# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)

- 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: 第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12)（改正前厚生年金保険法等による保険給付に関する経過措置） — address `suppl-4241-63/art-12`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十二条（改正前厚生年金保険法等による保険給付に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures concerning Insurance Benefits under the Pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc.
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<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  改正前厚生年金保険法による年金たる保険給付並びに昭和六十年国民年金等改正法附則第七十八条第一項及び第八十七条第一項に規定する年金たる保険給付については、この法律及びこれに基づく政令に別段の定めがあるもののほか、なお従前の例による。
<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1</sup>
With regard to the pension insurance benefits under the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act and the pension insurance benefits prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (1) and Article 87, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 National Pension Amendment Act, the provisions then in force continue to govern, beyond what is otherwise provided for in this Act and Cabinet Orders based on it.
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**第二項**  前項に規定する年金たる保険給付については、次条から附則第十六条までの規定を適用する場合を除き、改正前厚生年金保険法中当該保険給付の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定並びに当該保険給付の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定であってこの法律（附則第一条各号に掲げる規定を除く。）によって改正されたその他の法律の規定（これらの規定に基づく命令の規定を含む。以下この項において「改正前厚生年金保険法等の規定」という。）は、なおその効力を有する。この場合において、この項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた改正前厚生年金保険法等の規定の適用に関し必要な読替えその他改正前厚生年金保険法等の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2</sup>
With regard to the pension insurance benefits prescribed in the preceding paragraph, except in the case where the provisions of the following Article through Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions apply, the provisions of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act concerning the calculation of the amount of those insurance benefits and the suspension of their payment, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of those insurance benefits and the suspension of their payment in other acts that have been amended by this Act (excluding the provisions set forth in the items of Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions) (including the provisions of orders based on those provisions; hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "pre-amendment provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc."), remain in force. In this case, the technical replacement of terms necessary for the application of the pre-amendment provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. that remain in force pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and other matters necessary for the application of the pre-amendment provisions of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc., are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1: 昭和六十年国民年金等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-4241-63/art-12/par-1: 第八十七条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十七条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 87, paragraph (1)), suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (1)), suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: 次条から附則第十六条まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13), suppl-4241-63/art-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-13
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: 次条から附則第十六条まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 14), suppl-4241-63/art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-14
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: 次条から附則第十六条まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 15), suppl-4241-63/art-15 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-15
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: 次条から附則第十六条まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16), suppl-4241-63/art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-16
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: 附則第一条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1), suppl-4241-63/art-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2: この項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十二条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12, paragraph (2)), suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2

## Cited by

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- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十二条第二項（改正前厚生年金保険法等による保険給付に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-12/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-20261013T074650-072, 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
