# 厚生年金保険法 / Employees' Pension Insurance Act — 第五十九条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 59)

- 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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### 第五十九条（存続連合会から確定拠出年金への積立金の移換） — Transfer of Reserves from the Surviving Pension Fund Association to a Defined Contribution Pension
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<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59</sup>

**第一項**  老齢確定給付企業年金中途脱退者等は、企業型年金加入者又は個人型年金加入者の資格を取得した場合であって、存続連合会の規約において、あらかじめ、当該企業型年金の資産管理機関又は国民年金基金連合会に存続連合会の規約で定める積立金の移換ができる旨が定められているときは、存続連合会に当該企業型年金の資産管理機関又は国民年金基金連合会への当該積立金の移換を申し出ることができる。ただし、老齢確定給付企業年金中途脱退者等がなお効力を有する改正前確定給付企業年金法第九十一条の二第三項等の規定の老齢給付金又は附則第四十六条第三項、第四十七条第三項若しくは第四十九条の二第一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。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-1 · 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</sup>
An old-age defined-benefit early leaver, etc. may, where the person has acquired the status as a corporate-type pension plan participant or an individual-type pension plan participant and the articles of Association of the surviving Pension Fund Association provide in advance that the reserves specified by the articles of Association of the surviving Pension Fund Association may be transferred to the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan in question or the National Pension Fund Association for individual-type pensions, apply to the surviving Pension Fund Association for the transfer of those reserves to the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan in question or the National Pension Fund Association for individual-type pensions; provided, however, that this does not apply where the old-age defined-benefit early leaver, etc. holds the right to receive the old-age benefit under the provisions of Article 91-2, paragraph (3), etc. of the pre-amendment Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act that remain in force or the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit under Article 46, paragraph (3), Article 47, paragraph (3) or Article 49-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions.
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**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、当該企業型年金の資産管理機関又は国民年金基金連合会に当該申出に係る積立金を移換するものとする。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2</sup>
When an application has been made under the preceding paragraph, the surviving Pension Fund Association is to transfer to the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan in question or the National Pension Fund Association for individual-type pensions the reserves to which the application pertains.
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**第三項**  存続連合会は、前項の規定により積立金を移換したときは、当該老齢確定給付企業年金中途脱退者等に係るなお効力を有する改正前確定給付企業年金法第九十一条の二第三項等の規定の老齢給付金若しくは遺族給付金又は附則第四十六条第三項、第四十七条第三項若しくは第四十九条の二第一項の存続連合会老齢給付金若しくは存続連合会遺族給付金の支給に関する義務を免れる。
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When the surviving Pension Fund Association has transferred reserves pursuant to the preceding paragraph, it is relieved of its obligation concerning the payment of the old-age benefit or the survivor benefit under the provisions of Article 91-2, paragraph (3), etc. of the pre-amendment Defined-Benefit Corporate Pension Act that remain in force, or of the surviving Pension Fund Association old-age benefit or the surviving Pension Fund Association survivor benefit under Article 46, paragraph (3), Article 47, paragraph (3) or Article 49-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions, pertaining to that old-age defined-benefit early leaver, etc.
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**第四項**  当該企業型年金の企業型記録関連運営管理機関等又は国民年金基金連合会は、第二項の規定により積立金が当該企業型年金の資産管理機関又は国民年金基金連合会に移換されたときは、その旨を当該老齢確定給付企業年金中途脱退者等に通知しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-4</sup>
When reserves have been transferred to the asset management institution of the corporate-type pension plan in question or the National Pension Fund Association for individual-type pensions pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), the corporate-type record-keeping operations manager, etc. of that corporate-type pension plan or the National Pension Fund Association for individual-type pensions must notify that old-age defined-benefit early leaver, etc. to that effect.
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## Cites
- suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-1: 附則第四十六条第三項 → 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-59/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-59/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
- suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 59, paragraph (1)), suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-1 — 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
- suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-3: 前項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 59, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2
- suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-3: 附則第四十六条第三項 → 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-59/par-3: 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-59/par-3: 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
- suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-4: 第二項 → 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十九条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 59, paragraph (2)), suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2

## Cited by

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- 厚生年金保険法 附則第三十八条第二項（存続連合会に係る改正前厚生年金保険法の効力等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-38/par-2
- 厚生年金保険法 附則第四十条第二項第七号（存続連合会の業務） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-40/par-2/item-7
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- 厚生年金保険法 附則第五十六条第四項（存続連合会から確定拠出年金への年金給付等積立金等の移換） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4251-63/art-56/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-56/par-4
- 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 附則第五十九条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-2
- 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 附則第五十九条第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4251-63/art-59/par-4
- 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

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## Sources

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- 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-20261013T074650-088, translated 2026-10-13
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch employees-pension-insurance-act-20261013T083844-007, 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
