# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第九十条の三 (Article 90-3)

- 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: 第九十条の三 (Article 90-3) — address `art-90-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3
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### 第九十条の三
<sup>art-90-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する学生等である被保険者又は学生等であつた被保険者等から申請があつたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その指定する期間（学生等である期間又は学生等であつた期間に限る。）に係る保険料につき、既に納付されたものを除き、これを納付することを要しないものとし、申請のあつた日以後、当該保険料に係る期間を第五条第三項に規定する保険料全額免除期間（第九十四条第一項の規定により追納が行われた場合にあつては、当該追納に係る期間を除く。）に算入することができる。
<sup>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</sup>
Where a request is made by an insured person who is a student, or an insured person, etc. who has been a student, who falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may provide that the premium for the period the Minister designates (limited to a period during which the person is, or has been, a student) is not required to be paid, excluding a premium already paid, and may, on and after the day on which the request was made, count the period relating to that premium as a full premium exemption period prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) (excluding, where a retroactive payment has been made under Article 94, paragraph (1), the period relating to that retroactive payment).
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  当該保険料を納付することを要しないものとすべき月の属する年の前年の所得が、その者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以下であるとき。
  <sup>art-90-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  When the income for the year preceding the year that contains the month for which the premium is to be treated as not required to be paid is equal to or less than the amount specified by Cabinet Order according to whether the person has dependents and similar persons and their number;
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  **二**  第九十条第一項第二号及び第三号に該当するとき。
  <sup>art-90-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  When the person falls under Article 90, paragraph (1), item (ii) or (iii);
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  **三**  保険料を納付することが著しく困難である場合として天災その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由があるとき。
  <sup>art-90-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
  When there is a natural disaster or other cause specified by Ministerial Order as a case where payment of the premium is extremely difficult.
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**第二項**  第九十条第二項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。
<sup>art-90-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 90, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  第一項第一号に規定する所得の範囲及びその額の計算方法は、政令で定める。
<sup>art-90-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-3</sup>
The scope of the income prescribed in paragraph (1), item (i), and the method of calculating its amount, are specified by Cabinet Order.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-90-3/par-1: 第五条第三項 → 国民年金法 第五条第三項 (Article 5, paragraph (3)), art-5/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-5/par-3
- art-90-3/par-1: 第九十四条第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-94/par-1
- art-90-3/par-1/item-2: 第九十条第一項第二号 → 国民年金法 第九十条第一項第二号 (Article 90, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-90/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90/par-1/item-2
- art-90-3/par-1/item-2: 第三号 → 国民年金法 第九十条第一項第三号 (Article 90, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-90/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90/par-1/item-3
- art-90-3/par-2: 第九十条第二項 → 国民年金法 第九十条第二項 (Article 90, paragraph (2)), art-90/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90/par-2
- art-90-3/par-2: 前項 → 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-90-3/par-3: 第一項第一号 → 国民年金法 第九十条の三第一項第一号 (Article 90-3, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-90-3/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-1/item-1

## Cited by

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

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- 国民年金法 第二十六条第一項（支給要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-26/par-1
- 国民年金法 第二十七条第一項第八号（年金額） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-27/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-27/par-1/item-8
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- 国民年金法 第八十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-89/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-89/par-2
- 国民年金法 第九十条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-2
- 国民年金法 第九十条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-90-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-90-3/par-3
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- 国民年金法 第九十四条第二項（保険料の追納） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-94/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-94/par-2
- 国民年金法 第百九条の二の二第一項（学生納付特例の事務手続に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-2-2/par-1
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- 国民年金法 附則第四十条第十項（任意加入被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-5071-74/art-40/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-5071-74/art-40/par-10
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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民年金法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/334AC0000000141/20261001_507AC0000000074), retrieved 2026-10-05
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- claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T214903-016, translated 2026-09-24
- This site's parser, version 211 — 国民年金法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05
