# 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
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- Provision: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-3461-72`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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## 附　則 昭和四六年五月二七日法律第七二号
<sup>suppl-3461-72 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和四十六年十一月一日から施行する。ただし、第一条中厚生年金保険法第三十七条、第百三十六条及び第百六十四条第一項の改正規定、第二条中船員保険法第二十三条第一項の改正規定（同項中「祖父母」の下に「（第五十条第三号ニ該当シタルニ因リ支給スベキ遺族年金ニ付テハ被保険者又ハ被保険者タリシ者ノ配偶者、子、父母、孫、祖父母及兄弟姉妹トス）」を加える部分に限る。）並びに同法同条第二項及び第二十七条ノ二第三項の改正規定、第四条の規定並びに第五条中船員保険法の一部を改正する法律（昭和四十年法律第百五号）附則第十九条第一項の改正規定は公布の日から、第二条中船員保険法第四条第一項の改正規定は同年十月一日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on November 1, 1971; provided, however, that the provisions amending Articles 37 and 136 and Article 164, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act in Article 1, the provisions amending Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Mariners Insurance Act in Article 2 (limited to the part adding "(for a pension for surviving family payable on account of falling under Article 50, item (iii), (d), the spouse, children, parents, grandchildren, grandparents and siblings of an insured or of a person who was an insured)" after "grandparents" in that paragraph) and the provisions amending Article 23, paragraph (2) and Article 27-2, paragraph (3) of that Act, the provisions of Article 4, and the provisions amending Article 19, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 105 of 1965) in Article 5 come into effect on the date of promulgation, and the provisions amending Article 4, paragraph (1) of the Mariners Insurance Act in Article 2 come into effect on October 1 of the same year.
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### 第二条（厚生年金保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act
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<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-2</sup>

