# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三章の四 (Chapter 3-4)

- Law: 厚生年金保険法 (Employees' Pension Insurance Act), 昭和二十九年法律第百十五号
- English title "Employees' Pension Insurance 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: 第三章の四 (Chapter 3-4) — address `ch-3-4`
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## 第三章の四　被保険者と死別した場合における配偶者であつた期間についての特例 — Chapter III-4 Special Provisions Concerning the Period of Having Been a Spouse in the Case of Bereavement from an Insured
<sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>ch-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4</sup>

### 第七十八条の二十一の二（死別配偶者についての標準報酬の特例） — Special Provisions on the Standardized Remuneration of a Bereaved Spouse
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<sup>art-78-21-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2</sup>

**第一項**  死亡した被保険者（被保険者であつた者を含む。以下「死亡被保険者」という。）が被保険者であつた期間中に配偶者を有していた場合において、当該死亡被保険者の配偶者（以下「死別配偶者」という。）が特定受給権者であるとき、又は特定受給権者であつたときは、当該死別配偶者は、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ当該各号に定める日（当該各号のうち二以上に該当する場合においては、いずれか早い日）から、実施機関に対し、婚姻等対象期間（当該死亡被保険者と当該死別配偶者との婚姻期間その他の厚生労働省令で定める期間であつた期間をいう。以下同じ。）の標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、当該従前標準報酬月額とし、標準報酬月額を有しない月にあつては、零とする。以下この条において同じ。）及び標準賞与額（標準賞与額を有しない月にあつては、零とする。以下この条において同じ。）の改定又は決定を請求することができる。ただし、当該各号に定める日から五年を経過したときその他の厚生労働省令で定める場合に該当するときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1</sup>
If an insured who has died (including a former insured; hereinafter referred to as the "deceased insured") had a spouse during the time that the person was an insured, and the spouse of the deceased insured (hereinafter referred to as the "bereaved spouse") is a specified beneficiary or was a specified beneficiary, the bereaved spouse may, from the day specified in each of the following items for the case classified as set forth in that item (or the earliest of those days if the case falls under two or more of the items), file a request with the implementing organization for the standard monthly remuneration (for a month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration provided for in Article 26, paragraph (1) is deemed to be the standard monthly remuneration for that month pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, that previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration, and for a month without a standard monthly remuneration, 0; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) and the standard bonus amount (for a month without a standard bonus amount, 0; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) for the marriage-related subject period (meaning a period that was the period of marriage between the deceased insured and the bereaved spouse or any other period specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter) to be revised or decided; provided, however, that this does not apply if five years have elapsed from the day specified in the relevant item or in any other case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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  **一**  遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する期間がない場合（遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する子と生計を同じくする場合又は次号に掲げる場合を除く。）　六十歳に達する前に支給すべき事由が生じた遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得した日から起算して五年を経過した日
  <sup>art-78-21-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
  if there is no period during which the bereaved spouse holds the right to receive benefits from a basic pension for surviving family (excluding a case where the bereaved spouse is living off the same financial resources as a child who holds the right to receive benefits from a basic pension for surviving family and a case set forth in the following item): the day on which five years have elapsed counting from the day on which the bereaved spouse acquired the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family for which the grounds for payment arose before reaching 60 years of age;
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  **二**  遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する期間がなく、かつ、遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する子と生計を同じくしていた場合　当該子（当該子が二人以上あるときは、その全ての子。以下この号において同じ。）が直系血族若しくは直系姻族（特定受給権者である直系姻族を除く。）の養子となつた日、特定受給権者と生計を同じくしなくなつた日又は当該子の有する遺族基礎年金の受給権が消滅した日から起算して五年を経過した日
  <sup>art-78-21-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
  if there is no period during which the bereaved spouse holds the right to receive benefits from a basic pension for surviving family, and the bereaved spouse was living off the same financial resources as a child who holds the right to receive benefits from a basic pension for surviving family: the day on which five years have elapsed counting from the day on which that child (or, if there are two or more of those children, all of them; the same applies hereinafter in this item) was adopted by a lineal relative by blood or a lineal relative by affinity (excluding a lineal relative by affinity who is a specified beneficiary), the day on which that child ceased to be living off the same financial resources as the specified beneficiary, or the day on which the right to receive benefits from the basic pension for surviving family held by that child ceased to exist;
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  **三**  遺族基礎年金の受給権を有する期間があり、かつ、六十歳に達する日前に当該遺族基礎年金の受給権が消滅した場合　当該遺族基礎年金の受給権が消滅した日から起算して五年を経過した日
  <sup>art-78-21-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
  if there is a period during which the bereaved spouse holds the right to receive benefits from a basic pension for surviving family, and that right to receive benefits from the basic pension for surviving family ceased to exist before the day on which the bereaved spouse reaches 60 years of age: the day on which five years have elapsed counting from the day on which that right to receive benefits from the basic pension for surviving family ceased to exist;
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  **四**  第六十三条第一項第二号若しくは第三号又は第二項第二号若しくは第三号の規定により六十歳に達する前に支給すべき事由が生じた遺族厚生年金の受給権が消滅した場合　当該遺族厚生年金の受給権が消滅した日
  <sup>art-78-21-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1/item-4</sup>
  if the right to receive benefits from the employees' pension for surviving family for which the grounds for payment arose before reaching 60 years of age ceases to exist pursuant to the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii), or paragraph (2), item (ii) or (iii): the day on which the right to receive benefits from that employees' pension for surviving family ceased to exist.
