# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第七章 (Chapter 7)

- Law: 国民年金法 (National Pension Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号
- English title "National Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title
- 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: 第七章 (Chapter 7) — address `ch-7`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-04-01, standing until 2029-06-18 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20280401_507AC0000000074)
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## 第七章　不服申立て — Chapter VII Appeal
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<sup>ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7</sup>

### 第百一条（不服申立て） — Appeal
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<sup>art-101 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101</sup>

**第一項**  被保険者の資格に関する処分、給付に関する処分（共済組合等が行つた障害基礎年金に係る障害の程度の診査に関する処分を除く。）又は保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金に関する処分に不服がある者は、社会保険審査官に対して審査請求をし、その決定に不服がある者は、社会保険審査会に対して再審査請求をすることができる。ただし、第十四条の四第一項又は第二項の規定による決定については、この限りでない。
<sup>art-101/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-1</sup>
A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the status as an insured person, a disposition concerning a benefit (excluding a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability relating to the disability basic pension conducted by a mutual aid association, etc.), or a disposition concerning a premium or other amount to be collected under the provisions of this Act, may file a request for review with a Social Insurance Examiner, and a person who is dissatisfied with that decision may file a request for re-review with the Social Insurance Examination Committee; provided, however, that this does not apply to a decision under Article 14-4, paragraph (1) or (2).
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**第二項**  審査請求をした日から二月以内に決定がないときは、審査請求人は、社会保険審査官が審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。
<sup>art-101/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-2</sup>
When no decision is made within two months from the day on which the request for review was filed, the person who filed the request for review may deem the Social Insurance Examiner to have dismissed the request for review.
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**第三項**  第一項の審査請求及び再審査請求は、時効の完成猶予及び更新に関しては、裁判上の請求とみなす。
<sup>art-101/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-3</sup>
The request for review and the request for re-review under paragraph (1) are deemed to be a judicial claim, for the purposes of the postponement of the completion of prescription and the renewal of prescription.
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**第四項**  被保険者の資格に関する処分が確定したときは、その処分についての不服を当該処分に基づく給付に関する処分の不服の理由とすることができない。
<sup>art-101/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-4</sup>
When a disposition concerning the status as an insured person becomes final, dissatisfaction with that disposition may not be used as a ground for dissatisfaction with a disposition concerning a benefit based on that disposition.
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**第五項**  第一項の審査請求及び再審査請求については、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二章（第二十二条を除く。）及び第四章の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-101/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-5</sup>
With respect to the request for review and the request for re-review under paragraph (1), the provisions of Chapter II (excluding Article 22) and Chapter IV of the Administrative Complaint Review Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) do not apply.
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**第六項**  共済組合等が行つた障害基礎年金に係る障害の程度の診査に関する処分に不服がある者は、当該共済組合等に係る共済各法（国家公務員共済組合法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号）、地方公務員等共済組合法（昭和三十七年法律第百五十二号）及び私立学校教職員共済法をいう。以下この項において同じ。）の定めるところにより、当該共済各法に定める審査機関に審査請求をすることができる。
<sup>art-101/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-6</sup>
A person who is dissatisfied with a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability relating to the disability basic pension conducted by a mutual aid association, etc. may file a request for review with the reviewing body specified in the mutual aid Acts (meaning the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 128 of 1958), the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962), and the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act; the same applies below in this paragraph) relating to that mutual aid association, etc., as specified in those mutual aid Acts.
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**第七項**  前項の規定による共済組合等が行つた障害の程度の診査に関する処分が確定したときは、その処分についての不服を当該処分に基づく障害基礎年金に関する処分についての不服の理由とすることができない。
<sup>art-101/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-7</sup>
When a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability conducted by a mutual aid association, etc. under the preceding paragraph becomes final, dissatisfaction with that disposition may not be used as a ground for dissatisfaction with a disposition concerning the disability basic pension based on that disposition.
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### 第百一条の二（審査請求と訴訟との関係） — Relationship Between a Request for Review and Litigation
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<sup>art-101-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101-2</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項に規定する処分（被保険者の資格に関する処分又は給付に関する処分（共済組合等が行つた障害基礎年金に係る障害の程度の診査に関する処分を除く。）に限る。）の取消しの訴えは、当該処分についての審査請求に対する社会保険審査官の決定を経た後でなければ、提起することができない。
<sup>art-101-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101-2/par-1</sup>
An action for rescission of a disposition prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to a disposition concerning the status as an insured person, or a disposition concerning a benefit (excluding a disposition concerning the examination of the degree of disability relating to the disability basic pension conducted by a mutual aid association, etc.)) may not be filed unless a decision of the Social Insurance Examiner has been made on a request for review of that disposition.
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## Cites
- art-101/par-1: 第十四条の四第一項 → 国民年金法 第十四条の四第一項 (Article 14-4, paragraph (1)), art-14-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-2/from-art-12#art-14-4/par-1
- art-101/par-1: 第二項 → 国民年金法 第十四条の四第二項 (Article 14-4, paragraph (2)), art-14-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-2/from-art-12#art-14-4/par-2
- art-101/par-3: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-1
- art-101/par-5: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-1
- art-101/par-5: 第二十二条 → 行政不服審査法 第二十二条 (Article 22), art-22 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-complaint-review-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/426AC0000000068/art-22
- art-101/par-6: この項 → 国民年金法 第百一条第六項 (Article 101, paragraph (6)), art-101/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-6
- art-101/par-7: 前項 → 国民年金法 第百一条第六項 (Article 101, paragraph (6)), art-101/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-6
- art-101-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 国民年金法 第百一条第一項 (Article 101, paragraph (1)), art-101/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-7#art-101/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民年金法 — the text as 令和七年法律第七十四号 leaves it, from 2028-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000141/20280401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 国民年金法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1772), retrieved 2026-09-18
- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T214903-019, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
