# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 44) - 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: 第四十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 44)（船員任意継続被保険者に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十四条（船員任意継続被保険者に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures for Voluntarily Continued Mariner Insured Persons caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3601-34/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44 **第一項** 施行日の前日において旧船員保険法第二十条の規定による船員保険の被保険者であつた者であつて次の各号のいずれにも該当しないものは、施行日に厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格を取得する。この場合において、新厚生年金保険法第十八条の規定による都道府県知事の確認を要しない。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 A person who was an insured under Mariners Insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the former Mariners Insurance Act on the day preceding the Effective Date and who does not fall under any of the following items acquires the status of an insured under employees' pension insurance on the Effective Date. In this case, confirmation by the prefectural governor under the provisions of Article 18 of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act is not required. machine translation, not official **一** 施行日の前日において旧船員保険法第二十一条第二号、第四号又は第五号のいずれかに該当したこと。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1/item-1 Having fallen under Article 21, item (ii), (iv) or (v) of the former Mariners Insurance Act on the day preceding the Effective Date; or machine translation, not official **二** 施行日において組合員であること。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1/item-2 Being a member on the Effective Date. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項に規定する者については、旧船員保険法第二十条第四項の規定はなおその効力を有するものとし、その者が同項の規定によつて同条第一項の規定による船員保険の被保険者とならなかつたものとみなされたときは、その者は、前項の規定による厚生年金保険の被保険者とならなかつたものとみなす。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-2 With regard to a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (4) of the former Mariners Insurance Act remain in force, and if the person is deemed under the provisions of that paragraph not to have become an insured under Mariners Insurance under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article, the person is deemed not to have become an insured under employees' pension insurance under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official **第三項** 船員任意継続被保険者は、いつでも、都道府県知事に申し出て、厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格を喪失することができる。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-3 A voluntarily continued mariner insured person may, at any time, make a request to the prefectural governor and lose the status of an insured under employees' pension insurance. machine translation, not official **第四項** 船員任意継続被保険者は、前条第九項第一号、第二号若しくは第四号又は次の各号のいずれかに該当するに至つた日の翌日（第一号又は同項第四号に該当するに至つたときは、その日）に、厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格を喪失する。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4 A voluntarily continued mariner insured person loses the status of an insured under employees' pension insurance on the day following the day on which the person comes to fall under paragraph (9), item (i), (ii) or (iv) of the preceding Article or any of the following items (or, if the person comes to fall under item (i) below or item (iv) of that paragraph, on that day). machine translation, not official **一** 新厚生年金保険法第六条第一項第三号に規定する船舶に使用されるに至つたとき（六十五歳に達しているときを除く。）。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-1 The person has come to be employed on a ship prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act (excluding a case where the person has reached 65 years of age); machine translation, not official **二** 前項の申出が受理されたとき。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-2 The request under the preceding paragraph has been accepted; or machine translation, not official **三** 厚生年金保険の保険料を滞納し、新厚生年金保険法第八十六条第一項の規定による指定の期限までに、その保険料を納付しないとき。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-3 The person has been in arrears on employees' pension insurance premiums and has failed to pay those premiums by the designated due date under the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項の規定の適用については、船員任意継続被保険者のうち、旧厚生年金保険法第三条第一項第一号に規定する第一種被保険者又は同項第七号に規定する第四種被保険者であつた期間が、旧交渉法第三条第一項又は第四条第一項の規定により船員保険の被保険者であつた期間とみなされることにより、旧船員保険法第三十四条第一項第一号又は第三号に規定する期間を満たすに至つたにもかかわらず、同法第二十一条第二号に該当することなく、施行日の前日まで引き続き同法第二十条の規定による船員保険の被保険者であつた者は、前条第九項第二号に該当しないものとし、その者は、附則第四十七条第一項の規定により厚生年金保険の被保険者であつた期間とみなされた期間、旧厚生年金保険法第三条第一項第五号に規定する第三種被保険者であつた期間及び船員任意継続被保険者であつた期間を合算して十五年となるに至つた日又は附則第十二条第一項第五号に該当するに至つた日に、厚生年金保険の被保険者の資格を喪失する。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-5 For the purpose of applying the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a person among voluntarily continued mariner insured persons who, because the period during which the person was a class 1 insured person prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (i) of the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act or a class 4 insured person prescribed in item (vii) of that paragraph is deemed under Article 3, paragraph (1) or Article 4, paragraph (1) of the former Coordination Act to be a period during which the person was an insured under Mariners Insurance, has come to satisfy the period prescribed in Article 34, paragraph (1), item (i) or (iii) of the former Mariners Insurance Act, and who, without falling under Article 21, item (ii) of that Act, has continued to be an insured under Mariners Insurance pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of that Act until the day preceding the Effective Date, is deemed not to fall under paragraph (9), item (ii) of the preceding Article, and that person loses the status of an insured under employees' pension insurance on the day on which the total of the period deemed under the provisions of Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions to be a period during which the person was an insured under employees' pension insurance, the period during which the person was a class 3 insured person prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1), item (v) of the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act, and the period during which the person was a voluntarily continued mariner insured person reaches 15 years, or on the day on which the person comes to fall under Article 12, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions. machine translation, not official **第六項** 前条第十項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた旧厚生年金保険法第十八条第一項ただし書の規定は、船員任意継続被保険者について準用する。