# 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-5021-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8
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## 附　則 令和二年三月三一日法律第八号
<sup>suppl-5021-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-5021-8/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、令和二年四月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 2020; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect as of the days specified in those items.
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  **一**  略
  <sup>suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  Omitted
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  **二**  次に掲げる規定　令和三年一月一日
  <sup>suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the following provisions: January 1, 2021;
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    **イ及びロ**  略
    <sup>suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2/sub-1</sup>
    Omitted
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    **ハ**  第十五条中租税特別措置法第四十一条の四の二の次に一条を加える改正規定、同法第四十一条の十九第一項の改正規定（「千万円」を「八百万円」に改める部分に限る。）、同法第九十三条の改正規定（同条第一項第四号を同項第五号とし、同項第三号の次に一号を加える部分を除く。）、同法第九十四条の改正規定、同法第九十五条の改正規定及び同法第九十六条の改正規定並びに附則第七十四条第一項及び第三項、第百十一条、第百四十四条並びに第百四十九条の規定
    <sup>suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1/par-1/item-2/sub-2</sup>
    the provisions in Article 15 adding one Article after Article 41-4-2 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation, the provisions amending Article 41-19, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to the part amending "10,000,000 yen" to "8,000,000 yen"), the provisions amending Article 93 of that Act (excluding the part renumbering item (iv) of paragraph (1) of that Article as item (v) of that paragraph and adding one item after item (iii) of that paragraph), the provisions amending Article 94 of that Act, the provisions amending Article 95 of that Act, and the provisions amending Article 96 of that Act, and the provisions of Article 74, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 111, Article 144, and Article 149 of the Supplementary Provisions.
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### 第百七十一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-5021-8/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-171</sup>

**第一項**  この法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定にあっては、当該規定。以下この条において同じ。）の施行前にした行為並びにこの附則の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合及びこの附則の規定によりなおその効力を有することとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-5021-8/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-171/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act (or, for the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions, those provisions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) comes into effect, and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in the cases where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions and in the cases where provisions remain in force pursuant to the provisions of these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第百七十二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-5021-8/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-172</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5021-8/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-172/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-5021-8/art-171/par-1: 附則第一条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-5021-8/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-1
- suppl-5021-8/art-171/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第百七十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 171), suppl-5021-8/art-171 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-171 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-171

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第百七十一条第一項（罰則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-5021-8/art-171/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-5021-8/art-171/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-20261013T074650-097, 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
