# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第四十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49)

- 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: 第四十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49) — address `suppl-4251-63/art-49`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第四十九条
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49</sup>

**第一項**  存続連合会が附則第四十条第二項第五号に掲げる業務を行っている場合にあっては、終了制度加入者等（改正後確定給付企業年金法第九十一条の二十二第一項に規定する終了制度加入者等をいう。以下この条において同じ。）は、当該確定給付企業年金の清算人に改正後確定給付企業年金法第八十九条第六項の規定により終了制度加入者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-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1</sup>
Where the surviving Pension Fund Association is carrying out the business set forth in Article 40, paragraph (2), item (v) of the Supplementary Provisions, a member, etc. of a terminated plan (meaning a member, etc. of a terminated plan prescribed in Article 91-22, paragraph (1) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) may apply to the liquidator of that defined-benefit corporate pension for the transfer to the surviving Pension Fund Association of the residual assets (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "residual assets") to be distributed to members, etc. of a terminated plan pursuant to the provisions of Article 89, paragraph (6) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act.
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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残余財産を移換するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/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 residual assets 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、当該終了制度加入者等に対し、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-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/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, using the transferred Funds as the source and as specified by Cabinet Order, the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit to that member, etc. of a terminated plan.
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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-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/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、当該終了制度加入者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、当該終了制度加入者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-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/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 terminated plan 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 terminated plan.
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**第六項**  前項の遺族は、当該終了制度加入者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「第九十一条の二十二第一項に規定する終了制度加入者等（以下この条において「終了制度加入者等」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「終了制度加入者等」とする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/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 terminated plan, 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 terminated plan prescribed in Article 91-22, paragraph (1) of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "member, etc. of a terminated plan")", 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 terminated plan".
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**第七項**  附則第四十七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「附則第四十九条第二項」と、同条第五項中「第三項」とあるのは「附則第四十九条第三項」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-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7</sup>
The provisions of Article 47, 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 47, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 49, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions"; in Article 47, paragraph (5) of the Supplementary Provisions, the phrase "paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 49, 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**  附則第四十六条第六項の規定は、前項において読み替えて準用する附則第四十七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-49/par-8 · 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</sup>
The provisions of Article 46, paragraph (6) of the Supplementary Provisions apply mutatis mutandis to the notice under the provisions of Article 47, 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-49/par-1: 附則第四十条第二項第五号 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第二項第五号 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 40, paragraph (2), item (v)), suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-5
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49), suppl-4251-63/art-49 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (4)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5: 次項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (6)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 附則第四十七条第四項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (4)), suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-4
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-5
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 第一項から第三項まで → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-8: 附則第四十六条第六項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十六条第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 46, paragraph (6)), 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
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-8: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第七項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49, paragraph (7)), suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7
- suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-8: 附則第四十七条第五項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十七条第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 47, paragraph (5)), suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-47/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-47/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五号（存続連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-5
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-1
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-3
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-4
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-5
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-6
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49/par-7
- 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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