# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

- 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4231-73`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73
- Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it.
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## 附　則 平成二三年六月二四日法律第七三号
<sup>suppl-4231-73 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4231-73/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して三年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、第一条並びに次条並びに附則第三条第一項（厚生労働大臣が定めることに係る部分に限る。）、第四条及び第十四条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4231-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding three years from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 1, the following Article, Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions (limited to the part concerning what is specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare), and Article 4 and Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第六条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4231-73/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  施行日前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4231-73/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-6/par-1</sup>
The provisions then in force continue to govern the application of penal provisions to acts committed before the Effective Date.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第十四条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>suppl-4231-73/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4231-73/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-14/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4231-73/art-1/par-1: 第十四条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4231-73/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-14

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4231-73/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4231-73/art-1/par-1

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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-20261013T074650-067, 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