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**第二項**  遺族厚生年金及び遺族基礎年金の受給権が六十歳に達する日前に同時に消滅したときは、これらの受給権を有していた死別配偶者は、これらの受給権が消滅した日から、実施機関に対し、婚姻等対象期間の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額の改定又は決定を請求することができる。ただし、これらの受給権が消滅した日から五年を経過したときその他の厚生労働省令で定める場合に該当するときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-2</sup>
If the rights to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family and a basic pension for surviving family cease to exist simultaneously before the day on which the bereaved spouse reaches 60 years of age, the bereaved spouse who held those rights may, from the day on which those rights ceased to exist, file a request with the implementing organization for the standard monthly remuneration and the standard bonus amount for the marriage-related subject period to be revised or decided; provided, however, that this does not apply if five years have elapsed from the day on which those rights ceased to exist or in any other case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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**第三項**  実施機関は、第一項又は前項の規定による請求があつた場合には、婚姻等対象期間のうち、死別配偶者が国民年金法第七条第一項第三号に規定する第三号被保険者であつた期間（第五項において「特定第三号被保険者期間」という。）以外の期間の各月ごとにおいて、当該死別配偶者の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額について、それぞれ次の各号に定める額に改定し、又は決定することができる。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-3</sup>
If a request under paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph has been filed, the implementing organization may, for each month of the marriage-related subject period other than the period during which the bereaved spouse was a class III insured provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act (referred to in paragraph (5) as the "specified class III insured period"), revise or decide the standard monthly remuneration and the standard bonus amount of the bereaved spouse to be the amounts specified in the following items respectively.
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  **一**  標準報酬月額　当該死別配偶者の標準報酬月額に、死亡被保険者の標準報酬月額に算定率（改定又は決定後の死別配偶者の婚姻等対象期間標準報酬総額が、死亡被保険者及び死別配偶者の婚姻等対象期間標準報酬総額の合計額の二分の一になるよう厚生労働省令で定めるところにより算定した率をいう。次号において同じ。）を乗じて得た額を加えて得た額
  <sup>art-78-21-2/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-3/item-1</sup>
  standard monthly remuneration: the amount arrived at when the amount obtained by multiplying the deceased insured's standard monthly remuneration by the calculation percentage (meaning the percentage calculated as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so that the bereaved spouse's aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period after the revision or decision becomes one-half of the total of the aggregate amounts of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period of the deceased insured and of the bereaved spouse; the same applies in the following item) is added to the bereaved spouse's standard monthly remuneration;
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  **二**  標準賞与額　当該死別配偶者の標準賞与額に、死亡被保険者の標準賞与額に算定率を乗じて得た額を加えて得た額
  <sup>art-78-21-2/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-3/item-2</sup>
  standard bonus amount: the amount arrived at when the amount obtained by multiplying the deceased insured's standard bonus amount by the calculation percentage is added to the bereaved spouse's standard bonus amount.
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**第四項**  死別配偶者の婚姻等対象期間標準報酬総額が、死亡被保険者の婚姻等対象期間標準報酬総額以上である場合にあつては、前項の規定にかかわらず、改定又は決定前の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額を、同項の規定により改定され、又は決定された標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額とする。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-4</sup>
In a case where the bereaved spouse's aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period is the deceased insured's aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period or more, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the standard monthly remuneration and the standard bonus amount prior to the revision or decision are the standard monthly remuneration and the standard bonus amount revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.
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**第五項**  実施機関は、第一項又は第二項の規定による請求があつた場合には、死別配偶者の特定第三号被保険者期間の各月ごとにおいて、当該死別配偶者の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額として、死亡被保険者の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額に二分の一を乗じて得た額に決定することができる。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-5</sup>
If a request under paragraph (1) or (2) has been filed, the implementing organization may, for each month of the bereaved spouse's specified class III insured period, decide the bereaved spouse's standard monthly remuneration and standard bonus amount to be the amounts arrived at when the deceased insured's standard monthly remuneration and standard bonus amount are multiplied by one-half.
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**第六項**  第三項及び前項の場合において、婚姻等対象期間のうち死亡被保険者の被保険者期間であつて死別配偶者の被保険者期間でない期間については、当該死別配偶者の被保険者期間であつたものとみなす。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-6</sup>
In a case as referred to in paragraph (3) and the preceding paragraph, a period within the marriage-related subject period that is an insured period of the deceased insured but not an insured period of the bereaved spouse is deemed to be an insured period of the bereaved spouse.
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**第七項**  第三項及び第五項の規定により改定され、又は決定された死別配偶者の標準報酬は、第一項又は第二項の規定による請求のあつた日から将来に向かつてのみその効力を有する。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-7</sup>
The standardized remuneration of the bereaved spouse as revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) is effective only prospectively, starting from the day on which the request under paragraph (1) or (2) was filed.
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**第八項**  第三項第一号及び第四項において「婚姻等対象期間標準報酬総額」とは、死亡被保険者又は死別配偶者ごとに、婚姻等対象期間に係る被保険者期間の各月の標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額に、死亡被保険者又は死別配偶者を受給権者とみなして婚姻等対象期間の末日において適用される再評価率を乗じて得た額の総額をいう。
<sup>art-78-21-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-8</sup>
In paragraph (3), item (i) and paragraph (4), the "aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the marriage-related subject period" means, for each of the deceased insured and the bereaved spouse, the total of the amounts arrived at when each of the standard monthly remuneration and the standard bonus amounts for the months of the insured period pertaining to the marriage-related subject period is multiplied by the revaluation rate that is applicable on the last day of the marriage-related subject period, the deceased insured or the bereaved spouse being deemed to be the beneficiary.
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### 第七十八条の二十一の三（記録） — Records
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<sup>art-78-21-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-3</sup>

