# 国民年金法 / National Pension Act — 第九十六条 (Article 96) - 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: 第九十六条 (Article 96)（督促及び滞納処分） — address `art-96` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96 - 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. --- ### 第九十六条（督促及び滞納処分） — Demand for Payment and Disposition for Arrears caption: machine translation, not official art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96 **第一項** 保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金を滞納する者があるときは、厚生労働大臣は、期限を指定して、これを督促することができる。 art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-1 Where there is a person who is in arrears with a premium or other amount to be collected under the provisions of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may demand payment of it, specifying a due date. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定によつて督促をしようとするときは、厚生労働大臣は、納付義務者に対して、督促状を発する。 art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-2 When intending to demand payment under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare issues a demand letter to the person liable for payment. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の督促状により指定する期限は、督促状を発する日から起算して十日以上を経過した日でなければならない。 art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-3 The due date specified in the demand letter under the preceding paragraph must be a day on which 10 days or more have elapsed, counting from the day on which the demand letter is issued. machine translation, not official **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による督促を受けた者がその指定の期限までに保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金を納付しないときは、国税滞納処分の例によつてこれを処分し、又は滞納者の居住地若しくはその者の財産所在地の市町村に対して、その処分を請求することができる。 art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-4 Where a person who has received a demand for payment under paragraph (1) fails to pay the premium or other amount to be collected under the provisions of this Act by the designated time limit, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may dispose of it in accordance with the precedent for disposition for national tax arrears, or may request the municipality of the place where the person in arrears resides or the place where the person's property is located to make that disposition. machine translation, not official **第五項** 市町村は、前項の規定による処分の請求を受けたときは、市町村税の例によつてこれを処分することができる。この場合においては、厚生労働大臣は、徴収金の百分の四に相当する額を当該市町村に交付しなければならない。 art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-5 When a municipality receives a request for disposition under the preceding paragraph, it may dispose of it in accordance with the precedent for municipal tax. In this case, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must grant to that municipality the amount equivalent to 4 percent of the amount to be collected. machine translation, not official **第六項** 前二項の規定による処分によつて受け入れた金額を保険料に充当する場合においては、さきに経過した月の保険料から順次これに充当し、一箇月の保険料の額に満たない端数は、納付義務者に交付するものとする。 art-96/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-6 Where the amount received through disposition under the preceding two paragraphs is applied to the premium, it is applied successively from the premium for the earliest elapsed month, and any fraction less than the amount of the premium for one month is delivered to the person liable for payment. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-96/par-2: 前項 → 国民年金法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-1 - art-96/par-3: 前項 → 国民年金法 第九十六条第二項 (Article 96, paragraph (2)), art-96/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-2 - art-96/par-4: 第一項 → 国民年金法 第九十六条第一項 (Article 96, paragraph (1)), art-96/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-1 - art-96/par-5: 前項 → 国民年金法 第九十六条第四項 (Article 96, paragraph (4)), art-96/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-4 - art-96/par-6: 前二項 → 国民年金法 第九十六条第四項 (Article 96, paragraph (4)), art-96/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-4 - art-96/par-6: 前二項 → 国民年金法 第九十六条第五項 (Article 96, paragraph (5)), art-96/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-5 ## Cited by 22 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国民年金法 第五条第一項（用語の定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-5/par-1 - 国民年金法 第九十二条の四第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-92-4/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-92-4/par-6 - 国民年金法 第九十六条第二項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-2 - 国民年金法 第九十六条第三項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-3 - 国民年金法 第九十六条第四項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-4 - 国民年金法 第九十六条第五項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-5 - 国民年金法 第九十六条第六項（督促及び滞納処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-96/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-96/par-6 - 国民年金法 第九十七条第一項（延滞金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-97/par-1 - 国民年金法 第百二条第五項（時効） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-102/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-102/par-5 - 国民年金法 第百九条の四第一項第二十五号（機構への厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務の委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-4/par-1/item-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-4/par-1/item-25 - 国民年金法 第百九条の十第一項第七号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-10/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-10/par-1/item-7 - 国民年金法 第百九条の十第一項第二十六号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-10/par-1/item-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-10/par-1/item-26 - 国民年金法 第百九条の十第一項第三十一号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-10/par-1/item-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-10/par-1/item-31 - 国民年金法 第百九条の十第一項第三十二号（機構への事務の委託） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-109-10/par-1/item-32 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-109-10/par-1/item-32 - 国民年金法 第百三十四条の二第一項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-134-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-134-2/par-1 - 国民年金法 第百三十四条の二第二項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-134-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-134-2/par-2 - 国民年金法 第百三十七条の二十一第二項（準用規定） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-137-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-137-21/par-2 - 国民年金法 附則第五条第六項第四号（任意加入被保険者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-3341-141/art-5/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3341-141/art-5/par-6/item-4 - 国民年金法 附則第十九条第六項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-3481-92/art-19/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-3481-92/art-19/par-6/item-3 - 国民年金法 附則第十一条第七項第二号（任意加入被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4061-95/art-11/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4061-95/art-11/par-7/item-2 - 国民年金法 附則第二十三条第七項第二号（任意加入被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4161-104/art-23/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4161-104/art-23/par-7/item-2 - 国民年金法 附則第四十条第七項第二号（任意加入被保険者の特例） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-5071-74/art-40/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-5071-74/art-40/par-7/item-2 --- ## 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — 国民年金法 — its English title as the Ministry of Justice's translation database lists it (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/1772), retrieved 2026-09-18 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T214903-018, translated 2026-09-24 - claude-sonnet-5 — Machine translation, batch national-pension-act-20260923T222116-002, 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