第一条　この法律は、労働者の老齢、障害又は死亡について保険給付を行い、労働者及びその遺族の生活の安定と福祉の向上に寄与することを目的とする。

Article 1　The purpose of this Act is to provide insurance benefits for workers' old-age, disability, and death, so as to contribute to stabilizing the livelihoods and improving the welfare of workers and their surviving family.

第二条　厚生年金保険は、政府が、管掌する。

Article 2　Employees' pension insurance is administered by the government.

第二条の二　この法律による年金たる保険給付の額は、国民の生活水準、賃金その他の諸事情に著しい変動が生じた場合には、変動後の諸事情に応ずるため、速やかに改定の措置が講ぜられなければならない。

Article 2-2　If a significant change occurs in the national standard of living, wages, or other such circumstances, measures must be taken promptly to revise the amounts of pension insurance benefits under this Act so that they fit with the circumstances after the change.

第二条の三　厚生年金保険事業の財政は、長期的にその均衡が保たれたものでなければならず、著しくその均衡を失すると見込まれる場合には、速やかに所要の措置が講ぜられなければならない。

Article 2-3　The budget for employees' pension insurance services must allow balance to be maintained over the long term, and if a significant imbalance is projected, the necessary measures must be promptly taken.

第二条の四　政府は、少なくとも五年ごとに、保険料及び国庫負担の額並びにこの法律による保険給付に要する費用の額その他の厚生年金保険事業の財政に係る収支についてその現況及び財政均衡期間における見通し（以下「財政の現況及び見通し」という。）を作成しなければならない。

Article 2-4　(1)　At least every five years, the government must compile a report on the current status of income and expenditures in connection with the budget for employees' pension insurance services, including the amounts of insurance premiums and state subsidies and the amount of expenses needed to provide insurance benefits under this Act and projections for the period subject to budget balancing (hereinafter referred to as a "current budget status and projections report"), at least every 5 years.

２　前項の財政均衡期間（第三十四条第一項及び第八十四条の六第三項第二号において「財政均衡期間」という。）は、財政の現況及び見通しが作成される年以降おおむね百年間とする。

(2)　The period subject to budget balancing referred to in the preceding paragraph (referred to as the "period subject to budget balancing" in Article 34, paragraph (1) and Article 84-6, paragraph (3), item (ii)) is the approximately 100-year period following the year in which the current budget status and projections report is compiled.

３　政府は、第一項の規定により財政の現況及び見通しを作成したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。

(3)　Once the government has compiled the current budget status and projections report pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must publish this without delay.

第二条の五　この法律における実施機関は、次の各号に掲げる事務の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める者とする。

Article 2-5　(1)　The implementing organizations referred to in this Act are the persons that each of the following items prescribes for the category of administrative function set forth in the relevant item:

２　前項第二号又は第三号に掲げる事務のうち、第八十四条の三、第八十四条の五、第八十四条の六、第八十四条の八及び第八十四条の九の規定に係るものについては、国家公務員共済組合連合会又は地方公務員共済組合連合会が行い、その他の規定に係るものについては、政令で定めるところにより、同項第二号又は第三号に定める者のうち政令で定めるものが行う。

(2)　Those of the administrative functions set forth in item (ii) and item (iii) of the preceding paragraph that are connected with the provisions of Article 84-3, Article 84-5, Article 84-6, Article 84-8, and Article 84-9 are performed by the Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations or the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, and those that are connected with other provisions are performed, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by the person specified by Cabinet Order from among the persons prescribed in item (ii) and item (iii) of the preceding paragraph.

第三条　この法律において、次の各号に掲げる用語の意義は、それぞれ当該各号に定めるところによる。

Article 3　(1)　In this Act, the meanings of the terms set forth in the following items are as prescribed in those items:

２　この法律において、「配偶者」、「夫」及び「妻」には、婚姻の届出をしていないが、事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にある者を含むものとする。

(2)　In this Act, the terms "spouse"; "husband"; and "wife" include persons who have not registered a marriage but whose circumstances are, de facto, the same as those of a person in a marital relationship.

第四条及び第五条　削除〔平成一九年七月法律一〇九号〕

Article 4　and Article 5 Deleted (Act No. 109 of July 2007)

第七十八条の二　第一号改定者（被保険者又は被保険者であつた者であつて、第七十八条の六第一項第一号及び第二項第一号の規定により標準報酬が改定されるものをいう。以下同じ。）又は第二号改定者（第一号改定者の配偶者であつた者であつて、同条第一項第二号及び第二項第二号の規定により標準報酬が改定され、又は決定されるものをいう。以下同じ。）は、離婚等（離婚（婚姻の届出をしていないが事実上婚姻関係と同様の事情にあつた者について、当該事情が解消した場合を除く。）、婚姻の取消しその他厚生労働省令で定める事由をいう。以下この章において同じ。）をした場合であつて、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、実施機関に対し、当該離婚等について対象期間（婚姻期間その他の厚生労働省令で定める期間をいう。以下同じ。）に係る被保険者期間の標準報酬（第一号改定者及び第二号改定者（以下これらの者を「当事者」という。）の標準報酬をいう。以下この章において同じ。）の改定又は決定を請求することができる。ただし、当該離婚等をしたときから二年を経過したときその他の厚生労働省令で定める場合に該当するときは、この限りでない。

