# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第七十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73) - 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: 第七十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73)（遺族厚生年金の加算の特例） — address `suppl-3601-34/art-73` - 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-73 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73 - 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. --- ### 第七十三条（遺族厚生年金の加算の特例） — Special Provisions on the Addition to Employees' Pension for Surviving Family caption: machine translation, not official suppl-3601-34/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73 **第一項** 厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項に規定する遺族厚生年金の受給権者であつて附則別表第九の上欄に掲げるもの（死亡した厚生年金保険の被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の妻であつた者に限る。）がその権利を取得した当時六十五歳以上であつたとき、又は同項の規定によりその額が加算された遺族厚生年金の受給権者であつて同表の上欄に掲げるものが六十五歳に達したときは、当該遺族厚生年金の額は、厚生年金保険法第六十条第一項の規定にかかわらず、同項第一号に定める額を、当該額に第一号に掲げる額から第二号に掲げる額を控除して得た額を加算した額として同項の規定を適用した額とする。ただし、当該遺族厚生年金の受給権者が、国民年金法による障害基礎年金又は旧国民年金法による障害年金の受給権を有するとき（その支給を停止されているときを除く。）は、その間、当該加算する額に相当する部分の支給を停止する。 suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 When a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family prescribed in Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act who is listed in the upper column of Appended Table 9 of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to a person who was the wife of a deceased insured under employees' pension insurance or former insured) was 65 years of age or older at the time the person acquired that right, or when a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family to which an amount has been added pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph who is listed in the upper column of that table reaches 65 years of age, the amount of that employees' pension for surviving family is, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the amount arrived at by applying the provisions of that paragraph, treating the amount prescribed in item (i) of that paragraph as the amount obtained by adding to that amount the amount obtained by deducting the amount set forth in item (ii) of this paragraph from the amount set forth in item (i) of this paragraph; provided, however, that if the beneficiary of that employees' pension for surviving family holds the right to receive benefits from a basic disability pension under the National Pension Act or a disability pension under the former National Pension Act (excluding while payment of it is suspended), payment of the portion equivalent to the amount to be added is suspended during that time. machine translation, not official **一** 厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項に規定する加算額 suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-1 The additional amount prescribed in Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act; machine translation, not official **二** 国民年金法第二十七条本文に規定する老齢基礎年金の額にそれぞれ附則別表第九の下欄に掲げる数を乗じて得た額 suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-2 The amount obtained by multiplying the amount of the old-age basic pension prescribed in the main clause of Article 27 of the National Pension Act by the respective number set forth in the lower column of Appended Table 9 of the Supplementary Provisions. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の場合においては、厚生年金保険法第六十五条の規定を準用する。 suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 65 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第三項** 厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項の規定によりその額が加算された遺族厚生年金の受給権者が六十五歳に達した場合における第一項の規定による年金の額の改定は、その者が六十五歳に達した日の属する月の翌月から行う。 suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3 When a beneficiary of an employees' pension for surviving family to which an amount has been added pursuant to the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act reaches 65 years of age, the revision of the amount of pension under the provisions of paragraph (1) is made from the month following the month that includes the day on which the person reaches 65 years of age. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1: 厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1: 附則別表第九 → 厚生年金保険法 附則別表第九 (Supplementary Provisions, Appended Table 9), suppl-3601-34/appdx-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/appdx-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/appdx-9 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1: 厚生年金保険法第六十条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1: 同項第一号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第一号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-60/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1: 第二号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十条第一項第二号 (Article 60, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-60/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-60/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-60/par-1/item-2 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-1: 厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-2: 国民年金法第二十七条 → 国民年金法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1/item-2: 附則別表第九 → 厚生年金保険法 附則別表第九 (Supplementary Provisions, Appended Table 9), suppl-3601-34/appdx-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/appdx-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/appdx-9 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2: 厚生年金保険法第六十五条 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-65 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3: 厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十二条第一項 (Article 62, paragraph (1)), art-62/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-62/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-62/par-1 - suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3: 第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 73, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十三条第一項（厚生年金保険法による年金額の計算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3551-82/art-63/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3551-82/art-63/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十三条第二項（遺族厚生年金の加算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十三条第三項（遺族厚生年金の加算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-73/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-74/par-4 --- ## 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-20261013T074650-035, 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