# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第五十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54) - 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: 第五十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54) — address `suppl-4251-63/art-54` - 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-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第五十四条 suppl-4251-63/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54 **第一項** 存続連合会が附則第四十二条第三項又は第四十三条第三項の規定により存続連合会老齢給付金の支給に関する義務を負っている者（以下この条及び次条第一項において「施行後基金中途脱退者等」という。）は、存続厚生年金基金の加入員の資格を取得した場合であって、存続連合会及び当該存続厚生年金基金の規約において、あらかじめ、存続連合会から当該存続厚生年金基金に存続連合会の規約で定める積立金（附則第四十二条第三項又は第四十三条第三項の存続連合会老齢給付金に充てるべき積立金をいう。以下この条及び次条第一項において同じ。）の移換ができる旨が定められているときは、存続連合会に当該積立金の移換を申し出ることができる。ただし、施行後基金中途脱退者等が附則第四十二条第三項又は第四十三条第三項の存続連合会老齢給付金の受給権を有するときは、この限りでない。 suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 A person to whom the surviving Pension Fund Association owes an obligation concerning the payment of the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit pursuant to the provisions of Article 42, paragraph (3) or Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions (hereinafter referred to in this Article and in paragraph (1) of the following Article as a "post-effective-date Fund early leaver, etc.") may, where the person has acquired the status as a member of a surviving employees' pension Fund and the articles of Association of the surviving Pension Fund Association and that surviving employees' pension Fund provide in advance that the reserves specified by the articles of Association of the surviving Pension Fund Association (meaning the reserves to be appropriated for the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit under Article 42, paragraph (3) or Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and in paragraph (1) of the following Article) may be transferred from the surviving Pension Fund Association to that surviving employees' pension Fund, apply to the surviving Pension Fund Association for the transfer of those reserves; provided, however, that this does not apply where the post-effective-date Fund early leaver, etc. holds the right to receive the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit under Article 42, paragraph (3) or Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions. machine translation, not official **第二項** 存続連合会は、前項の規定による申出があったときは、当該存続厚生年金基金に当該申出に係る積立金を移換するものとする。 suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 When an application has been made under the preceding paragraph, the surviving Pension Fund Association is to transfer to that surviving employees' pension Fund the reserves to which the application pertains. machine translation, not official **第三項** 当該存続厚生年金基金は、前項の規定により積立金の移換を受けたときは、当該移換金を原資として、規約で定めるところにより、当該施行後基金中途脱退者等に対し、老齢年金給付等の支給を行うものとする。 suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 When that surviving employees' pension Fund has received the transfer of reserves pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is to pay old-age pension benefits, etc. to that post-effective-date Fund early leaver, etc., using the transferred Funds as the source and as provided by its articles of Association. machine translation, not official **第四項** 存続連合会は、第二項の規定により積立金を移換したときは、当該施行後基金中途脱退者等に係る附則第四十二条第三項又は第四十三条第三項の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に関する義務を免れる。 suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4 When the surviving Pension Fund Association has transferred the reserves pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), it is relieved of its obligation concerning the payment of the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit under Article 42, paragraph (3) or Article 43, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions pertaining to that post-effective-date Fund early leaver, etc. machine translation, not official **第五項** 当該存続厚生年金基金は、第三項の規定により老齢年金給付等の支給を行うこととなったときは、その旨を当該施行後基金中途脱退者等に通知しなければならない。 suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-5 When that surviving employees' pension Fund has come to pay old-age pension benefits, etc. pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), it must notify that post-effective-date Fund early leaver, etc. to that effect. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-63/art-54/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-54/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-54/par-1: この条 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54), suppl-4251-63/art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54 - suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1: 次条第一項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 55, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-55/par-1 - suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 - suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 - suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 - suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4: 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-54/par-4: 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-54/par-5: 第三項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 54, paragraph (3)), suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第二項第三号（存続連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-3 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-4 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十四条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-54/par-5 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第六十条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-60/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十条第二項（存続連合会の解散等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-70/par-2 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-71/par-2 --- ## 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