Article 78-2　(1)　If a person subject to a class I revision (meaning an insured or former insured whose standardized remuneration is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (i) and paragraph (2), item (i); the same applies hereinafter) or a person subject to a class II revision (meaning the spouse of a person subject to a class I revision, whose standardized remuneration is revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter) has gone through a divorce or similar circumstances (meaning a divorce (this excludes the dissolution of the circumstances in question, regarding persons who have not registered a marriage but whose circumstances are, de facto, the same as those of a person in a marital relationship), an annulment of marriage, or other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) and falls under any of the following items, that person may file a request with the implementing organization for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided (meaning the standardized remuneration of the person subject to a class I revision and the person subject to a class II revision (each of whom is hereinafter referred to as a "party"); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) for the insured period that falls under the subject period (meaning the period of the marriage and other periods specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter) connected with the divorce or similar circumstances; provided, however, that this does not apply once two years have passed since the relevant divorce or similar circumstances or in a situation otherwise falling under one of the cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:

２　前項の規定による標準報酬の改定又は決定の請求（以下「標準報酬改定請求」という。）について、同項第一号の当事者の合意のための協議が調わないとき、又は協議をすることができないときは、当事者の一方の申立てにより、家庭裁判所は、当該対象期間における保険料納付に対する当事者の寄与の程度その他一切の事情を考慮して、請求すべき按分割合を定めることができる。

(2)　With respect to a request for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided"), if consultations toward an agreement by the parties under item (i) of that paragraph have failed to produce an agreement, or if consultations cannot take place, the family court may, based on a motion filed by one of the parties, set the allocation percentage that the parties are to request, by taking into account the degree of the parties' contributions to the payment of insurance premiums during the subject period and any other circumstances.

３　標準報酬改定請求は、当事者が標準報酬の改定又は決定の請求をすること及び請求すべき按分割合について合意している旨が記載された公正証書の添付その他の厚生労働省令で定める方法によりしなければならない。

(3)　The request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided must be submitted attached by a notarized document to the effect that the parties have agreed to request that the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided and have agreed on the allocation percentage that the parties are to request, or must be submitted in other ways prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

第七十八条の三　請求すべき按分割合は、当事者それぞれの対象期間標準報酬総額（対象期間に係る被保険者期間の各月の標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）と標準賞与額に当事者を受給権者とみなして対象期間の末日において適用される再評価率を乗じて得た額の総額をいう。以下同じ。）の合計額に対する第二号改定者の対象期間標準報酬総額の割合を超え二分の一以下の範囲（以下「按分割合の範囲」という。）内で定められなければならない。

Article 78-3　(1)　The allocation percentage that the parties are to request must be determined so as to fall within the range between at least the percentage that constitutes the person subject to a class II revision's aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period (meaning the amount arrived at when first the parties are deemed to be the beneficiaries, then each of the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period ( the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is substituted for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the relevant month pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph) is multiplied by the revaluation rate that is applicable on the last day of the subject period, and finally all of the products thus calculated are added; the same applies hereinafter) in proportion to the sum total of both parties' aggregate amounts of standardized remuneration for the subject period and 50%, at most (that range is hereinafter referred to as the "allocation percentage range").

２　次条第一項の規定により按分割合の範囲について情報の提供（第七十八条の五の規定により裁判所又は受命裁判官若しくは受託裁判官が受けた資料の提供を含み、これが複数あるときは、その最後のもの。以下この項において同じ。）を受けた日が対象期間の末日前であつて対象期間の末日までの間が一年を超えない場合その他の厚生労働省令で定める場合における標準報酬改定請求については、前項の規定にかかわらず、当該情報の提供を受けた按分割合の範囲を、同項の按分割合の範囲とすることができる。

(2)　Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, with respect to a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided, if the day on which information concerning the allocation percentage range has been received pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article (including materials received by the court, or an authorized judge or commissioned judge pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-5 and, if more than one material exists, the last one; the same applies in this paragraph) is before the last day of the subject period and the period of time until the last day of the subject period is shorter than one year, or in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the allocation percentage range with regard to which that information has been received may be set as the allocation percentage range under that paragraph.

第七十八条の四　当事者又はその一方は、実施機関に対し、主務省令で定めるところにより、標準報酬改定請求を行うために必要な情報であつて次項に規定するものの提供を請求することができる。ただし、当該請求が標準報酬改定請求後に行われた場合又は第七十八条の二第一項ただし書に該当する場合その他厚生労働省令で定める場合においては、この限りでない。

Article 78-4　(1)　As provided by order of the competent ministry, both of the parties or either one of them may request the implementing organization to provide the information specified in the following paragraph that they need in order to file a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided; provided, however, that this does not apply if that request is made after the filing of the request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided, if that request falls under the proviso to Article 78-2, paragraph (1), or in other cases provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

２　前項の情報は、対象期間標準報酬総額、按分割合の範囲、これらの算定の基礎となる期間その他厚生労働省令で定めるものとし、同項の請求があつた日において対象期間の末日が到来していないときは、同項の請求があつた日を対象期間の末日とみなして算定したものとする。

(2)　The information referred to in the preceding paragraph is the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period, the allocation percentage range, periods constituting the basis for calculating these, and any other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and if the last day of the subject period had not yet arrived as of the day on which the request under that paragraph was made, the foregoing information is that which is calculated when the day on which the request under that paragraph was made is deemed to be the last day of the subject period.

