# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十八条の十六 (Article 78-16)

- 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: 第七十八条の十六 (Article 78-16)（通知） — address `art-78-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-16
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### 第七十八条の十六（通知） — (Notifying the Relevant Persons)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-78-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-16</sup>

**第一項**  実施機関は、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により標準報酬の改定及び決定を行つたときは、その旨を特定被保険者及び被扶養配偶者に通知しなければならない。
<sup>art-78-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-16/par-1</sup>
If the implementing organization has revised or decided the standardized remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the Organization must notify the specific insured and the dependent spouse to that effect.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-78-16/par-1: 第七十八条の十四第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四第二項 (Article 78-14, paragraph (2)), art-78-14/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14/par-2
- art-78-16/par-1: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十四第三項 (Article 78-14, paragraph (3)), art-78-14/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-14/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-14/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 第七十八条の十七第一項（省令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-78-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-78-17/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 第百条の四第一項第二十六号（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-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-100-4/par-1/item-26

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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
