# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第七条 (Article 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: 第七条 (Article 7)（被保険者の資格） — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7 - 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. --- ### 第七条（被保険者の資格） — Status as an Insured Person caption: machine translation, not official art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、国民年金の被保険者とする。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1 A person who falls under any of the following items is an insured person of the National Pension. machine translation, not official **一** 日本国内に住所を有する二十歳以上六十歳未満の者であつて次号及び第三号のいずれにも該当しないもの（厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）に基づく老齢を支給事由とする年金たる保険給付その他の老齢又は退職を支給事由とする給付であつて政令で定めるもの（以下「厚生年金保険法に基づく老齢給付等」という。）を受けることができる者その他この法律の適用を除外すべき特別の理由がある者として厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。以下「第一号被保険者」という。） art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1/item-1 A person who has a domicile in Japan and is 20 years of age or older but under 60 years of age, and who does not fall under either the following item or item (iii) (excluding a person who is able to receive an insurance benefit that is a pension whose ground for payment is old age under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954), or any other benefit whose ground for payment is old age or retirement, specified by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "old-age benefits, etc. under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act"), or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person for whom there is a special reason for excluding the application of this Act; hereinafter referred to as a "category 1 insured person"); machine translation, not official **二** 厚生年金保険の被保険者（以下「第二号被保険者」という。） art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1/item-2 An insured person of Employees' Pension Insurance (hereinafter referred to as a "category 2 insured person"); machine translation, not official **三** 第二号被保険者の配偶者（日本国内に住所を有する者又は外国において留学をする学生その他の日本国内に住所を有しないが渡航目的その他の事情を考慮して日本国内に生活の基礎があると認められる者として厚生労働省令で定める者に限る。）であつて主として第二号被保険者の収入により生計を維持するもの（第二号被保険者である者その他この法律の適用を除外すべき特別の理由がある者として厚生労働省令で定める者を除く。以下「被扶養配偶者」という。）のうち二十歳以上六十歳未満のもの（以下「第三号被保険者」という。） art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1/item-3 The spouse of a category 2 insured person (limited to a person who has a domicile in Japan, or a student studying abroad or any other person who, although not having a domicile in Japan, is found — taking into account the purpose of travel and other circumstances — to have the basis of their life in Japan, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) who maintains their livelihood mainly through the income of the category 2 insured person (excluding a person who is a category 2 insured person, or any other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a person for whom there is a special reason for excluding the application of this Act; hereinafter referred to as a "dependent spouse"), and who, among such persons, is 20 years of age or older but under 60 years of age (hereinafter referred to as a "category 3 insured person"). machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項第三号の規定の適用上、主として第二号被保険者の収入により生計を維持することの認定に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-2 For the purposes of applying the provisions of item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the matters necessary for determining whether a person's livelihood is maintained mainly through the income of a category 2 insured person are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の認定については、行政手続法（平成五年法律第八十八号）第三章（第十二条及び第十四条を除く。）の規定は、適用しない。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-3 The provisions of Chapter III (excluding Article 12 and Article 14) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993) do not apply to the determination referred to in the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-7/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 国民年金法 第七条第一項第二号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-7/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1/item-2 - art-7/par-1/item-1: 第三号 → 国民年金法 第七条第一項第三号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-7/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1/item-3 - art-7/par-2: 前項第三号 → 国民年金法 第七条第一項第三号 (Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-7/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-1/item-3 - art-7/par-3: 前項 → 国民年金法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-3: 第十二条 → 行政手続法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-12 - art-7/par-3: 第十四条 → 行政手続法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/administrative-procedure-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/405AC0000000088/art-14 ## Cited by 53 provisions cite this one. 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