第七十八条の五　実施機関は、裁判所又は受命裁判官若しくは受託裁判官に対し、その求めに応じて、第七十八条の二第二項の規定による請求すべき按分割合に関する処分を行うために必要な資料を提供しなければならない。

Article 78-5　At the request of the court, the authorized judge, or the commissioned judge, the implementing organization must provide them with the materials necessary for them to dispose on the allocation percentage that the parties are to request pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (2).

第七十八条の六　実施機関は、標準報酬改定請求があつた場合において、第一号改定者が標準報酬月額を有する対象期間に係る被保険者期間の各月ごとに、当事者の標準報酬月額をそれぞれ次の各号に定める額に改定し、又は決定することができる。

Article 78-6　(1)　If a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the parties' standardized monthly amounts of remuneration to be the amounts specified in each of the following items for each month of an insured period falling under the subject period in which the person subject to a class I revision has a standardized monthly amount of remuneration:

２　実施機関は、標準報酬改定請求があつた場合において、第一号改定者が標準賞与額を有する対象期間に係る被保険者期間の各月ごとに、当事者の標準賞与額をそれぞれ次の各号に定める額に改定し、又は決定することができる。

(2)　If a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the parties' standardized amounts of bonuses to be the amounts specified in each of the following items for each month of an insured period falling under the subject period in which the person subject to a class I revision has a standardized amount of bonus:

３　前二項の場合において、対象期間のうち第一号改定者の被保険者期間であつて第二号改定者の被保険者期間でない期間については、第二号改定者の被保険者期間であつたものとみなす。

(3)　In a case as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, a period falling under the subject period that is an insured period for the person subject to a class I revision but not an insured period for the person subject to a class II revision is deemed to be an insured period for the person subject to a class II revision.

４　第一項及び第二項の規定により改定され、又は決定された標準報酬は、当該標準報酬改定請求のあつた日から将来に向かつてのみその効力を有する。

(4)　The standardized remuneration revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) is effective only prospectively, starting from the day of the relevant request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided.

第七十八条の七　実施機関は、厚生年金保険原簿に前条第三項の規定により被保険者期間であつたものとみなされた期間（以下「離婚時みなし被保険者期間」という。）を有する者の氏名、離婚時みなし被保険者期間、離婚時みなし被保険者期間に係る標準報酬その他主務省令で定める事項を記録しなければならない。

Article 78-7　The implementing organization must record, in the EPI register, the names of any persons who have a period that is deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "deemed insured period at divorce"), the deemed insured period at divorce, the standardized remuneration connected with the deemed insured period at divorce, and other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry.

第七十八条の八　実施機関は、第七十八条の六第一項及び第二項の規定により標準報酬の改定又は決定を行つたときは、その旨を当事者に通知しなければならない。

Article 78-8　If the implementing organization has revised or decided the standardized remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), the implementing organization must notify the parties to that effect.

第七十八条の九　第七十八条の二から前条までに定めるもののほか、標準報酬改定請求及び標準報酬の改定又は決定の手続に関し必要な事項は、主務省令で定める。

Article 78-9　Beyond as provided in Article 78-2 to the preceding Article, order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the procedures for a request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided and for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided.

第七十八条の十　老齢厚生年金の受給権者について、第七十八条の六第一項及び第二項の規定により標準報酬の改定又は決定が行われたときは、第四十三条第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、対象期間に係る被保険者期間の最後の月以前における被保険者期間（対象期間の末日後に当該老齢厚生年金を支給すべき事由が生じた場合その他の政令で定める場合にあつては、政令で定める期間）及び改定又は決定後の標準報酬を老齢厚生年金の額の計算の基礎とするものとし、当該標準報酬改定請求のあつた日の属する月の翌月から、年金の額を改定する。

Article 78-10　(1)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), if the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), the insured period that fell prior to the last month of the insured period falling under the subject period (or the period prescribed by Cabinet Order, if the grounds for payment of the relevant employees' old-age pension occur after the last day of the subject period or in other cases specified by Cabinet Order) and the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided are the basis for calculating the employees' old-age pension, and the pension amount is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the relevant request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided was made.

２　障害厚生年金の受給権者について、当該障害厚生年金の額の計算の基礎となる被保険者期間に係る標準報酬が第七十八条の六第一項及び第二項の規定により改定され、又は決定されたときは、改定又は決定後の標準報酬を基礎として、当該標準報酬改定請求のあつた日の属する月の翌月から、年金の額を改定する。ただし、第五十条第一項後段の規定が適用されている障害厚生年金については、離婚時みなし被保険者期間は、その計算の基礎としない。

(2)　If the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) for an insured period that constitutes a basis for calculating the amount of the relevant employees' disability pension, the amount of the pension is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request for standardized remuneration to be revised or decided was filed, based on the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided; provided, however, that the deemed insured period at divorce does not constitute a basis for calculating the employees' disability pension to which the provisions of the second sentence of Article 50, paragraph (1) apply.

