# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17)

- 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: 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17) — address `suppl-3551-82/art-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3551-82/art-17
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3551-82/art-17
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### 第十七条
<sup>suppl-3551-82/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3551-82/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3551-82/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  次の表の上欄に掲げる月分の厚生年金保険法による保険料率については、第一条の規定による改正後の同法第八十一条第五項第二号中「千分の八十九」とあるのはそれぞれ同表の中欄に掲げる字句に、「千分の六十」とあるのはそれぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとする。
昭和五十六年六月から昭和五十七年五月までの月分	千分の九十	千分の六十一
昭和五十七年六月から昭和五十八年五月までの月分	千分の九十一	千分の六十二
昭和五十八年六月から昭和五十九年五月までの月分	千分の九十二	千分の六十三
昭和五十九年六月以後の月分	千分の九十三	千分の六十四
<sup>suppl-3551-82/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3551-82/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3551-82/art-17/par-1</sup>
For the insurance premium rate under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act for the months set forth in the left-hand column of the following table, the phrase "89/1000" in Article 81, paragraph (5), item (ii) of that Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 is deemed to be replaced with the wording set forth in the middle column of that table, and the phrase "60/1000" with the wording set forth in the right-hand column of that table, respectively.
For months from June 1981 to May 1982	90/1000	61/1000
For months from June 1982 to May 1983	91/1000	62/1000
For months from June 1983 to May 1984	92/1000	63/1000
For the month of June 1984 and months thereafter	93/1000	64/1000
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  第一条の規定による改正後の厚生年金保険法第八十一条第五項第二号に定める第二種被保険者の保険料率は、昭和六十年六月以後において、同項第一号に定める第一種被保険者の保険料率に達するまで、法律で定めるところにより、段階的に引き上げられるものとする。
<sup>suppl-3551-82/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3551-82/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3551-82/art-17/par-2</sup>
The insurance premium rate of class 2 insured persons specified in Article 81, paragraph (5), item (ii) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 is to be raised in stages, as provided by Act, on or after June 1985, until it reaches the insurance premium rate of class 1 insured persons specified in item (i) of that paragraph.
<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-20261013T074650-026, 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
