# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)

- 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: 第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1)（施行期日） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-1`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、昭和六十一年四月一日（以下「施行日」という。）から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、それぞれ当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on April 1, 1986 (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"); provided, however, that the provisions listed in the following items come into effect on the dates specified respectively in those items:
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  **一**  第二条中厚生年金保険法第四十七条第二項の改正規定、第三条中厚生年金保険法第五条の改正規定及び第四条中船員保険法第四十条の改正規定並びに附則第四十条、第九十一条及び第百十八条の規定　公布の日から起算して三月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日
  <sup>suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions amending Article 47, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act in Article 2, the provisions amending Article 5 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act in Article 3, the provisions amending Article 40 of the Mariners Insurance Act in Article 4, and the provisions of Articles 40, 91 and 118 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three months from the day of promulgation;
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  **二**  第二条の規定（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）及び第四条の規定（前号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第三十九条、第百四条、第百六条及び第百三十二条（健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和五十九年法律第七十七号）附則第十条第四項を削る改正規定を除く。）の規定　昭和六十年十月一日
  <sup>suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the provisions of Article 2 (excluding the amending provisions listed in the preceding item) and the provisions of Article 4 (excluding the amending provisions listed in the preceding item), and the provisions of Articles 39, 104, 106 and 132 of the Supplementary Provisions (as to Article 132 of the Supplementary Provisions, excluding the provisions deleting Article 10, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Health Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 77 of 1984)): October 1, 1985.
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## Cites
- suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1: 附則第四十条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 40), suppl-3601-34/art-40 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-40
- suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (i)), suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-1
- suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2: 附則第三十九条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 39), suppl-3601-34/art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-39

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-1/par-1/item-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-40/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-20261013T074650-028, 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
