# 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)（遺族厚生年金の支給に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4161-104/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-4161-104/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/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（遺族厚生年金の支給に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Payment of Employees' Pensions for Surviving Family caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4161-104/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44 **第一項** 平成十九年四月一日前において支給事由の生じた遺族厚生年金（その受給権者が昭和十七年四月一日以前に生まれたものに限る。）の額の計算及び支給の停止については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-1 The provisions then in force continue to govern the calculation of the amount of, and the suspension of payment of, an employees' pension for surviving family for which the grounds for payment arose before April 1, 2007 (limited to one whose beneficiary was born on or before April 1, 1942). machine translation, not official **第二項** 平成十九年四月一日前において昭和六十年改正法附則第七十八条第一項の規定により支給される年金たる保険給付（老齢を支給事由とするものに限る。）その他これに相当するものとして政令で定めるものの受給権を有する者が平成十九年四月一日以後に遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得した場合にあっては、当該遺族厚生年金の額の計算及び支給の停止については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-2 In the case where a person who, before April 1, 2007, has the right to receive pension insurance benefits paid pursuant to Article 78, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act (limited to those for which old age is the grounds for payment) or other benefits specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent thereto acquires, on or after April 1, 2007, the right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family, the provisions then in force continue to govern the calculation of the amount of, and the suspension of payment of, that employees' pension for surviving family. machine translation, not official **第三項** 平成十九年四月一日前に遺族厚生年金の受給権を取得した者に対する第十二条の規定による改正後の厚生年金保険法第六十二条第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「四十歳」とあるのは「三十五歳」と、「六十五歳未満であるとき」とあるのは「四十歳以上六十五歳未満であるとき」とする。 suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-3 With regard to the application of Article 62, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 12 to a person who acquired the right to receive benefits from an employees' pension for surviving family before April 1, 2007, the phrase "at least 40 but below 65 years of age" in that paragraph is replaced with "at least 35 but below 65 years of age", the phrase "the age of 40" with "the age of 35", and the phrase "is under 65 years of age" with "is at least 40 but under 65 years of age". machine translation, not official **第四項** 第十二条の規定による改正後の厚生年金保険法第六十三条第一項第五号の規定は、平成十九年四月一日以後に支給事由の生じた遺族厚生年金について適用する。 suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-4 The provisions of Article 63, paragraph (1), item (v) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 12 apply to employees' pensions for surviving family for which the grounds for payment arose on or after April 1, 2007. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4161-104/art-44/par-2: 昭和六十年改正法附則第七十八条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十八条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 78, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-1 - suppl-4161-104/art-44/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-4161-104/art-44/par-4: 厚生年金保険法第六十三条第一項第五号 → 厚生年金保険法 第六十三条第一項第五号 (Article 63, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-63/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-63/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-63/par-1/item-5 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第一項第六号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-1/par-1/item-6 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4161-104/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4161-104/art-45/par-1 --- ## 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-20261013T074650-062, 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