第七十八条の十一　第七十八条の六第一項及び第二項の規定により標準報酬が改定され、又は決定された者に対する保険給付についてこの法律を適用する場合においては、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定（他の法令において、これらの規定を引用し、準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとするほか、当該保険給付の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定の適用に関し必要な読替えは、政令で定める。

Article 78-11　If this Act is applied with respect to the insurance benefits of a person whose standardized remuneration has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2), each of the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table, under the provisions prescribed in the left-hand column of that table (including when these are cited in other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and regulations, or govern other laws and regulations), is deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table; and Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary technical replacements of terms connected with the application of provisions on the calculation of the amount of those insurance benefits, of provisions on suspension of their payment, and of any other provisions that Cabinet Order prescribes.

第七十八条の十二　この章に定めるもののほか、離婚等をした場合における特例に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-12　Beyond as provided in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the special provisions for divorce and similar circumstances.

第七十八条の十三　被扶養配偶者に対する年金たる保険給付に関しては、第三章に定めるもののほか、被扶養配偶者を有する被保険者が負担した保険料について、当該被扶養配偶者が共同して負担したものであるという基本的認識の下に、この章の定めるところによる。

Article 78-13　In addition to what is prescribed in Chapter III, the provision of pension insurance benefits to a dependent spouse is as prescribed in this Chapter, based on the fundamental recognition that the insurance premiums borne by an insured who has a dependent spouse are insurance premiums that the dependent spouse has borne jointly with the insured.

第七十八条の十四　被保険者（被保険者であつた者を含む。以下「特定被保険者」という。）が被保険者であつた期間中に被扶養配偶者（当該特定被保険者の配偶者として国民年金法第七条第一項第三号に該当していたものをいう。以下同じ。）を有する場合において、当該特定被保険者の被扶養配偶者は、当該特定被保険者と離婚又は婚姻の取消しをしたときその他これに準ずるものとして厚生労働省令で定めるときは、実施機関に対し、特定期間（当該特定被保険者が被保険者であつた期間であり、かつ、その被扶養配偶者が当該特定被保険者の配偶者として同号に規定する第三号被保険者であつた期間をいう。以下同じ。）に係る被保険者期間（次項及び第三項の規定により既に標準報酬が改定され、及び決定された被保険者期間を除く。以下この条において同じ。）の標準報酬（特定被保険者及び被扶養配偶者の標準報酬をいう。以下この章において同じ。）の改定及び決定を請求することができる。ただし、当該請求をした日において当該特定被保険者が障害厚生年金（当該特定期間の全部又は一部をその額の計算の基礎とするものに限る。第七十八条の二十において同じ。）の受給権者であるときその他の厚生労働省令で定めるときは、この限りでない。

Article 78-14　(1)　If an insured (including a former insured; hereinafter referred to as a "specific insured") had a dependent spouse (meaning a person who fell under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act as the spouse of the specific insured; the same applies hereinafter) during the time that the person was an insured, but the specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof have divorced or annulled their marriage or have come to fall under any other circumstances specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as equivalent thereto, the dependent spouse may file a request with the implementing organization for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided (meaning the standardized remuneration of the specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) for the insured period (excluding an insured period for which the standardized remuneration was already revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph and paragraph (3); the same applies hereinafter in this Article) that fell under the specific period (meaning the period during which the specific insured was an insured and the dependent spouse thereof was a class III insured who is as specified in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the National Pension Act as a spouse of that specific insured; the same applies hereinafter); provided, however, that this does not apply if, as of the day of the request, the relevant specific insured is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension (limited to one in an amount that is calculated based in whole or in part on the relevant specific period; the same applies to Article 78-20), or in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

２　実施機関は、前項の請求があつた場合において、特定期間に係る被保険者期間の各月ごとに、当該特定被保険者及び被扶養配偶者の標準報酬月額を当該特定被保険者の標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）に二分の一を乗じて得た額にそれぞれ改定し、及び決定することができる。

(2)　If the request referred to in the preceding paragraph has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the standardized monthly amount of remuneration of the relevant specific insured and the relevant dependent spouse to be the amount arrived at when the specific insured's standardized monthly amount of remuneration is multiplied by 50%, for each month of the insured period that falls during the specific period (or the amount arrived at when the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is multiplied by 50%, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph).

３　実施機関は、第一項の請求があつた場合において、当該特定被保険者が標準賞与額を有する特定期間に係る被保険者期間の各月ごとに、当該特定被保険者及び被扶養配偶者の標準賞与額を当該特定被保険者の標準賞与額に二分の一を乗じて得た額にそれぞれ改定し、及び決定することができる。

(3)　If the request under paragraph (1) has been filed, the implementing organization may revise or decide the standardized amount of bonuses of the specific insured and the dependent spouse to be the amount arrived at when the specific insured standardized amount of bonus is multiplied by 50%, for each month of the insured period that falls during the specific period for which the specific insured in question had a standardized amount of bonus.

４　前二項の場合において、特定期間に係る被保険者期間については、被扶養配偶者の被保険者期間であつたものとみなす。

(4)　In a case as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, an insured period that falls during the specific period is deemed to be an insured period for the dependent spouse.

