（清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-74/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十四条第三項（清算） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-74/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-74/par-3 --- ## 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-20261013T074650-082, 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