# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2) - 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: 第二十条の二 (Article 20-2)（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — address `art-20-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十条の二（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — Suspension of Payment upon the Request of a Person Entitled to Receive a Benefit caption: machine translation, not official art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2 **第一項** 年金給付（この法律の他の規定又は他の法令の規定によりその全額につき支給を停止されている年金給付を除く。）は、その受給権者の申出により、その全額の支給を停止する。ただし、この法律の他の規定又は他の法令の規定によりその額の一部につき支給を停止されているときは、停止されていない部分の額の支給を停止する。 art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-1 Payment of the full amount of a pension benefit (excluding a pension benefit whose payment is suspended in full under another provision of this Act or a provision of other laws and regulations) is suspended upon the request of the person entitled to receive it. However, if payment of part of the amount is suspended under another provision of this Act or a provision of other laws and regulations, payment of the amount of the part not suspended is suspended. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項ただし書のその額の一部につき支給を停止されている年金給付について、この法律の他の規定又は他の法令の規定による支給停止が解除されたときは、前項本文の年金給付の全額の支給を停止する。 art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-2 With respect to a pension benefit whose payment of part of its amount is suspended as referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, when the suspension of payment under another provision of this Act or a provision of other laws and regulations is lifted, payment of the full amount of the pension benefit referred to in the main clause of the preceding paragraph is suspended. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の申出は、いつでも、将来に向かつて撤回することができる。 art-20-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-3 The request under paragraph (1) may be withdrawn at any time, with effect for the future. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項又は第二項の規定により支給を停止されている年金給付は、政令で定める法令の規定の適用については、その支給を停止されていないものとみなす。 art-20-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-4 A pension benefit whose payment is suspended under the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) is, for the purposes of applying a provision of laws and regulations specified by Cabinet Order, deemed not to have had its payment suspended. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一項の規定による支給停止の方法その他前各項の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-20-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-5 The method of the suspension of payment under the provisions of paragraph (1), and other matters necessary for applying the provisions of the preceding paragraphs, are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-20-2/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-1 - art-20-2/par-3: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-1 - art-20-2/par-4: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-1 - art-20-2/par-4: 第二項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第二項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (2)), art-20-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-2 - art-20-2/par-5: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第一項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (1)), art-20-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-1 - art-20-2/par-5: 前各項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第二項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (2)), art-20-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-2 - art-20-2/par-5: 前各項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第三項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (3)), art-20-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-3 - art-20-2/par-5: 前各項 → 国民年金法 第二十条の二第四項 (Article 20-2, paragraph (4)), art-20-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-4 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民年金法 第二十条の二第二項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-2 - 国民年金法 第二十条の二第三項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-3 - 国民年金法 第二十条の二第四項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-4 - 国民年金法 第二十条の二第五項（受給権者の申出による支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-20-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-20-2/par-5 - 国民年金法 第四十一条第二項（支給停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-41/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-41/par-2 - 国民年金法 第百九条の四第一項第七号（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-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-4/par-1/item-7 - 国民年金法 第百九条の十第一項第六号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-109-10/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-10/par-1/item-6 --- ## 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-20260923T214903-005, translated 2026-09-24 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T222116-001, 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