# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)
- 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
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- Provision: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（被保険者の資格に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3291-115/art-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第三条（被保険者の資格に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Status as an Insured
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suppl-3291-115/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-3
**第一項** 昭和二十九年五月一日において現に従前の厚生年金保険法（以下「旧法」という。）による被保険者である者が、引き続きこの法律による被保険者となつたときは、その引き続く資格の取得については、第十八条第一項の規定による都道府県知事の確認を要しない。
suppl-3291-115/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-3/par-1
In the case where a person who, as of May 1, 1954, is actually an insured under the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Act") continues to become an insured under this Act, confirmation by the prefectural governor under the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1) is not required for the acquisition of that continuing status.
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## Cites
- suppl-3291-115/art-3/par-1: 第十八条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18/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-20261013T074650-002, 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