# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3371-123`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3371-123
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3371-123
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
- Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below.

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## 附　則 昭和三七年五月一一日法律第一二三号
<sup>suppl-3371-123 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3371-123 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3371-123</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月をこえない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3371-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3371-123/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3371-123/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第十三項**  この法律の施行後は社会保険庁長官が行なうこととなる保険給付を受ける権利の裁定その他の処分であつて、この法律の施行前に厚生大臣が行なつたものは、社会保険庁長官が行なつた保険給付を受ける権利の裁定その他の処分とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3371-123/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3371-123/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3371-123/par-13</sup>
A decision on the right to receive insurance benefits or any other disposition that, after this Act comes into effect, is to be made by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, and that was made by the Minister of Health and Welfare before this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be a decision on the right to receive insurance benefits or other disposition made by the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第十四項**  この法律の施行後は社会保険庁長官に対して行なうこととなる申請、届出その他の行為であつて、この法律の施行の際現に厚生大臣に対して行なわれているものは、社会保険庁長官に対して行なわれている申請、届出その他の行為とみなす。
<sup>suppl-3371-123/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3371-123/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3371-123/par-14</sup>
An application, notification or other act that, after this Act comes into effect, is to be made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency, and that has actually been made to the Minister of Health and Welfare at the time this Act comes into effect, is deemed to be an application, notification or other act made to the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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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-20261013T074650-018, 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
