# 国民年金法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act — 第十五条 (Article 15)

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- Law: 国民年金法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act), 昭和三十四年政令第百八十四号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the National Pension Act": claude-opus-5-5
- Kind: CabinetOrder — 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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（共済払いの基礎年金の支払） — address `art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15
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### 第十五条（共済払いの基礎年金の支払） — Payment of Basic Pensions Paid by Mutual Aid Associations
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15</sup>

**第一項**  第一条第一項第一号から第三号までに規定する老齢基礎年金、障害基礎年金及び遺族基礎年金であつて厚生労働省令で定めるもの（以下「共済払いの基礎年金」という。）の支払に関する事務は、共済組合（国家公務員共済組合連合会又は全国市町村職員共済組合連合会を組織する共済組合にあつては、それぞれ当該連合会とする。）又は日本私立学校振興・共済事業団（以下「共済組合等」という。）に行わせることができる。
<sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-1</sup>
The administrative work relating to the payment of the old-age basic pension, disability basic pension and survivors' basic pension prescribed in Article 1, paragraph (1), items (i) through (iii) that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as "basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations") may be made to be performed by a mutual aid association (in the case of a mutual aid association that organizes the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations or the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, that Federation or that National Federation, respectively) or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (hereinafter referred to as "mutual aid associations, etc.").
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により共済組合等に共済払いの基礎年金の支払に関する事務を行わせる場合の手続は、厚生労働省令で定める。
<sup>art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-2</sup>
The procedures for having mutual aid associations, etc. perform the administrative work relating to the payment of basic pensions paid by mutual aid associations under the provisions of the preceding paragraph are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、前二項に規定する厚生労働省令を定めるときは、財務大臣並びに共済組合（国家公務員共済組合連合会及び全国市町村職員共済組合連合会を組織するものを除く。）、国家公務員共済組合連合会及び全国市町村職員共済組合連合会並びに日本私立学校振興・共済事業団を所管する大臣に協議しなければならない。
<sup>art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-3</sup>
When specifying the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult with the Minister of Finance and the ministers having jurisdiction over mutual aid associations (excluding those that organize the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations and the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel), the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations and the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, and the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-15/par-1: 第一条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 国民年金法施行令 第一条第一項第一号 (Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-1/par-1/item-1
- art-15/par-1: 第一条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 国民年金法施行令 第一条第一項第二号 (Article 1, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-1/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-1/par-1/item-2
- art-15/par-1: 第一条第一項第一号から第三号まで → 国民年金法施行令 第一条第一項第三号 (Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-1/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-1/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-1/par-1/item-3
- art-15/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法施行令 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 前二項 → 国民年金法施行令 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 前二項 → 国民年金法施行令 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-2

## Cited by

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

- 国民年金法施行令 第一条第一項第四号（共済組合等に行わせる事務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-1/par-1/item-4
- 国民年金法施行令 第十五条第二項（共済払いの基礎年金の支払） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-2
- 国民年金法施行令 第十五条第三項（共済払いの基礎年金の支払） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-15/par-3
- 国民年金法施行令 第十六条第一項（資金の交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-16/par-1
- 国民年金法施行令 第十六条第三項（資金の交付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-16/par-3
- 国民年金法施行令 第十七条第一項（監査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-17/par-1
- 国民年金法施行令 第十七条第二項（監査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act-enforcement-order/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334CO0000000184/art-17/par-2

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-05
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民年金法施行令 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334CO0000000184/20261001_508CO0000000226), retrieved 2026-11-04
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-enforcement-order-20261104T155001-018, translated 2026-11-05
- This site's parser, version 224 — 国民年金法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-04
