# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第九十三条 (Article 93) - 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: 第九十三条 (Article 93)（保険料の前納） — address `art-93` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93 - 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. --- ### 第九十三条（保険料の前納） — Advance Payment of Premiums caption: machine translation, not official art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93 **第一項** 被保険者は、将来の一定期間の保険料を前納することができる。 art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-1 An insured person may pay in advance the premium for a fixed future period. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の場合において前納すべき額は、当該期間の各月の保険料の額から政令で定める額を控除した額とする。 art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the amount to be paid in advance is the amount obtained by deducting the amount specified by Cabinet Order from the amount of the premium for each month of that period. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定により前納された保険料について保険料納付済期間又は保険料四分の三免除期間、保険料半額免除期間若しくは保険料四分の一免除期間を計算する場合においては、前納に係る期間の各月が経過した際に、それぞれその月の保険料が納付されたものとみなす。 art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-3 In calculating the premium-paid period, or the three-quarter premium exemption period, half premium exemption period, or one-quarter premium exemption period, with respect to a premium paid in advance under paragraph (1), the premium for each month is deemed to have been paid at the time each month of the period relating to the advance payment has elapsed. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、保険料の前納手続、前納された保険料の還付その他保険料の前納について必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-93/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-4 Beyond what is provided in the preceding three paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the procedure for advance payment of premiums, the refund of premiums paid in advance, and other matters concerning advance payment of premiums, are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-93/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-1 - art-93/par-3: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-1 - art-93/par-4: 前三項 → 国民年金法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-1 - art-93/par-4: 前三項 → 国民年金法 第九十三条第二項 (Article 93, paragraph (2)), art-93/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-2 - art-93/par-4: 前三項 → 国民年金法 第九十三条第三項 (Article 93, paragraph (3)), art-93/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-3 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民年金法 第八十七条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-3 - 国民年金法 第九十三条第二項（保険料の前納） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-2 - 国民年金法 第九十三条第三項（保険料の前納） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-3 - 国民年金法 第九十三条第四項（保険料の前納） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/art-93/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-4 - 国民年金法 附則第六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-3341-141/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3341-141/art-6/par-1 - 国民年金法 附則第二項（施行前に国民年金の保険料を前納していた者に対する還付） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4111-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4111-23/par-2 - 国民年金法 附則第十九条第一項（国民年金の保険料の免除の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-19/par-1 --- ## 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-20260923T214903-017, 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