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-6 The provisions of the proviso to Article 18, paragraph (1) of the former Employees' Pension Insurance Act that remain in force pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (10) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to voluntarily continued mariner insured persons. machine translation, not official **第七項** 新厚生年金保険法第九条及び第十三条第一項の規定の適用については、当分の間、同法第九条中「適用事業所に使用される六十五歳未満の者」とあるのは「適用事業所に使用される六十五歳未満の者（国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第三十四号）附則第五条第十四号に規定する船員任意継続被保険者（以下単に「船員任意継続被保険者」という。）を除く。）」と、同法第十三条第一項中「前条の規定に該当しなくなつた日」とあるのは「前条の規定に該当しなくなつた日若しくは船員任意継続被保険者でなくなつた日」とする。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7 For the purpose of applying the provisions of Article 9 and Article 13, paragraph (1) of the new Employees' Pension Insurance Act, for the time being, the phrase "a person under 65 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business" in Article 9 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "a person under 65 years of age who is employed at an applicable place of business (excluding a voluntarily continued mariner insured person prescribed in Article 5, item (xiv) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985) (hereinafter simply referred to as a 'voluntarily continued mariner insured person'))", and the phrase "the day on which the person ceases to be subject to the provisions of the preceding Article" in Article 13, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which the person ceases to be subject to the provisions of the preceding Article or the day on which the person ceases to be a voluntarily continued mariner insured person". machine translation, not official **第八項** 船員任意継続被保険者については、厚生年金保険法第十条第一項及び第八十二条の二の規定は適用しない。 suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-8 The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) and Article 82-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act do not apply to voluntarily continued mariner insured persons. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1: 新厚生年金保険法第十八条 → 厚生年金保険法 第十八条 (Article 18), art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-18 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 44, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4: 前条第九項第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第九項第一号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (9), item (i)), suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4: 第二号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第九項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (9), item (ii)), suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-2 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4: 第四号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第九項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (9), item (iv)), suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-4 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-1: 新厚生年金保険法第六条第一項第三号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六条第一項第三号 (Article 6, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-6/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-6/par-1/item-3 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 44, paragraph (3)), suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-3 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4/item-3: 新厚生年金保険法第八十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第八十六条第一項 (Article 86, paragraph (1)), art-86/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-86/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-5: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 44, paragraph (4)), suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-4 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-5: 前条第九項第二号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第九項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (9), item (ii)), suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-9/item-2 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-5: 附則第四十七条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-47/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-6: 前条第十項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第十項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (10)), suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-43/par-10 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7: 新厚生年金保険法第九条 → 厚生年金保険法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-9 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7: 第十三条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-13/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7: 国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第三十四号）附則第五条第十四号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第一項第十四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1), item (xiv)), suppl-3601-34/art-5/par-1/item-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-5/par-1/item-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-5/par-1/item-14 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-7: 前条 → 厚生年金保険法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-12 - suppl-3601-34/art-44/par-8: 厚生年金保険法第十条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-10/par-1 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. 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