# 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)（厚生年金保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — address `suppl-4131-101/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-4131-101/art-3
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4131-101/art-3
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### 第三条（厚生年金保険法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4131-101/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4131-101/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4131-101/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定による改正後の厚生年金保険法第三十八条第一項及び第二項、第三十八条の二第一項から第三項まで並びに第五十四条の二の規定は、この法律の施行の日（以下「施行日」という。）以後の月分として支給される厚生年金保険法による年金たる保険給付について適用し、施行日前の月分として支給される同法による年金たる保険給付については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 38, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 38-2, paragraphs (1) through (3) and Article 54-2 of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 2 apply to pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act that are paid for months on or after the day on which this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), and the provisions then in force continue to govern pension insurance benefits under that Act that are paid for months before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1: 厚生年金保険法第三十八条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-1
- suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38/par-2
- suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1: 第三十八条の二第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第一項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (1)), art-38-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-1
- suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1: 第三十八条の二第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第二項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (2)), art-38-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-2
- suppl-4131-101/art-3/par-1: 第三十八条の二第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 第三十八条の二第三項 (Article 38-2, paragraph (3)), art-38-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-38-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-38-2/par-3

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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-20261013T074650-058, 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
