# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第百六条 (Article 106)

- 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: 第百六条 (Article 106)（被保険者に関する調査） — address `art-106`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-106
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-106
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### 第百六条（被保険者に関する調査） — Investigation Concerning Insured Persons
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<sup>art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-106 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-106</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、必要があると認めるときは、被保険者の資格又は保険料に関する処分に関し、被保険者に対し、出産予定日に関する書類、子の養育の状況に関する書類、被保険者若しくは被保険者の配偶者若しくは世帯主若しくはこれらの者であつた者の資産若しくは収入の状況に関する書類その他の物件の提出を命じ、又は当該職員をして被保険者に質問させることができる。
<sup>art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-106/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, when the Minister finds it necessary, in connection with a disposition concerning the status as an insured person or a premium, order an insured person to submit documents concerning the expected date of childbirth, documents concerning the state of care of the child, documents concerning the state of assets or income of the insured person, the insured person's spouse or head of household, or a person who had been any of these, or other articles, or have the relevant official ask questions of the insured person.
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**第二項**  前項の規定によつて質問を行う当該職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、かつ、関係人の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。
<sup>art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-106/par-2</sup>
The relevant official who asks questions under the preceding paragraph must carry an identification card, and must present it if requested by a person concerned.
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## Cites
- art-106/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第百六条第一項 (Article 106, paragraph (1)), art-106/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-106/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 医療法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1
- 国民年金法 第八十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-88-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-88-2/par-1
- 国民年金法 第八十八条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-88-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-88-3/par-2
- 国民年金法 第百六条第二項（被保険者に関する調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-106/par-2
- 国民年金法 第百七条第三項（受給権者に関する調査） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-107/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-107/par-3
- 国民年金法 第百九条の四第一項第二十八号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-109-4/par-1/item-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-4/par-1/item-28
- 国民年金法 第百九条の八第二項（機構が行う立入検査等に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-109-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-8/par-2
- 国民年金法 第百十二条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-112/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-112/par-1/item-3
- 国民年金法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4111-87/art-75/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 in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000141/20261001_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-20260923T214903-020, translated 2026-09-24
- claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20261005T061954-001, translated 2026-10-05
- This site's parser, version 211 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
