# 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
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- Provision: 第十七条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17)（老齢厚生年金の支給の繰下げに関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4121-18/art-17`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十七条（老齢厚生年金の支給の繰下げに関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Deferring Payment of Employees' Old-Age Pensions
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<sup>suppl-4121-18/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-17</sup>

**第一項**  平成十四年四月一日前において厚生年金保険法第四十二条の規定による老齢厚生年金の受給権を有する者については、第五条の規定による改正前の厚生年金保険法第四十四条の三の規定は、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、同条の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1</sup>
With regard to a person who has, before April 1, 2002, the right to receive benefits from an employees' old-age pension under Article 42 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, the provisions of Article 44-3 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act prior to the amendment by Article 5 remain in force. In this case, matters necessary for the application of the provisions of that Article are specified by Cabinet Order.
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**第二項**  前項に規定する場合において、国民年金法による老齢基礎年金の受給権を有する者にあっては、第二条の規定による改正前の国民年金法第二十八条第二項の規定は、なおその効力を有する。
<sup>suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-2</sup>
In the case provided for in the preceding paragraph, with regard to a person who has the right to receive an old-age basic pension under the National Pension Act, the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act prior to the amendment by Article 2 remain in force.
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## Cites
- suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1: 厚生年金保険法第四十二条 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-42
- suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 17, paragraph (1)), suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第一項（老齢厚生年金の額の計算の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-59/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十七条第二項（老齢厚生年金の支給の繰下げに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-17/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十条第一項（老齢厚生年金等の額の計算に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-20/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第二十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4121-18/art-21/par-2

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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-20261013T074650-054, 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
