# 確定拠出年金法 / Defined Contribution Pension Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33) - Law: 確定拠出年金法 (Defined Contribution Pension Act), 平成十三年法律第八十八号 - English title "Defined Contribution Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation - 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33)（支給要件） — address `art-33` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33 - 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. --- ### 第三十三条（支給要件） — (Requirements for Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33 **第一項** 企業型年金加入者であった者（当該企業型年金に個人別管理資産がある者に限り、当該企業型年金の障害給付金の受給権者又は他の企業型年金の企業型年金加入者を除く。以下この項において同じ。）であって次の各号に掲げるものが、それぞれ当該各号に定める年数又は月数以上の通算加入者等期間を有するときは、その者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、企業型記録関連運営管理機関等に老齢給付金の支給を請求することができる。ただし、企業型年金加入者であった者であって六十歳以上七十五歳未満のものは、通算加入者等期間を有しない場合であっても、企業型年金加入者となった日その他の厚生労働省令で定める日から起算して五年を経過した日から企業型記録関連運営管理機関等に老齢給付金の支給を請求することができる。 art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1 If a person who was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan (limited to a person who has assets managed per individual under that corporate-type pension plan, and excluding a beneficiary of disability benefits of that corporate-type pension plan or a participant of a corporate-type pension plan of another corporate-type pension plan; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and who is set forth in any of the following items has a total enrollment period of the number of years or months set forth in the respective items or longer, that person is entitled to claim the payment of old-age benefits from a corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc., pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that a person who was a participant of a corporate-type pension plan and who is aged 60 or over but under 75 is entitled to claim the payment of old-age benefits from a corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc. from the day on which five years have passed from the day specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, such as the day on which that person became a participant of a corporate-type pension plan, even if the person does not have that total enrollment period: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 六十歳以上六十一歳未満の者　十年 art-33/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1/item-1 a person aged 60 or over but under 61:10 years; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 六十一歳以上六十二歳未満の者　八年 art-33/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1/item-2 a person aged 61 or over but under 62:eight years; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 六十二歳以上六十三歳未満の者　六年 art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1/item-3 a person aged 62 or over but under 63:six years; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 六十三歳以上六十四歳未満の者　四年 art-33/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1/item-4 a person aged 63 or over but under 64:four years; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 六十四歳以上六十五歳未満の者　二年 art-33/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1/item-5 a person aged 64 or over but under 65:two years; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 六十五歳以上の者　一月 art-33/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1/item-6 a person aged 65 or over:one month. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の通算加入者等期間とは、政令で定めるところにより同項に規定する者の次に掲げる期間（その者が六十歳に達した日の前日が属する月以前の期間に限る。）を合算した期間をいう。 art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2 The total enrollment period referred to in the preceding paragraph means a period totaling the following periods for the person prescribed in that paragraph (limited to the periods in or before the month containing the day preceding the day on which that person reached the age of 60) pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 企業型年金加入者期間 art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2/item-1 the participant of a corporate-type pension plan period; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 企業型年金運用指図者期間 art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2/item-2 the instructor of a corporate-type pension plan period; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 個人型年金加入者である期間（以下「個人型年金加入者期間」という。） art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2/item-3 the period during which the person is a participant of an individual-type pension plan (hereinafter referred to as the "participant of an individual-type pension plan period"); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 個人型年金運用指図者である期間（以下「個人型年金運用指図者期間」という。） art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2/item-4 the period during which the person is an instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment (hereinafter referred to as the "instructor of an individual-type pension plan investment period"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の請求があったときは、資産管理機関は、企業型記録関連運営管理機関等の裁定に基づき、その請求をした者に老齢給付金を支給する。 art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-3 When the claim referred to in paragraph (1) has been filed, the asset management institution pays old-age benefits to the person who filed the claim, based on a ruling by the corporate-type pension plan records-related operational management institution, etc. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-33/par-1: この項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1 - art-33/par-2: 前項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1 - art-33/par-3: 第一項 → 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第一項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第二項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第三十三条第三項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-33/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-33/par-3 - 確定拠出年金法 第三十四条第一項（七十五歳到達時の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-34/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条第二項（他の制度の資産の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第五十四条の二第二項（脱退一時金相当額等の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-54-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-54-2/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十三条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-73-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-73-2/par-1 - 確定拠出年金法 第七十四条の二第二項（脱退一時金相当額等又は残余財産の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/art-74-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/art-74-2/par-2 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第二条の二第四項（脱退一時金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-2-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-2-2/par-4 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-1/item-6 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第三条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4131-88/art-3/par-5 - 確定拠出年金法 附則第四条第一項（確定拠出年金の連合会移換者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/defined-contribution-pension-act/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/413AC0000000088/suppl-4231-93/art-4/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 確定拠出年金法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0000000088/20260401_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Defined Contribution Pension Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4371/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 203 — 確定拠出年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19