# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第百条 (Article 100)

- 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: 第百条 (Article 100)（立入検査等） — address `art-100`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100
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### 第百条（立入検査等） — (Site Inspections; Related Matters)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、被保険者の資格、標準報酬、保険料又は保険給付に関する決定に関し、必要があると認めるときは、適用事業所若しくは適用事業所であると認められる事業所の事業主又は第十条第二項の同意をした事業主（第四項、第百二条第二項及び第百三条において「適用事業所等の事業主」という。）に対して、文書その他の物件を提出すべきことを命じ、又は当該職員をして事業所に立ち入つて関係者に質問し、若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。
<sup>art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-1</sup>
On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a decision on a person's status as an insured, standardized remuneration, insurance premiums, or insurance benefits, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the employer of an applicable place of business or of a place of business found to be an applicable place of business, or an employer that has given the consent referred to in Article 10, paragraph (2) (referred to in paragraph (4), Article 102, paragraph (2) and Article 103 as an "employer of an applicable place of business, etc."), to submit documents and other items or may have a competent official enter into the place of business and question those concerned or inspect books, documents and other items.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第九十六条第二項の規定は、前項の規定による質問及び検査について準用する。
<sup>art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 96, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to questioning and inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。
<sup>art-100/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-3</sup>
The authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as being conferred for a criminal investigation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者及びこれらの者に係る適用事業所等の事業主については、前三項の規定は、適用しない。
<sup>art-100/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-4</sup>
The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured; nor do they apply to the employer of an applicable place of business, etc. of such a person.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-100/par-1: 第十条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), 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
- art-100/par-1: 第四項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条第四項 (Article 100, paragraph (4)), art-100/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-4
- art-100/par-1: 第百二条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百二条第二項 (Article 102, paragraph (2)), art-102/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-102/par-2
- art-100/par-1: 第百三条 → 厚生年金保険法 第百三条 (Article 103), art-103 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-103 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-103
- art-100/par-2: 第九十六条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-96/par-2
- art-100/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条第一項 (Article 100, paragraph (1)), art-100/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-1
- art-100/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条第一項 (Article 100, paragraph (1)), art-100/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-1
- art-100/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条第一項 (Article 100, paragraph (1)), art-100/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-1
- art-100/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-2
- art-100/par-4: 前三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条第三項 (Article 100, paragraph (3)), art-100/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 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 第百条第二項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条第三項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条第四項（立入検査等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第三十六号（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-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-36
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の八第二項（機構が行う立入検査等に係る認可等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-8/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第百二条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-102/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-102/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第百三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-103/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-103/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十九条第九項（日本国籍を有しない者に対する脱退一時金の支給） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-29/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-29/par-9
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十八条第十二項（旧厚生年金保険法による給付） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-12
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十七条第十四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-14
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1
- 国民年金法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4111-87/art-75/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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-001, translated 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
