# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5)

- 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: 第五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5) — address `suppl-3461-72/art-5`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**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.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**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).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- 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

## Cited by

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

- 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-20261013T074650-023, 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