５　第二項及び第三項の規定により改定され、及び決定された標準報酬は、第一項の請求のあつた日から将来に向かつてのみその効力を有する。

(5)　The standardized remuneration as revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) is effective only prospectively, starting from the day on which the request under paragraph (1) was filed.

第七十八条の十五　実施機関は、厚生年金保険原簿に前条第四項の規定により被保険者期間であつたものとみなされた期間（以下「被扶養配偶者みなし被保険者期間」という。）を有する者の氏名、被扶養配偶者みなし被保険者期間、被扶養配偶者みなし被保険者期間に係る標準報酬その他主務省令で定める事項を記録しなければならない。

Article 78-15　The implementing organization must record, in the EPI register, the name of persons who have a period that is deemed to be an insured period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "deemed insured period of a dependent spouse"), the deemed insured period of the dependent spouse, the standardized remuneration connected with the deemed insured period of the dependent spouse, and any other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry.

第七十八条の十六　実施機関は、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により標準報酬の改定及び決定を行つたときは、その旨を特定被保険者及び被扶養配偶者に通知しなければならない。

Article 78-16　If the implementing organization has revised or decided the standardized remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the Organization must notify the specific insured and the dependent spouse to that effect.

第七十八条の十七　前三条に定めるもののほか、第七十八条の十四第一項の規定による請求並びに同条第二項及び第三項の規定による標準報酬の改定及び決定の手続に関し必要な事項は、主務省令で定める。

Article 78-17　Beyond as provided in the preceding three Articles, order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the procedures for the request under the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and for the standardized remuneration to be revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of that Article.

第七十八条の十八　老齢厚生年金の受給権者について、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により標準報酬の改定又は決定が行われたときは、第四十三条第一項の規定にかかわらず、改定又は決定後の標準報酬を老齢厚生年金の額の計算の基礎とするものとし、第七十八条の十四第一項の請求のあつた日の属する月の翌月から、年金の額を改定する。

Article 78-18　(1)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1), if the standardized remuneration of the beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the standardized remuneration after its revision or after it has been decided is the basis for calculating the employees' old-age pension, and the pension amount is revised from the month following the month that includes the day on which the request under Article 78-14, paragraph (1) was filed.

２　第七十八条の十第二項の規定は、障害厚生年金の受給権者である被扶養配偶者について第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により標準報酬の決定が行われた場合に準用する。この場合において、必要な読替えは、政令で定める。

(2)　The provisions of Article 78-10, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a case in which the standardized remuneration for a dependent spouse who is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension has been decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms in such a case.

第七十八条の十九　第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により標準報酬が改定され、及び決定された者に対する保険給付についてこの法律を適用する場合においては、次の表の上欄に掲げる規定（他の法令において、これらの規定を引用し、準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句に読み替えるものとするほか、当該保険給付の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定の適用に関し必要な読替えは、政令で定める。

Article 78-19　If this Act is applied to the insurance benefits of a person whose standardized remuneration has been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), each of the terms set forth in the middle column of the following table, under the provisions prescribed in the left-hand column of that table (including when these are cited in other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to other laws and regulations, or govern other laws and regulations), is deemed to be replaced with the terms set forth in the right-hand column of that table, and Cabinet Order prescribes the necessary technical replacement of terms in connection with the application of provisions on the calculation of the amount of the insurance benefits, of provisions on the suspension of their payment, and on any other provisions that Cabinet Order prescribes.

第七十八条の二十　特定被保険者又は被扶養配偶者が、離婚等（第七十八条の二第一項に規定する離婚等をいう。）をした場合において、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定による標準報酬の改定及び決定が行われていない特定期間の全部又は一部を対象期間として第七十八条の二第一項の規定による標準報酬の改定又は決定の請求をしたときは、当該請求をしたときに、第七十八条の十四第一項の請求があつたものとみなす。ただし、当該請求をした日において当該特定被保険者が障害厚生年金の受給権者であるときは、この限りでない。

Article 78-20　(1)　If a specific insured and the dependent spouse thereof have gone through a divorce or similar circumstances (meaning the divorce or similar circumstances provided for in Article 78-2, paragraph (1)), and a request for a revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) has been filed that has, as the subject period, the whole or a part of a specific period for which the standardized remuneration has not been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), the request under Article 78-14, paragraph (1) is deemed to have been filed at the time that the request for a revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) was filed; provided, however, that this does not apply if the specific insured is the beneficiary of an employees' disability pension as of the day of the relevant request.

２　前項の場合において、第七十八条の三第一項の対象期間標準報酬総額の基礎となる当該特定期間に係る被保険者期間の標準報酬（標準報酬月額について、第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）並びに第七十八条の六第一項及び第二項の当該特定期間に係る被保険者期間の改定前の標準報酬（標準報酬月額について、第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）については、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定による改定及び決定後の標準報酬とする。

(2)　In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the standardized remuneration for the insured period that falls under the specific period, that constitutes the aggregate amount of standardized remuneration for the subject period referred to in Article 78-3, paragraph (1) (or, for the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for a month for which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration) and the standardized remuneration for the insured period that falls under the specific period referred to in Article 78-6, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) (or, for the standardized monthly amount of remuneration of a month for which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration) is the standardized remuneration after the revision or decision under the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3).

