# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十条 (Article 10)

- 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: 第十条 (Article 10) — address `art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10
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### 第十条
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10</sup>

  **第一項**  適用事業所以外の事業所に使用される七十歳未満の者は、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、厚生年金保険の被保険者となることができる。
  <sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10/par-1</sup>
  A person under 70 years of age who is employed at a place of business other than an applicable place of business may become an insured covered by employees' pension insurance with the approval of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第二項**  前項の認可を受けるには、その事業所の事業主の同意を得なければならない。
  <sup>art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10/par-2</sup>
  In order to obtain the approval referred to in the preceding paragraph, the relevant person must gain the consent of the employer of the place of business.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-10/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10/par-1

## Cited by

15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 第十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-11/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第十二条第一項（適用除外） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-12/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第十三条第二項（資格取得の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-13/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第十四条第一項（資格喪失の時期） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-14/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第一項（資格の得喪の確認） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第二十七条第一項（届出） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-27/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第二十九条第一項（通知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-29/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条第一項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第二号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条の五第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-4-5/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第九項第三号（第四種被保険者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第八項（船員任意継続被保険者に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-8
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十四条第二項（厚生年金保険の被保険者資格の取得及び喪失に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-14/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-62/art-17-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-62/art-17-3/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 厚生年金保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/329AC0000000115/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-13
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employees' Pension Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3554/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13
- This site's parser, version 190 — 厚生年金保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13
