# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十五条の二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-2)

- 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: 第十五条の二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15-2) — address `suppl-3291-115/art-15-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-15-2
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-15-2
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### 第十五条の二
<sup>suppl-3291-115/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-15-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-15-2</sup>

**第一項**  第四十三条第二項及び第三項の規定の適用については、当分の間、同条第二項中「受給権者」とあるのは「受給権者（附則第七条の三第三項又は第十三条の四第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者にあつては、六十五歳に達しているものに限る。）」と、同条第三項中「受給権者」とあるのは「受給権者（附則第七条の三第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者にあつては六十五歳に達しているものに限るものとし、附則第十三条の四第三項の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権者にあつては附則第八条の二各項の表の下欄に掲げる年齢に達しているものに限る。）」とする。
<sup>suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1</sup>
For the purpose of applying Article 43, paragraphs (2) and (3), for the time being, the phrase "a beneficiary" in Article 43, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "a beneficiary (in the case of a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) or Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, limited to one who has reached the age of 65)", and the phrase "a beneficiary" in Article 43, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "a beneficiary (in the case of a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, limited to one who has reached the age of 65, and in the case of a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 13-4, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, limited to one who has reached the age listed in the lower column of the table in each paragraph of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions)".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1: 第四十三条第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十三条第二項 (Article 43, paragraph (2)), art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-43/par-2
- suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十三条第三項 (Article 43, paragraph (3)), art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-43/par-3
- suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1: 附則第七条の三第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条の三第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 7-3, paragraph (3)), suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-7-3/par-3
- suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1: 第十三条の四第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条の四第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13-4, paragraph (3)), suppl-3291-115/art-13-4/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-13-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-13-4/par-3
- suppl-3291-115/art-15-2/par-1: 附則第八条の二 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八条の二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8-2), suppl-3291-115/art-8-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-8-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-8-2

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-011, 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