３　第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定による標準報酬の改定及び決定が行われていない特定期間の全部又は一部を対象期間として第七十八条の四第一項の請求があつた場合において、同項の請求があつた日に特定被保険者が障害厚生年金の受給権を有しないときは、同条第二項に規定する情報は、第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項の規定により当該対象期間中の特定期間に係る被保険者期間の標準報酬の改定及び決定が行われたとみなして算定したものとする。

(3)　If a request under Article 78-4, paragraph (1) has been filed that has, as the subject period, the whole or a part of the specific period for which the standardized remuneration has not been not revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and the specific insured has no right to receive benefits from the employees' disability pension as of the day on which the request under that paragraph was filed, the information provided for in paragraph (2) of that Article is that which is calculated when the standardized remuneration for the insured period in the specific period that fell under the subject period is deemed to have been revised or decided pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3).

４　前項の規定は、第七十八条の五の求めがあつた場合に準用する。

(4)　The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis if a request under Article 78-5 has been filed.

５　第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月の標準報酬月額について第七十八条の十四第二項の規定により改定された場合における第七十八条の三第一項及び第七十八条の六第一項の規定の適用については、第七十八条の三第一項中「標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額）」とあるのは「標準報酬月額」と、第七十八条の六第一項第一号中「標準報酬月額（第二十六条第一項の規定により同項に規定する従前標準報酬月額が当該月の標準報酬月額とみなされた月にあつては、従前標準報酬月額。次号において同じ。）」とあるのは「標準報酬月額」とする。

(5)　To apply the provisions of Article 78-3, paragraph (1) and Article 78-6, paragraph (1) to a case in which the standardized monthly amount of remuneration is revised pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) for a month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) has been deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph, the phrase "the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period ( the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in Article 26, paragraph (1) is substituted for that standardized monthly amount of remuneration, for each month in which the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration for the relevant month pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph" in Article 78-3, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with " the standardized monthly amounts of remuneration and the standardized amounts of bonuses for each month of the insured period falling under the subject period" and the phrase "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration (for months in which, pursuant to the provisions of Article 26, paragraph (1), the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration specified in that paragraph is deemed to be the standardized monthly amount of remuneration, the previous standardized monthly amount of remuneration; the same applies in the following item)" in Article 78-6, paragraph (1), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "the standardized monthly amount of remuneration".

第七十八条の二十一　この章に定めるもののほか、被扶養配偶者である期間についての特例に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-21　Beyond as provided for in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the special provisions on the period during which a person is a dependent spouse.

第七十八条の二十二　第一号厚生年金被保険者期間、第二号厚生年金被保険者期間、第三号厚生年金被保険者期間又は第四号厚生年金被保険者期間（以下「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）のうち二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を有する者（以下「二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者」という。）であつて、一の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間（以下「一の期間」という。）に基づく年金たる保険給付と同一の支給事由に基づく当該一の被保険者の種別と異なる他の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間（以下「他の期間」という。）に基づく年金たる保険給付を受けることができるものについて、第三十八条の規定を適用する場合においては、同条第一項中「遺族厚生年金を除く」とあるのは「当該老齢厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づいて支給される老齢厚生年金及び遺族厚生年金を除く」と、「老齢厚生年金を除く」とあるのは「老齢厚生年金及び当該遺族厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づいて支給される遺族厚生年金を除く」とする。

Article 78-22　In applying the provisions of Article 38 to a person who has spent time as an insured under two or more insured categories corresponding to a category I EPI insured period, category II EPI insured period, category III EPI insured period, or category IV EPI insured period (hereinafter each of these is referred to as a "category of EPI insured period") (hereinafter such a person is referred to as a "person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories"); and who is eligible to receive pension insurance benefits based on the time that the person spent as an insured under a single insured category (referred to as the person's "time in one category" hereinafter) and is also eligible to receive pension insurance benefits due to the same grounds for payment based on the time that the person spent as an insured under another insured category that differs from the single insured category in question (hereinafter referred to as the person's "time in another category"); the phrase "other than an employees' pension for surviving family" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "other than an employees' old-age pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' old-age pension in question or an employees' pension for surviving family" and the phrase " other than an employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " other than an employees' old-age pension or an employees' pension for surviving family paid based on the same grounds for payment as the employees' pension for surviving family in question".

第七十八条の二十三　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る年金たる保険給付の受給権者について、一の期間に基づく第三十八条の二第一項に規定する年金たる保険給付についての同項の規定による申出又は同条第三項の規定による撤回は、当該一の期間に基づく年金たる保険給付と同一の支給事由に基づく他の期間に基づく年金たる保険給付についての当該申出又は当該撤回と同時に行わなければならない。

Article 78-23　A beneficiary of the pension insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories must file a request under the provisions of Article 38-2, paragraph (1) or withdrawing it as under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article regarding pension insurance benefits as prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article that are based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing such a request or withdrawing it regarding pension insurance benefits that are based on the person's time in another category and on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the pension insurance benefits that are based on the person's time in that one category.

