# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4)

- 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: 第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4) — address `suppl-3461-72/art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3461-72/art-4
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3461-72/art-4
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### 第四条
<sup>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</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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- 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

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

- 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-20261013T074650-022, 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