**第一項**  実施機関は、厚生年金保険原簿に前条第六項の規定により被保険者期間であつたものとみなされた期間（以下この条及び第七十八条の二十一の六第二項ただし書において「死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間」という。）を有する者の氏名、死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間、死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間に係る標準報酬その他主務省令で定める事項を記録しなければならない。
<sup>art-78-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-3/par-1</sup>
The implementing organization must record, in the EPI register, the name of persons who have a period that is deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to in this Article and the proviso to Article 78-21-6, paragraph (2) as the "deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse"), the deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse, the standardized remuneration connected with the deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse, and any other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry.
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### 第七十八条の二十一の四（通知） — Notification
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<sup>art-78-21-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-4</sup>

**第一項**  実施機関は、第七十八条の二十一の二第三項及び第五項の規定による標準報酬の改定又は決定を行つたときは、その旨を死別配偶者に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-78-21-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-4/par-1</sup>
If the implementing organization has revised or decided the standardized remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), the implementing organization must notify the bereaved spouse to that effect.
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### 第七十八条の二十一の五（省令への委任） — Delegation to Ministerial Order
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<sup>art-78-21-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-5</sup>

**第一項**  前三条に定めるもののほか、第七十八条の二十一の二第一項又は第二項の規定による請求並びに同条第三項及び第五項の規定による標準報酬の改定又は決定の手続に関し必要な事項は、主務省令で定める。
<sup>art-78-21-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-5/par-1</sup>
Beyond as provided in the preceding three Articles, order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the procedures for the request under Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1) or (2) and for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) of that Article.
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### 第七十八条の二十一の六（老齢厚生年金等の額の改定の特例） — Special Provisions on Revising the Amounts of Employees' Old-Age Pensions and Employees' Disability Pensions
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<sup>art-78-21-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-6</sup>

**第一項**  老齢厚生年金の受給権者について、第七十八条の二十一の二第三項及び第五項の規定による標準報酬の改定又は決定が行われたときは、第四十三条第一項の規定にかかわらず、婚姻等対象期間に係る被保険者期間の最後の月以前における被保険者期間及び改定又は決定後の標準報酬を老齢厚生年金の額の計算の基礎とするものとし、第七十八条の二十一の二第一項又は第二項の規定による請求のあつた日の属する月の翌月から、年金の額を改定する。
<sup>art-78-21-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-6/par-1</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), if the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), the insured period up to and including the last month of the insured period pertaining to the marriage-related subject period and the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided are the basis for calculating the employees' old-age pension, and the pension amount is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request under Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1) or (2) was filed.
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**第二項**  障害厚生年金の受給権者について、当該障害厚生年金の額の計算の基礎となる被保険者期間に係る標準報酬が第七十八条の二十一の二第三項及び第五項の規定により改定され、又は決定されたときは、改定又は決定後の標準報酬を基礎として、同条第一項又は第二項の規定による請求のあつた日の属する月の翌月から、年金の額を改定する。ただし、第五十条第一項後段の規定が適用されている障害厚生年金については、死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間は、その計算の基礎としない。
<sup>art-78-21-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-6/par-2</sup>
If the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5) for an insured period that constitutes a basis for calculating the amount of the relevant employees' disability pension, the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request under paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article was filed, based on the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided; provided, however, that the deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse does not constitute a basis for calculating the employees' disability pension to which the provisions of the second sentence of Article 50, paragraph (1) apply.
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### 第七十八条の二十一の七（標準報酬が改定され、又は決定された者に対する保険給付の特例） — Special Provisions on Insurance Benefits for a Person Whose Standardized Remuneration Has Been Revised or Decided
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<sup>art-78-21-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-7</sup>

