# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第五十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 51)

- 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: 第五十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 51)（準用規定） — address `suppl-4251-63/art-51`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-51
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-51
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### 第五十一条（準用規定） — Mutatis Mutandis Application
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<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-51</sup>

**第一項**  改正後確定給付企業年金法第三十一条、第三十三条、第三十四条第一項及び第三十五条の規定は存続連合会老齢給付金、存続連合会障害給付金及び存続連合会遺族給付金について、改正後確定給付企業年金法第三十六条第一項及び第二項（第二号を除く。）、第三十七条、第三十八条並びに第四十条の規定は存続連合会老齢給付金について、改正後確定給付企業年金法第四十七条、第四十八条、第五十三条及び第五十四条の規定は附則第四十二条第三項、第四十三条第三項、第四十四条第三項、第四十六条第三項、第四十七条第三項、第四十八条第三項及び第四十九条の二第一項の存続連合会遺族給付金について、改正後確定給付企業年金法第三十四条第二項、第四十四条、第四十六条、第五十二条及び第五十四条の規定は存続連合会障害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-51/par-1 · 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</sup>
The provisions of Articles 31 and 33, Article 34, paragraph (1) and Article 35 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit, the surviving Pension Fund Association disability benefit and the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit; the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2) (excluding item (ii)) and Articles 37, 38 and 40 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit; the provisions of Articles 47 and 48 and Articles 53 and 54 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit referred to in Article 42, paragraph (3), Article 43, paragraph (3), Article 44, paragraph (3), Article 46, paragraph (3), Article 47, paragraph (3), Article 48, paragraph (3) and Article 49-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions; and the provisions of Article 34, paragraph (2), Articles 44 and 46, and Articles 52 and 54 of the amended Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act apply mutatis mutandis to the surviving Pension Fund Association disability benefit. In this case, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms.
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## Cites
- suppl-4251-63/art-51/par-1: 附則第四十二条第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十二条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 42, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-42/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-42/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-42/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-51/par-1: 第四十三条第三項 → 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-51/par-1: 第四十四条第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 44, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-44/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-44/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-51/par-1: 第四十六条第三項 → 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-51/par-1: 第四十七条第三項 → 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-51/par-1: 第四十八条第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十八条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 48, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-48/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-48/par-3
- suppl-4251-63/art-51/par-1: 第四十九条の二第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十九条の二第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 49-2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-49-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-49-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-49-2/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 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

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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-20261013T074650-087, 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