**第一項**  昭和四十六年十一月一日前に被保険者の資格を取得して、同日まで引き続き被保険者の資格を有する者（第四種被保険者の資格を有する者及び同月から標準報酬を改定されるべき者を除く。）のうち、同年十月の標準報酬月額が十万円である者の標準報酬は、当該標準報酬月額の基礎となつた報酬月額をこの法律による改正後の厚生年金保険法第二十条の規定による標準報酬の基礎となる報酬月額とみなして、都道府県知事が改定する。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-1</sup>
With regard to the standardized remuneration of a person who acquired the status of an insured before November 1, 1971 and has continuously held the status of an insured up to that day (excluding a person who holds the status of a class 4 insured person and a person whose standardized remuneration is to be revised from that month), among those persons whose standardized monthly amount of remuneration in October of that year is 100,000 yen, the prefectural governor revises the standardized remuneration by deeming the monthly amount of remuneration that was the basis of that standardized monthly amount of remuneration to be the monthly amount of remuneration that is the basis of the standardized remuneration under the provisions of Article 20 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by this Act.
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**第二項**  前項の規定によつて改定された標準報酬は、昭和四十六年十一月から昭和四十七年九月までの各月の標準報酬とする。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-2</sup>
The standardized remuneration revised pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the standardized remuneration for each month from November 1971 to September 1972.
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### 第三条
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  厚生年金保険法及び船員保険法の一部を改正する法律（昭和四十四年法律第七十八号）附則第十一条第一項の規定により同項に規定する二以上の年金たる保険給付の支給を受ける者が他の年金たる保険給付（その全額につき支給を停止されている年金たる保険給付を除く。）の受給権を有するに至つたときは、その者の選択により、この法律による改正後の厚生年金保険法第三十八条の規定にかかわらず、その者に、当該二以上の年金たる保険給付を支給し、当該他の年金たる保険給付の支給を停止する。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-3/par-1</sup>
When a person who receives payment of two or more pension insurance benefits prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act and the Mariners Insurance Act (Act No. 78 of 1969), pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, comes to have the right to receive another pension insurance benefit (excluding a pension insurance benefit whose payment is suspended in its entirety), the two or more pension insurance benefits are paid to that person, and payment of the other pension insurance benefit is suspended, at that person's choice and notwithstanding the provisions of Article 38 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by this Act.
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### 第四条
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**第一項**  昭和四十六年十一月一日において現に厚生年金保険法による年金たる保険給付を受ける権利を有する者に支給する当該保険給付については、次条及び附則第六条に規定するものを除くほか、その額をこの法律による改正後の厚生年金保険法第三十四条、第五十条及び第六十条の規定により計算した額とする。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1</sup>
With regard to the pension insurance benefits paid to a person who, on November 1, 1971, actually has the right to receive pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, except as provided for in the following Article and Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, the amount is the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of Articles 34, 50 and 60 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by this Act.
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### 第五条
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  昭和四十六年十一月一日において現に厚生年金保険法附則第十六条第一項の規定によつて支給する従前の障害年金の例による保険給付を受ける権利を有する者のうち、同法別表第一に定める一級の廃疾の状態にある者の当該障害年金については、その額（従前の加給金に相当する給付の額を除く。）を十六万五千円とし、その他の者の当該障害年金については、その額（従前の加給金に相当する給付の額を除く。）を十三万二千円とする。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-1</sup>
Among persons who, on November 1, 1971, actually have the right to receive insurance benefits that follow the example of the previous disability pension paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, for the disability pension of a person who is in a state of disablement of grade 1 specified in Appended Table 1 of that Act, the amount (excluding the amount of benefits equivalent to the previous additional allowance) is 165,000 yen, and for the disability pension of any other person, the amount (excluding the amount of benefits equivalent to the previous additional allowance) is 132,000 yen.
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**第二項**  年金の額（従前の加給金に相当する給付の額を除く。）が十三万二千円である者は、社会保険庁長官に対し、廃疾の程度が厚生年金保険法別表第一に定める一級に該当するに至つたことによる当該障害年金の額の改定を請求することができる。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-2</sup>
A person whose pension amount (excluding the amount of benefits equivalent to the previous additional allowance) is 132,000 yen may request the Director-General of the Social Insurance Agency to revise the amount of that disability pension on the grounds that the degree of disablement has come to fall under grade 1 specified in Appended Table 1 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
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**第三項**  厚生年金保険法第五十二条第三項及び第四項の規定は、前項の請求又は第一項の規定による年金の額の改定について準用する。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 52, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis to the request under the preceding paragraph or the revision of the pension amount pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).
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### 第六条
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  昭和四十六年十一月一日において現に厚生年金保険法附則第十六条第一項の規定によつて支給する従前の遺族年金、寡婦年金、鰥夫年金又は遺児年金の例による保険給付を受ける権利を有する者の当該保険給付については、その額（従前の加給金又は増額金に相当する給付の額を除く。）を十万五千六百円とする。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-1</sup>
With regard to the insurance benefits of a person who, on November 1, 1971, actually has the right to receive insurance benefits that follow the example of the previous pension for surviving family, widow's pension, widower's pension or orphan's pension paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount (excluding the amount of benefits equivalent to the previous additional allowance or increment) is 105,600 yen.
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**第二項**  前項の規定は、昭和四十六年十一月一日以後において厚生年金保険法附則第十六条第一項の規定によつて支給する従前の遺族年金、寡婦年金、鰥夫年金又は遺児年金の例による保険給付を受ける権利を有するに至つた者の当該保険給付について準用する。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the insurance benefits of a person who has come to have, on or after November 1, 1971, the right to receive insurance benefits that follow the example of the previous pension for surviving family, widow's pension, widower's pension or orphan's pension paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
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### 第七条
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  前三条に規定する保険給付の額で昭和四十六年十月以前の月分のもの及び厚生年金保険の障害手当金で同年十一月一日においてまだ支給していないものの額については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1</sup>
With regard to the amount of insurance benefits prescribed in the preceding three Articles for months up to and including October 1971, and the amounts of disability allowances under employees' pension insurance that have not yet been paid as of November 1 of that year, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第八条
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の厚生年金保険法第五十九条第一項の規定は、昭和四十六年十一月一日前に行方不明となり、失踪の宣告を受けたことにより同日以後に死亡したとみなされた被保険者であつた者の遺族についても、適用する。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-8/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 59, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by this Act also apply to the surviving family of a person who was an insured whose whereabouts became unknown before November 1, 1971 and who is deemed to have died on or after that day by reason of an adjudication of disappearance.
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### 第十八条（通算年金制度を創設するための関係法律の一部を改正する法律の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Act Partially Amending Related Acts to Establish the Aggregated Pension System
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<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-18</sup>

**第一項**  この法律による改正後の通算年金制度を創設するための関係法律の一部を改正する法律附則第七条第一項又は附則第十三条第一項の規定により昭和四十六年十一月一日に厚生年金保険法第四十六条の三第一項又は船員保険法第三十九条ノ二第一項の通算老齢年金の受給権を取得した者に対する当該通算老齢年金は、同年十一月からその支給を始める。
<sup>suppl-3461-72/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-18/par-1</sup>
The payment of the aggregated old-age pension to a person who has acquired, on November 1, 1971, the right to receive an aggregated old-age pension under Article 46-3, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act or Article 39-2, paragraph (1) of the Mariners Insurance Act pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) or Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending Related Acts to Establish the Aggregated Pension System as amended by this Act starts from November of that year.
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## Cites
- suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-1
- suppl-3461-72/art-3/par-1: 厚生年金保険法及び船員保険法の一部を改正する法律（昭和四十四年法律第七十八号）附則第十一条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十一条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11, paragraph (1)), suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3441-78/art-11/par-1
- suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1: 次条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-3461-72/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5
- suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1: 附則第六条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-3461-72/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6
- suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (2)), suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-2
- suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-1
- suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6, paragraph (1)), suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-1
- suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-3461-72/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-4
- suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5), suppl-3461-72/art-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5
- suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1: 前三条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 6), suppl-3461-72/art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6
- suppl-3461-72/art-18/par-1: 船員保険法第三十九条ノ二第一項 → e-Gov law 314AC0000000073, 第三十九条の二第一項 (Article 39-2, paragraph (1)), art-39-2/par-1 — not held in this collection

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第二条第二項（厚生年金保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-2/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-4/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-5/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-6/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-7/par-1

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## Sources

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