# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第百三十七条の十七 (Article 137-17)

- 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
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- Provision: 第百三十七条の十七 (Article 137-17)（中途脱退者に係る措置） — address `art-137-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17
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### 第百三十七条の十七（中途脱退者に係る措置） — Measures Concerning an Early Leaver
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<sup>art-137-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17</sup>

    **第一項**  連合会の会員である基金は、政令の定めるところにより、中途脱退者（当該基金の加入員の資格を喪失した者（当該加入員の資格を喪失した日において当該基金が支給する年金の受給権を有する者を除く。）であつて、政令の定めるところにより計算したその者の当該基金の加入員期間が政令で定める期間に満たないものをいう。以下同じ。）の当該基金の加入員期間に係る年金の現価に相当する額（以下「現価相当額」という。）の交付を当該連合会に申し出ることができる。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-1</sup>
    A National Pension Fund that is a member of the National Pension Fund Association may, as provided by Cabinet Order, apply to that National Pension Fund Association for the delivery of the amount equivalent to the present value of the pension relating to the membership period with that National Pension Fund of an early leaver (meaning a person who has lost the status as a member of that National Pension Fund (excluding a person who has, on the day of losing that status as a member, the right to receive a pension paid by that National Pension Fund), and whose membership period with that National Pension Fund, calculated as provided by Cabinet Order, is less than the period specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies below) (hereinafter referred to as the "present value amount").
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    **第二項**  連合会は、前項の規定により現価相当額の交付の申出があつたときは、これを拒絶してはならない。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-2</sup>
    When an application for the delivery of the present value amount is made under the preceding paragraph, the National Pension Fund Association must not refuse it.
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    **第三項**  第一項の交付の申出に係る現価相当額の計算については、政令で定める。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-3</sup>
    The calculation of the present value amount relating to an application for delivery under paragraph (1) is specified by Cabinet Order.
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    **第四項**  連合会は、第一項の交付の申出に係る現価相当額の交付を受けたときは、当該交付金を原資として、当該中途脱退者に係る年金又は一時金を支給するものとする。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-4</sup>
    When the National Pension Fund Association receives the delivery of the present value amount relating to an application for delivery under paragraph (1), it is to pay a pension or lump-sum benefit relating to that early leaver, using that delivered amount as the source of funds.
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    **第五項**  第百二十九条から第百三十一条までの規定は、前項の年金又は一時金について準用する。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-5</sup>
    The provisions of Article 129 through Article 131 apply mutatis mutandis to the pension or lump-sum benefit under the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第六項**  基金は、第一項の交付の申出に係る現価相当額を交付したときは、当該中途脱退者に係る年金及び一時金の支給に関する義務を免れる。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-6</sup>
    When a National Pension Fund delivers the present value amount relating to an application for delivery under paragraph (1), it is released from the obligation to pay a pension and lump-sum benefit relating to that early leaver.
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    **第七項**  連合会は、第四項の規定により中途脱退者に係る年金又は一時金を支給することとなつたときは、その旨を当該中途脱退者に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-7</sup>
    When the National Pension Fund Association becomes obligated to pay a pension or lump-sum benefit relating to an early leaver under paragraph (4), it must notify that early leaver to that effect.
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    **第八項**  連合会は、中途脱退者の所在が明らかでないため前項の通知をすることができないときは、同項の通知に代えて、その通知すべき事項を公告しなければならない。
    <sup>art-137-17/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-8</sup>
    When the National Pension Fund Association is unable to give the notice under the preceding paragraph because the whereabouts of the early leaver are not clear, it must, in lieu of the notice under that paragraph, give public notice of the matters that should be notified.
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## Cites
- art-137-17/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第一項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (1)), art-137-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-1
- art-137-17/par-3: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第一項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (1)), art-137-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-1
- art-137-17/par-4: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第一項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (1)), art-137-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-1
- art-137-17/par-5: 第百二十九条から第百三十一条まで → 国民年金法 第百二十九条 (Article 129), art-129 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-129 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-129
- art-137-17/par-5: 第百二十九条から第百三十一条まで → 国民年金法 第百三十条 (Article 130), art-130 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-130
- art-137-17/par-5: 第百二十九条から第百三十一条まで → 国民年金法 第百三十一条 (Article 131), art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-131
- art-137-17/par-5: 前項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第四項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (4)), art-137-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-4
- art-137-17/par-6: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第一項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (1)), art-137-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-1
- art-137-17/par-7: 第四項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第四項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (4)), art-137-17/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-4
- art-137-17/par-8: 前項 → 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第七項 (Article 137-17, paragraph (7)), art-137-17/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-7

## Cited by

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

- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の四第一項（連合会） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-4/par-1
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十五第一項（連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-15/par-1
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第二項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-2
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第三項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-3
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第四項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-4
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第五項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-5
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第六項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-6
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第七項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-7
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十七第八項（中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-17/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-17/par-8
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十八第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-18/par-1
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十八第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-18/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-18/par-5
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の十九第八項（解散基金加入員に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-19/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-19/par-8
- 国民年金法 第百三十七条の二十三第一項（連合会の解散による年金及び一時金の支給に関する義務の消滅） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-137-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-23/par-1
- 国民年金法 第百四十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-146/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-146/par-1/item-3
- 国民年金法 第百四十六条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-146/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-146/par-1/item-4
- 国民年金法 附則第五条第十三項（任意加入被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3341-141/art-5/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3341-141/art-5/par-13

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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-20260923T214903-038, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 211 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