**第一項**  第七十八条の二十一の二第三項及び第五項の規定により標準報酬が改定され、又は決定された者に対する保険給付についてこの法律を適用する場合においては、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定（他の法令において、これらの規定を引用し、準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとするほか、当該保険給付の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定の適用に関し必要な読替えは、政令で定める。
第四十四条第一項	被保険者期間の月数が二百四十未満	被保険者期間（第七十八条の二十一の三に規定する死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間（以下「死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間」という。）を除く。）の月数が二百四十未満
第四十六条第一項	の標準賞与額	の標準賞与額（第七十八条の二十一の二第三項及び第五項の規定による改定前の標準賞与額とし、これらの規定により決定された標準賞与額を除く。）
第五十八条第一項	被保険者であつた者が次の	被保険者であつた者（第四号に該当する場合にあつては、死別配偶者みなし被保険者期間を有する者を含む。）が次の
<sup>art-78-21-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-7/par-1</sup>
If this Act is applied to the insurance benefits of a person whose standardized remuneration has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), each of the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table, under the provisions prescribed in the left-hand column of that table (including when these are cited in other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and regulations, or govern other laws and regulations), is deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table, and Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary technical replacement of terms in connection with the application of provisions on the calculation of the amount of the insurance benefits, of provisions on the suspension of their payment, and of any other provisions that Cabinet Order prescribes.
Article 44, paragraph (1)	insured period constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months	insured period (excluding the deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse provided for in Article 78-21-3 (hereinafter referred to as the "deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse")) constituting the basis for the calculation of the amount of the employees' old-age pension was less than 240 months
Article 46, paragraph (1)	the standardized amount of the bonuses for	the standardized amount of the bonuses (meaning the standard bonus amount before the revision under the provisions of Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3) and paragraph (5), and excluding the standard bonus amount decided pursuant to those provisions) for
Article 58, paragraph (1)	former insured falls under any one of the following	former insured (in a case that falls under item (iv), including a person who has a deemed insured period of a bereaved spouse) falls under any one of the following
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### 第七十八条の二十一の八（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>art-78-21-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-8</sup>

**第一項**  この章に定めるもののほか、被保険者と死別した場合における配偶者であつた期間についての特例に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-78-21-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-8/par-1</sup>
Beyond as provided in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the special provisions on the period of being a spouse in a case of bereavement of an insured.
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- art-78-21-6/par-1: 第七十八条の二十一の二第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の二第一項 (Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1)), art-78-21-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1
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- art-78-21-6/par-2: 第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の二第五項 (Article 78-21-2, paragraph (5)), art-78-21-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-5
- art-78-21-6/par-2: 同条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の二第一項 (Article 78-21-2, paragraph (1)), art-78-21-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-1
- art-78-21-6/par-2: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の二第二項 (Article 78-21-2, paragraph (2)), art-78-21-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-2
- art-78-21-6/par-2: 第五十条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十条第一項 (Article 50, paragraph (1)), art-50/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3/from-art-48#art-50/par-1
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第七十八条の二十一の二第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の二第三項 (Article 78-21-2, paragraph (3)), art-78-21-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-3
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の二第五項 (Article 78-21-2, paragraph (5)), art-78-21-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-2/par-5
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第四十四条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3/from-art-43-5#art-44/par-1
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第七十八条の二十一の三 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の二十一の三 (Article 78-21-3), art-78-21-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3-4#art-78-21-3
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第四十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3/from-art-44-4#art-46/par-1
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第五十八条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項 (Article 58, paragraph (1)), art-58/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3/from-art-54#art-58/par-1
- art-78-21-7/par-1: 第四号 → 厚生年金保険法 第五十八条第一項第四号 (Article 58, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-58/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/amendments/20280401_507AC0000000074/text/ch-3/from-art-54#art-58/par-1/item-4

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