# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第八十七条の二 (Article 87-2) - Law: 国民年金法 (National Pension Act), 昭和三十四年法律第百四十一号 - English title "National Pension Act": Ministry of Justice translation database, which lists the title - 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: 第八十七条の二 (Article 87-2) — address `art-87-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2 - 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. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八十七条の二 art-87-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2 **第一項** 第一号被保険者（第八十九条第一項、第九十条第一項又は第九十条の三第一項の規定により保険料を納付することを要しないものとされている者、第九十条の二第一項から第三項までの規定によりその一部の額につき保険料を納付することを要しないものとされている者及び国民年金基金の加入員を除く。）は、厚生労働大臣に申し出て、その申出をした日の属する月以後の各月につき、前条第三項に定める額の保険料のほか、四百円の保険料を納付する者となることができる。 art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-1 A category 1 insured person (excluding a person who is not required to pay a premium under Article 89, paragraph (1), Article 90, paragraph (1), or Article 90-3, paragraph (1), a person who is not required to pay part of the amount of a premium under Article 90-2, paragraphs (1) through (3), and a member of a National Pension Fund) may, by notifying the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, become a person who pays a premium of 400 yen, in addition to the premium in the amount specified in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, for each month on and after the month that contains the day on which that notification was made. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定による保険料の納付は、前条第三項に定める額の保険料の納付が行われた月（第九十四条第四項の規定により保険料が納付されたものとみなされた月を除く。）又は第八十八条の二若しくは第八十八条の三第一項若しくは第二項の規定により納付することを要しないものとされた保険料に係る期間の各月についてのみ行うことができる。 art-87-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-2 Payment of a premium under the preceding paragraph may be made only for a month in which the premium in the amount specified in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article was paid (excluding a month in which the premium is deemed to have been paid under Article 94, paragraph (4)), or for each month in the period relating to a premium not required to be paid under Article 88-2 or Article 88-3, paragraph (1) or (2). machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定により保険料を納付する者となつたものは、いつでも、厚生労働大臣に申し出て、その申出をした日の属する月の前月以後の各月に係る保険料（既に納付されたもの及び第九十三条第一項の規定により前納されたもの（国民年金基金の加入員となつた日の属する月以後の各月に係るものを除く。）を除く。）につき第一項の規定により保険料を納付する者でなくなることができる。 art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-3 A person who has become a person who pays a premium under paragraph (1) may, at any time, by notifying the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, cease to be a person who pays a premium under paragraph (1), with respect to the premium for each month on and after the month preceding the month that contains the day on which that notification was made (excluding a premium already paid, and a premium prepaid under Article 93, paragraph (1) (excluding one relating to each month on and after the month that contains the day on which the person became a member of a National Pension Fund)). machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の規定により保険料を納付する者となつたものが、国民年金基金の加入員となつたときは、その加入員となつた日に、前項の申出をしたものとみなす。 art-87-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-4 When a person who has become a person who pays a premium under paragraph (1) becomes a member of a National Pension Fund, that person is deemed to have made the request under the preceding paragraph on the day on which the person became a member. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-87-2/par-1: 第八十九条第一項 → 国民年金法 第八十九条第一項 (Article 89, paragraph (1)), art-89/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-89/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-89/par-1 - art-87-2/par-1: 第九十条第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十条第一項 (Article 90, paragraph (1)), art-90/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90/par-1 - art-87-2/par-1: 第九十条の三第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十条の三第一項 (Article 90-3, paragraph (1)), art-90-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-1 - art-87-2/par-1: 第九十条の二第一項から第三項まで → 国民年金法 第九十条の二第一項 (Article 90-2, paragraph (1)), art-90-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-2/par-1 - art-87-2/par-1: 第九十条の二第一項から第三項まで → 国民年金法 第九十条の二第二項 (Article 90-2, paragraph (2)), art-90-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-2/par-2 - art-87-2/par-1: 第九十条の二第一項から第三項まで → 国民年金法 第九十条の二第三項 (Article 90-2, paragraph (3)), art-90-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-2/par-3 - art-87-2/par-1: 前条第三項 → 国民年金法 第八十七条第三項 (Article 87, paragraph (3)), art-87/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87/par-3 - art-87-2/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第八十七条の二第一項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (1)), art-87-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-1 - art-87-2/par-2: 前条第三項 → 国民年金法 第八十七条第三項 (Article 87, paragraph (3)), art-87/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87/par-3 - art-87-2/par-2: 第九十四条第四項 → 国民年金法 第九十四条第四項 (Article 94, paragraph (4)), art-94/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-94/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-94/par-4 - art-87-2/par-2: 第八十八条の二 → 国民年金法 第八十八条の二 (Article 88-2), art-88-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-88-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-88-2 - art-87-2/par-2: 第八十八条の三第一項 → 国民年金法 第八十八条の三第一項 (Article 88-3, paragraph (1)), art-88-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-88-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-88-3/par-1 - art-87-2/par-2: 第二項 → 国民年金法 第八十八条の三第二項 (Article 88-3, paragraph (2)), art-88-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-88-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-88-3/par-2 - art-87-2/par-3: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第八十七条の二第一項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (1)), art-87-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-1 - art-87-2/par-3: 第九十三条第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十三条第一項 (Article 93, paragraph (1)), art-93/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-93/par-1 - art-87-2/par-4: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第八十七条の二第一項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (1)), art-87-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-1 - art-87-2/par-4: 前項 → 国民年金法 第八十七条の二第三項 (Article 87-2, paragraph (3)), art-87-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-87-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-87-2/par-3 ## Cited by 18 provisions cite this one. 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