# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)

- 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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16) — address `suppl-4241-63/art-16`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第十六条
<sup>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</sup>

**第一項**  附則第九十四条の規定による改正前の国民年金法等の一部を改正する法律（平成十六年法律第百四号。次項において「改正前平成十六年改正法」という。）附則第四十三条第一項に規定する老齢厚生年金の受給権者について、改正後厚生年金保険法第四十六条第一項及び平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項の規定によりなおその効力を有するものとされた平成二十五年改正法第一条の規定による改正前の厚生年金保険法第四十六条第五項の規定を適用する場合においては、附則第十三条第一項及び第十四条の規定を準用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1</sup>
In the case of applying Article 46, paragraph (1) of the Amended Employees' Pension Insurance Act and Article 46, paragraph (5) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 of the 2013 Amendment Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 2013 Amendment Act, to a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Pension Act, etc. (Act No. 104 of 2004; referred to as the "Pre-amendment 2004 Amendment Act" in the following paragraph) before amendment by the provisions of Article 94 of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) and Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the technical replacement of terms necessary for the application and other necessary matters are specified by Cabinet Order.
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**第二項**  改正前平成十六年改正法附則第四十三条第二項に規定する年金たる保険給付の受給権者について、昭和六十年国民年金等改正法附則第七十八条第六項（昭和六十年国民年金等改正法附則第八十七条第七項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定を適用する場合においては、附則第十三条第一項及び第十四条の規定を準用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2</sup>
In the case of applying the provisions of Article 78, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 National Pension Amendment Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 87, paragraph (7) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 National Pension Amendment Act) to a beneficiary of pension insurance benefits prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Pre-amendment 2004 Amendment Act, the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) and Article 14 of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the technical replacement of terms necessary for the application and other necessary matters are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1: 次項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16, paragraph (2)), suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1: 改正後厚生年金保険法第四十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 第四十六条第一項 (Article 46, paragraph (1)), art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/art-46/par-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1: 平成二十五年改正法附則第八十六条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 86, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-86/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-86/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-86/par-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1: 附則第十三条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (1)), suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1: 第十四条 → 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-16/par-2: 昭和六十年国民年金等改正法附則第七十八条第六項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十八条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 78, paragraph (6)), suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-78/par-6
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2: 昭和六十年国民年金等改正法附則第八十七条第七項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第八十七条第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 87, paragraph (7)), suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-3601-34/art-87/par-7
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2: 附則第十三条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 13, paragraph (1)), suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1
- suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-2: 第十四条 → 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

## Cited by

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

- 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
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条第一項（老齢厚生年金等の支給の停止に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十三条第二項（老齢厚生年金等の支給の停止に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-13/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-14/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-63/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-63/art-16/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-20261013T074650-073, translated 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T083844-005, 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