第七十八条の二十四　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る保険給付の受給権者について、第三十九条第一項及び第二項の規定を適用する場合においては、同条第一項中「乙年金の受給権者」とあるのは「第七十八条の二十二に規定する各号の厚生年金被保険者期間（以下この条において「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）のうち第七十八条の二十二に規定する一の期間（以下この条において「一の期間」という。）に基づく乙年金（以下この項において「乙年金」という。）の受給権者」と、「甲年金の受給権」とあるのは「当該一の期間に基づく甲年金（以下この項において「甲年金」という。）の受給権」と、同条第二項中「年金の支給」とあるのは「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に基づく年金の支給」と、「年金が支払われたとき」とあるのは「当該年金が支払われたとき」と、「年金の内払」とあるのは「当該一の期間に基づく年金の内払」と、「年金を減額して」とあるのは「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に基づく年金を減額して」と、「年金が支払われた場合」とあるのは「当該一の期間に基づく年金が支払われた場合」とする。

Article 78-24　When the provisions of Article 39, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of a first pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrases "beneficiary of a first pension (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the 'first pension') based on the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (hereinafter referred to in this Article as the person's 'time in one category'), among the categories of EPI insured period provided for in Article 78-22 (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this Article as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "right to receive benefits under a second pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "right to receive benefits under a second pension based on the relevant time in one category (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as 'a second pension')"; the phrase "the payment of a pension" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the payment of a pension based on the time in one category among the categories of EPI insured period"; the phrase "If... a pension has been paid" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "If... the relevant pension has been paid"; the phrase "partial payment of the pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "partial payment of the pension based on the relevant time in one category"; the phrase "by reducing its amount" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "by reducing the amount of the pension based on the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period"; the phrase "if... a pension has been paid" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "if... a pension based on the relevant time in one category has been paid".

第七十八条の二十五　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る保険給付について、第四十条第二項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「その価額」とあるのは、「その価額をそれぞれの保険給付の価額に応じて按分した価額」とする。

Article 78-25　When the provisions of Article 40, paragraph (2) are applied to the insurance benefits of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "the value of that compensation" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the value arrived at when the value of that compensation is allocated in proportion to the value of each insurance benefit".

第七十八条の二十六　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金について、第四十二条（この法律及び他の法令において、引用し、準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定を適用する場合においては、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに適用する。

Article 78-26　(1)　When the provisions of Article 42 are applied (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, those provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period.

２　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金について、第四十三条（この法律及び他の法令において、引用し、準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定を適用する場合においては、同条第一項に規定する被保険者であつた全期間並びに同条第二項及び第三項に規定する被保険者であつた期間は、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間ごとに適用し、同条第一項に規定する被保険者期間は、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに適用し、同条第三項に規定する被保険者の資格は、被保険者の種別ごとに適用する。

(2)　When the provisions of Article 43 (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied applicable mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) are applied to the employees' old-age pension of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the whole period during which the person was an insured as provided in paragraph (1) of that Article and the periods during which the person was an insured as provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Article are applied in each category of EPI insured period; the insured period as provided in paragraph (1) of that Article is applied in each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period; and the person's status as an insured as provided in paragraph (3) of that Article is applied in each insured category.

第七十八条の二十七　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金の額については、その者の二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間に係る被保険者期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなして第四十四条（この法律及び他の法令において、引用し、準用し、又はその例による場合を含む。）の規定を適用する。この場合において、同条第一項に規定する加給年金額は、政令で定めるところにより、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額に加算するものとする。

Article 78-27　For a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the insured periods associated with the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together, the person is deemed to have only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 44 (including when these are cited in this Act and other laws and regulations, are applied mutatis mutandis to this Act and other laws and regulations, or govern this Act and other laws and regulations) apply to the amount of employees' old-age pension associated with that person. In such a case, the amount of additional pension as provided for in paragraph (1) of that Article is, as specified by Cabinet Order, added to the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period.

第七十八条の二十八　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る老齢厚生年金について、第四十四条の三の規定を適用する場合においては、一の期間に基づく老齢厚生年金についての同条第一項の規定による申出は、他の期間に基づく老齢厚生年金についての当該申出と同時に行わなければならない。この場合において、同項ただし書中「他の年金たる保険給付」とあるのは「他の年金たる保険給付（当該老齢厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づいて支給される老齢厚生年金を除く。）」と、同条第四項中「第四十六条第一項」とあるのは「第七十八条の二十九の規定により読み替えて適用する第四十六条第一項」とするほか、同条の規定の適用に関し必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-28　When the provisions of Article 44-3 are applied to the employees' old-age pension associated with a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the request under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article concerning an employees' old-age pension based on the person's time in one category must be made at the same time as that request concerning an employees' old-age pension based on the person's time in another category. In such a case, the phrase "other pension benefits" in the proviso of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "other pension insurance benefits (excluding an employees' old-age pension paid based on the same grounds for payment as the relevant employees' old-age pension)"; the phrase "Article 46, paragraph (1)" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 46, paragraph (1) as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 78-29"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article.

