# 厚生年金保険法施行令 / Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四条の二の六 (Article 4-2-6)

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- Law: 厚生年金保険法施行令 (Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年政令第百十号
- English title "Order for Enforcement of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act": claude-opus-5-5
- Kind: CabinetOrder — 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: 第四条の二の六 (Article 4-2-6) — address `art-4-2-6`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四条の二の六
<sup>art-4-2-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6</sup>

**第一項**  厚生年金保険の管掌者たる政府は、毎年度において前条第一項又は第四項の規定により実施機関に対して交付した交付金の見込額を合算した額が第四条の二の四の規定により計算した当該年度における当該実施機関に係る交付金の額に満たないときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その満たない額を翌々年度までに当該実施機関に対して交付するものとする。
<sup>art-4-2-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-1</sup>
If, in a fiscal year, the amount obtained by adding together the estimated amounts of the grant paid to an implementing organization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (4) of the preceding Article is less than the amount of the grant pertaining to that implementing organization for that fiscal year calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 4-2-4, the government, as the administrator of employees' pension insurance, is to pay the shortfall to that implementing organization by the fiscal year after next, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  実施機関は、毎年度において前条第一項又は第四項の規定により交付を受けた交付金の見込額を合算した額が第四条の二の四の規定により計算した当該年度における当該実施機関に係る交付金の額を超えるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その超える額を厚生年金保険の管掌者たる政府が翌々年度までに当該実施機関に交付すべき交付金に充当し、なお残余があるときは、返還しなければならない。
<sup>art-4-2-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-2</sup>
If, in a fiscal year, the amount obtained by adding together the estimated amounts of the grant received pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (4) of the preceding Article exceeds the amount of the grant pertaining to the implementing organization for that fiscal year calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 4-2-4, the implementing organization must, as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, apply the excess amount to the grant that the government, as the administrator of employees' pension insurance, is to pay to the implementing organization by the fiscal year after next, and return any remainder if there is one.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、前二項に規定する厚生労働省令を定めるときは、実施機関を所管する大臣に協議しなければならない。
<sup>art-4-2-6/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-3</sup>
When establishing the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult the minister having jurisdiction over the implementing organization.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-4-2-6/par-1: 前条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第一項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1
- art-4-2-6/par-1: 第四項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第四項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (4)), art-4-2-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-4
- art-4-2-6/par-1: 第四条の二の四 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の四 (Article 4-2-4), art-4-2-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-4
- art-4-2-6/par-2: 前条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第一項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-1
- art-4-2-6/par-2: 第四項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の五第四項 (Article 4-2-5, paragraph (4)), art-4-2-5/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-5/par-4
- art-4-2-6/par-2: 第四条の二の四 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の四 (Article 4-2-4), art-4-2-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-4
- art-4-2-6/par-3: 前二項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の六第一項 (Article 4-2-6, paragraph (1)), art-4-2-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-1
- art-4-2-6/par-3: 前二項 → 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の六第二項 (Article 4-2-6, paragraph (2)), art-4-2-6/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法施行令 第四条の二の六第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order/art-4-2-6/par-3

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — English title of a law in this collection, written for this site, written 2026-11-06
- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法施行令 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329CO0000000110/20261001_508CO0000000276), retrieved 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-enforcement-order-20261106T164949-017, translated 2026-11-07
- This site's parser, version 229 — 厚生年金保険法施行令 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-06
