# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第百条の九 (Article 100-9)

- 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: 第百条の九 (Article 100-9)（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任） — address `art-100-9`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9
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### 第百条の九（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority to Directors-General of Regional Bureaus of Health and Welfare)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-100-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9</sup>

**第一項**  この法律に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限（第百条の五第一項及び第二項に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限を除く。）は、厚生労働省令（第二十八条の四に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限にあつては、政令）で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。
<sup>art-100-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-1</sup>
The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in this Act (excluding the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 100-5, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)) may be delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令（第二十八条の四に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限にあつては、政令）で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長に委任することができる。
<sup>art-100-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-2</sup>
The authority delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  第一項の規定により第二十八条の四に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限が地方厚生局長に委任された場合（前項の規定により同条に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限が地方厚生支局長に委任された場合を含む。）には、同条第三項中「社会保障審議会」とあるのは、「地方厚生局に置かれる政令で定める審議会」とする。
<sup>art-100-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-3</sup>
If, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4 has been delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare (or if, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in that Article has been delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare), the phrase "the Social Security Council" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the council specified by Cabinet Order which is established in the regional bureau of health and welfare".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-100-9/par-1: 第百条の五第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第一項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (1)), art-100-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-1
- art-100-9/par-1: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の五第二項 (Article 100-5, paragraph (2)), art-100-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-5/par-2
- art-100-9/par-1: 第二十八条の四 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十八条の四 (Article 28-4), art-28-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-28-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-28-4
- art-100-9/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の九第一項 (Article 100-9, paragraph (1)), art-100-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-1
- art-100-9/par-2: 第二十八条の四 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十八条の四 (Article 28-4), art-28-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-28-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-28-4
- art-100-9/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の九第一項 (Article 100-9, paragraph (1)), art-100-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-1
- art-100-9/par-3: 第二十八条の四 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十八条の四 (Article 28-4), art-28-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-28-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-28-4
- art-100-9/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 第百条の九第二項 (Article 100-9, paragraph (2)), art-100-9/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-2
- art-100-9/par-3: 同条第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第二十八条の四第三項 (Article 28-4, paragraph (3)), art-28-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-28-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-28-4/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の九第二項（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の九第三項（地方厚生局長等への権限の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-100-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-9/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十二条第一項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-32/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十二条第二項（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-32/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十二条第二項（徴収金の督促及び滞納処分等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-82/par-2

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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
