# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3) - 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: 第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3)（用語の定義） — address `suppl-4081-82/art-3` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3 - 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. --- ### 第三条（用語の定義） — Definitions of Terms caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4081-82/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3 **第一項** この条から附則第十条まで、附則第十二条、第十三条、第十五条から第十九条まで、第二十一条から第二十七条まで、第二十九条から第三十三条まで、第三十五条、第三十七条、第三十八条、第四十条から第四十三条まで、第四十五条、第四十六条、第四十九条、第五十四条、第五十九条、第六十一条、第六十四条、第六十六条、第六十七条及び第百十九条において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、それぞれ当該各号に定めるところによる。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1 In this Article through Article 10 of the Supplementary Provisions, and in Articles 12 and 13, Articles 15 through 19, Articles 21 through 27, Articles 29 through 33, Articles 35, 37 and 38, Articles 40 through 43, and Articles 45, 46, 49, 54, 59, 61, 64, 66, 67 and 119 of the Supplementary Provisions, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed in those items: machine translation, not official **一** 改正後国共済法　第二条の規定による改正後の国家公務員共済組合法をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-1 "amended National Public Officers Mutual Aid Act" means the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2; machine translation, not official **二** 改正後国共済施行法　附則第七十六条の規定による改正後の国家公務員共済組合法の長期給付に関する施行法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十九号）をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-2 "amended National Public Officers Mutual Aid Enforcement Act" means the Act for Enforcement in Relation to Long-term Benefit under the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 129 of 1958) as amended by the provisions of Article 76 of the Supplementary Provisions; machine translation, not official **三** 改正前国共済法　第二条の規定による改正前の国家公務員等共済組合法をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-3 "pre-amendment National Public Officers Mutual Aid Act" means the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 2; machine translation, not official **四** 改正前国共済施行法　附則第七十六条の規定による改正前の国家公務員等共済組合法の長期給付に関する施行法をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-4 "pre-amendment National Public Officers Mutual Aid Enforcement Act" means the Act for Enforcement in Relation to Long-term Benefit under the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 76 of the Supplementary Provisions; machine translation, not official **五** 旧国共済法　国家公務員等共済組合法等の一部を改正する法律（昭和六十年法律第百五号。以下「昭和六十年国共済改正法」という。）第一条の規定による改正前の国家公務員等共済組合法をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-5 "former National Public Officers Mutual Aid Act" means the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the Act Partially Amending the National Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 105 of 1985; hereinafter referred to as the "1985 National Public Officers Mutual Aid Amendment Act"); machine translation, not official **六** 昭和六十年国民年金等改正法　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）をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-6 "1985 National Pension, etc. Amendment Act" means the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 34 of 1985); machine translation, not official **七** 日本たばこ産業共済組合、日本電信電話共済組合又は日本鉄道共済組合　それぞれ改正前国共済法第八条第二項に規定する日本たばこ産業共済組合、日本電信電話共済組合又は日本鉄道共済組合をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-7 "Japan Tobacco Mutual Aid Association", "Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Mutual Aid Association" or "Japan Railways Mutual Aid Association" means the Japan Tobacco Mutual Aid Association, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Mutual Aid Association or the Japan Railways Mutual Aid Association prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the pre-amendment National Public Officers Mutual Aid Act, respectively; machine translation, not official **八** 旧適用法人共済組合員期間　日本たばこ産業共済組合、日本電信電話共済組合及び日本鉄道共済組合（以下「旧適用法人共済組合」という。）の組合員であった者の当該組合員であった期間（他の法令の規定により当該組合員であった期間とみなされた期間及び他の法令の規定により当該組合員であった期間に合算された期間を含む。）をいう。 suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1/item-8 "period of former applicable corporation mutual aid membership" means, for a person who was a member of the Japan Tobacco Mutual Aid Association, the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Mutual Aid Association or the Japan Railways Mutual Aid Association (hereinafter referred to as the "former applicable corporation mutual aid Associations"), the period during which the person was such a member (including a period deemed to be a period during which the person was such a member pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations and a period added to the period during which the person was such a member pursuant to the provisions of other laws and regulations). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4081-82/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3 - suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1: 附則第十条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 10), suppl-4081-82/art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-10 - suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1: 附則第十二条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-4081-82/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-12 - suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1: 第十三条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4081-82/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-13 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条の四第三項（平均標準報酬月額の改定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3291-115/art-17-4/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3291-115/art-17-4/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十九条第一項第一号（厚生年金保険事業に要する費用の負担の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-79/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-79/par-1/item-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第三条第一項（用語の定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4081-82/art-3/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六条第四項（厚生年金保険法による年金たる保険給付等の額に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-6/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-6/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-20261013T074650-049, 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