# 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-4241-96`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96
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## 附　則 平成二四年一一月二六日法律第九六号
<sup>suppl-4241-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4241-96/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、平成二十五年一月一日から施行する。ただし、次の各号に掲げる規定は、当該各号に定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on January 1, 2013; provided, however, that the provisions set forth in the following items come into effect on the dates specified in those items:
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  **一**  第六条の規定（第四号に掲げる改正規定を除く。）並びに附則第七条、第八条及び第十一条の規定　公布の日
  <sup>suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-1</sup>
  the provisions of Article 6 (excluding the amending provisions set forth in item (iv)) and Articles 7, 8 and 11 of the Supplementary Provisions: the date of promulgation;
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  **二及び三**  略
  <sup>suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-2-to-3</sup>
  Omitted
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  **四**  第六条中被用者年金制度の一元化等を図るための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律附則第二条、第三条及び第四条第十一号の改正規定　この法律の公布の日、地方公務員等共済組合法及び被用者年金制度の一元化等を図るための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律（平成二十四年法律第九十七号）の公布の日又は私立学校教職員共済法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十四年法律第九十八号）の公布の日のうち最も遅い日
  <sup>suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-4</sup>
  the provisions in Article 6 amending Articles 2 and 3 and Article 4, item (xi) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems: whichever is the latest of the date of promulgation of this Act, the date of promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act and the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. to Unify, etc. the Employees' Pension Systems (Act No. 97 of 2012), and the date of promulgation of the Act Partially Amending the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act, etc. (Act No. 98 of 2012).
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### 第十一条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-4241-96/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  附則第二条から前条までに定めるもののほか、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-4241-96/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-11/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 2 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, the transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第四号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第一項第四号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 1, paragraph (1), item (iv)), suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-4
- suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-1: 第十一条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-4241-96/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-11

## Cited by

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

- 厚生年金保険法 附則第一条第一項第一号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4241-96/art-1/par-1/item-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-20261013T074650-075, 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
