# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46)

- 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: 第四十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46)（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — address `suppl-4251-63/art-46`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四十六条（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — Measures Concerning Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Early Leavers
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<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46</sup>

**第一項**  確定給付企業年金中途脱退者は、確定給付企業年金の事業主等に確定給付企業年金脱退一時金相当額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-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-1</sup>
A defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver may apply to the employer, etc. of the defined-benefit corporate pension for the transfer of the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment to the surviving Pension Fund Association.
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**第二項**  当該確定給付企業年金の資産管理運用機関等は、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確定給付企業年金脱退一時金相当額を移換するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2</sup>
When an application has been made under the preceding paragraph, the asset management and investment institution, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension is to transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment to which the application pertains.
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**第三項**  存続連合会は、前項の規定により確定給付企業年金脱退一時金相当額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、当該確定給付企業年金中途脱退者又はその遺族に対し、存続連合会老齢給付金又は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-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3</sup>
When the surviving Pension Fund Association has received the transfer of the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay, using the transferred Funds as the source and as specified by Cabinet Order, the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to that defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver or that person's surviving family.
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**第四項**  当該確定給付企業年金の事業主等は、第二項の規定により当該確定給付企業年金の資産管理運用機関等が確定給付企業年金脱退一時金相当額を移換したときは、当該確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る脱退一時金の支給に関する義務を免れる。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-4</sup>
When the asset management and investment institution, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension has transferred the amount equivalent to a defined-benefit corporate pension lump-sum withdrawal payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), the employer, etc. of that defined-benefit corporate pension is relieved of its obligation concerning the payment of the withdrawal lump-sum payment pertaining to that defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver.
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**第五項**  存続連合会は、第三項の規定により存続連合会老齢給付金又は存続連合会遺族給付金の支給を行うこととなったときは、その旨を当該確定給付企業年金中途脱退者又はその遺族に通知しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5</sup>
When the surviving Pension Fund Association has come to pay the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), it must notify that defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver or that person's surviving family to that effect.
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**第六項**  存続連合会は、確定給付企業年金中途脱退者又はその遺族の所在が明らかでないため前項の規定による通知をすることができないときは、当該通知に代えて、その通知すべき事項を公告しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-6</sup>
Where the surviving Pension Fund Association is unable to give the notice under the preceding paragraph because the whereabouts of the defined-benefit corporate pension early leaver or that person's surviving family are unknown, it must, in lieu of that notice, give public notice of the matters to be notified.
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## Cites
- suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-6: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5

## Cited by

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- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第一項第三号（存続連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-1/item-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第二項（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第三項（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第四項（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第五項（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-5
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第六項（確定給付企業年金中途脱退者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-46/par-6
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第六項（終了制度加入者等に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-6
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十八条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-48/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-48/par-5
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第八項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-8
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条の二第三項（企業型年金加入者であった者に係る措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49-2/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十一条第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-51/par-1
- 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 附則第五十七条第一項（存続連合会から存続厚生年金基金への積立金の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-57/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十七条第四項（存続連合会から存続厚生年金基金への積立金の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-57/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-57/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十八条第一項（存続連合会から確定給付企業年金への積立金の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-58/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十八条第四項（存続連合会から確定給付企業年金への積立金の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-58/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第一項（存続連合会から確定拠出年金への積立金の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第三項（存続連合会から確定拠出年金への積立金の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-3
- 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-20261013T074650-086, 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
