# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45)

- 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: 第四十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45) — address `suppl-4251-63/art-45`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四十五条
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45</sup>

**第一項**  存続連合会が附則第四十条第二項第二号に掲げる業務を行っている場合にあっては、解散基金加入員等（当該存続厚生年金基金が解散した日において附則第五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改正前厚生年金保険法第百三十条第三項の規定により支給する死亡を支給理由とする年金たる給付の受給権を有していた者に限る。以下この条において同じ。）は、当該存続厚生年金基金の清算人に附則第三十四条第四項の規定により解散基金加入員等に分配すべき残余財産（以下この条において「残余財産」という。）の存続連合会への移換を申し出ることができる。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1</sup>
Where the surviving Pension Fund Association is conducting the business set forth in Article 40, paragraph (2), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions, members, etc. of a dissolved Fund (limited to persons who, on the day that the surviving employees' pension Fund was dissolved, held the right to receive pension benefits for which death is the ground for payment, paid under Article 130, paragraph (3) of the pre-amendment Employees' Pension Insurance Act, which remains in force pursuant to the provisions of Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may apply to the liquidator of that surviving employees' pension Fund for the transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association of the residual assets to be distributed to members, etc. of a dissolved Fund pursuant to the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "residual assets").
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**第二項**  当該存続厚生年金基金は、前項の規定による申出があったときは、存続連合会に当該申出に係る残余財産を移換するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2</sup>
Upon receiving an application under the preceding paragraph, the surviving employees' pension Fund concerned is to transfer the residual assets pertaining to that application to the surviving Pension Fund Association.
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**第三項**  存続連合会は、前項の規定により残余財産の移換を受けたときは、当該移換金を原資として、政令で定めるところにより、当該解散基金加入員等に対し、存続連合会遺族給付金の支給を行うものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3</sup>
When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of residual assets pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay a surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to the member, etc. of a dissolved Fund concerned, using the transferred Funds as the source of Funds, as provided by Cabinet Order.
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**第四項**  改正後確定給付企業年金法第四十九条、第五十一条第一項及び第三項、第五十三条並びに第五十四条の規定は、前項の存続連合会遺族給付金について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えは、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4</sup>
The provisions of Article 49, Article 51, paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 53 and Article 54 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit referred to in the preceding paragraph. In this case, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms.
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**第五項**  前項において準用する改正後確定給付企業年金法第五十一条第一項の規定にかかわらず、当該解散基金加入員等が死亡したときは、存続連合会の規約で定めるところにより、当該解散基金加入員等の次の順位の遺族に存続連合会遺族給付金（一時金として支給するものに限る。次項において同じ。）を支給することができる。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5</sup>
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 51, paragraph (1) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph, when that member, etc. of a dissolved Fund dies, the surviving Pension Fund Association may, as provided by its articles of Association, pay the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit (limited to that paid as a lump sum; the same applies in the following paragraph) to the surviving family of the next order of priority of that member, etc. of a dissolved Fund.
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**第六項**  前項の遺族は、当該解散基金加入員等に係る改正後確定給付企業年金法第四十八条各号に掲げる者とし、存続連合会遺族給付金を受けることができる遺族の順位は、存続連合会の規約で定めるところによる。この場合において、同条第一号中「給付対象者」とあるのは「公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第六十三号）附則第四十五条第一項に規定する解散基金加入員等（以下この条において「解散基金加入員等」という。）」と、同条第二号及び第三号中「給付対象者」とあるのは「解散基金加入員等」とする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6</sup>
The surviving family referred to in the preceding paragraph are the persons set forth in the items of Article 48 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act pertaining to that member, etc. of a dissolved Fund, and the order of priority of the surviving family who may receive the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit is as provided by the articles of Association of the surviving Pension Fund Association. In this case, the phrase "person eligible for benefits" in Article 48, item (i) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act is deemed to be replaced with "member, etc. of a dissolved Fund prescribed in Article 45, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for Ensuring the Soundness and Reliability of the Public Pension System (Act No. 63 of 2013) (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "member, etc. of a dissolved Fund")", and the phrase "person eligible for benefits" in Article 48, items (ii) and (iii) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act with "member, etc. of a dissolved Fund".
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**第七項**  附則第四十三条第四項及び第五項の規定は、第一項から第三項までの場合について準用する。この場合において、同条第四項中「第二項」とあるのは「附則第四十五条第二項」と、同条第五項中「第三項」とあるのは「附則第四十五条第三項」と、「存続連合会老齢給付金又は存続連合会遺族給付金」とあるのは「存続連合会遺族給付金」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7</sup>
The provisions of Article 43, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the cases under paragraphs (1) through (3). In this case, the phrase "paragraph (2)" in Article 43, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 45, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions"; in Article 43, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 45, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions", and the phrase "the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit" with "the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit".
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**第八項**  附則第四十二条第六項の規定は、前項において読み替えて準用する附則第四十三条第五項の規定による通知について準用する。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8</sup>
The provisions of Article 42, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms in the preceding paragraph.
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## Cites
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1: 附則第四十条第二項第二号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第二項第二号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 40, paragraph (2), item (ii)), suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1: 附則第五条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 5, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-5/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45), suppl-4251-63/art-45 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1: 附則第三十四条第四項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十四条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 34, paragraph (4)), suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-34/par-4
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (4)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5: 次項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (6)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6: 公的年金制度の健全性及び信頼性の確保のための厚生年金保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成二十五年法律第六十三号）附則第四十五条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 附則第四十三条第四項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (4)), suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-4
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-5
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8: 附則第四十二条第六項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十二条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 42, paragraph (6)), suppl-4251-63/art-42/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-42/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-42/par-6
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 45, paragraph (7)), suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7
- suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8: 附則第四十三条第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十三条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 43, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-43/par-5

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- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第一項第一号（存続連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-1/item-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第二項第二号（存続連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-2
- 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-4251-63/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-5
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-6
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-7
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十五条第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-45/par-8
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-52/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第九十三条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-93/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-93/par-1/item-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第九十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-93/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-93/par-1/item-3

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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-20261013T074650-085, translated 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T074650-086, 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