第七十八条の二十九　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者について、第四十六条の規定を適用する場合においては、同条第一項中「老齢厚生年金の受給権者」とあるのは「第七十八条の二十二に規定する各号の厚生年金被保険者期間（以下この項において「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間」という。）のうち同条に規定する一の期間（第六項において「一の期間」という。）に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の受給権者」と、「及び老齢厚生年金の額」とあるのは「及び各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額を合算して得た額」と、「第四十四条の三第四項に規定する加算額を除く。以下この項において同じ」とあるのは「各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする第四十四条の三第四項に規定する加算額を合算して得た額を除く」と、「当該老齢厚生年金」とあるのは「当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金」と、「控除して得た額」とあるのは「控除して得た額に当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額（第四十四条第一項に規定する加給年金額及び第四十四条の三第四項に規定する加算額を除く。以下この項において同じ。）を十二で除して得た額を基本月額で除して得た数を乗じて得た額」と、「老齢厚生年金の額以上」とあるのは「当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の額以上」と、「老齢厚生年金の全部」とあるのは「当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする老齢厚生年金の全部」と、同条第六項中「被保険者期間の月数」とあるのは「被保険者期間の月数（その者の二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間に係る被保険者期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなした場合における当該被保険者期間の月数とする。）」とするほか、同条の規定の適用に関し必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-29　When the provisions of Article 46 are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension" in paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category as provided for in Article 78-22 (referred to in paragraph (6) as 'the person's time in one category') among each of the categories of EPI insured period as provided for in that Article (hereinafter each of these is referred to in this paragraph as a 'category of EPI insured period')"; the phrase "the amount of employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the amount arrived at when the amount of employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods is added up"; the phrase "excluding... additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph" is deemed to be the phrase "excluding... the amount arrived at when the additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4) calculated based on the insured periods that constitute the categories of EPI insured periods are added up"; the phrase "the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount, the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum, and the amount equivalent to one-half of the difference is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension");" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase " the amount equivalent to total monthly remuneration is added to the base monthly amount; the amount of the adjustment for the suspension of payment is subtracted from the sum; the difference is multiplied by the number that is arrived at when, first, the amount of an employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category (excluding the amount of additional pension provided for in Article 44, paragraph (1) and additional amounts provided for in Article 44-3, paragraph (4); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) is divided by 12, and then the quotient is divided by the base monthly amount; and the amount equivalent to one-half of the production thus calculated is multiplied by 12 (hereinafter referred to in this paragraph as the "standard amount for a payment suspension"):"; the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension" is deemed to be the phrase "equal to or greater than the amount of the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; the phrase "employees' old-age pension" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employees' old-age pension calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category"; and, in paragraph (6) of that Article, the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more" is deemed to be the phrase "limited to one calculated based on an insured period of 240 months or more (the number of months counted into that insured period is the number of months that constitute the relevant person's insured period associated with the time in one category if the insured periods associated with the time that the relevant person has spent as an insured under two or more insured categories are added together and that person is deemed to have had only the insured period associated with the time in one category"; and Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in connection with the application of the provisions of that Article.

第七十八条の三十　障害厚生年金の受給権者であつて、当該障害に係る障害認定日において二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る当該障害厚生年金の額については、その者の二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなして、障害厚生年金の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定を適用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-30　For a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment associated with the relevant disability, the time that person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the person's time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' disability pension, the suspension of payment thereof, and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of employees' disability pension associated with that person.

第七十八条の三十一　障害手当金の受給権者であつて、当該障害に係る障害認定日において二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る当該障害手当金の額については、前条の規定を準用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-31　The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of disability allowance of a person who is a beneficiary of an employees' disability pension and who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories as of the day of disability assessment for the disability in question. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

第七十八条の三十二　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者の遺族に係る遺族厚生年金（第五十八条第一項第一号から第三号までのいずれかに該当することにより支給されるものに限る。）の額については、死亡した者に係る二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなして、遺族厚生年金の額の計算及びその支給停止に関する規定その他政令で定める規定を適用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-32　(1)　For the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category, and the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of an employees' pension for surviving family and the suspension of payment thereof and any other provisions specified by Cabinet Order apply to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family associated with the deceased's surviving family (limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under any of items (i) through (iii) of Article 58, paragraph (1)). Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

２　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者の遺族に係る遺族厚生年金（第五十八条第一項第四号に該当することにより支給されるものに限る。）については、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに支給するものとし、そのそれぞれの額は、死亡した者に係る二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有するものとみなして、遺族厚生年金の額の計算に関する規定により計算した額をそれぞれ一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎として第六十条第一項第一号の規定の例により計算した額に応じて按分した額とする。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

(2)　The employees' pension for surviving family associated with the surviving family of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories (that pension is limited to one that is paid due to the relevant person falling under item (iv) of Article 58 paragraph (1)) is paid for each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period, and for each amount thereof; the time that the deceased spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up; the deceased is deemed to have only the insured period that is associated with the time in one category; and each of their amounts is the amount arrived at when the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of employees' pension for surviving family is allocated in proportion to the value calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 60, paragraph (1), item (i) based on the insured periods associated with each of the periods of time in one category. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

３　前項の場合において、第六十二条第一項の規定による加算額は、政令で定めるところにより、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る被保険者期間を計算の基礎とする遺族厚生年金の額に加算するものとする。

(3)　In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the additional amount under the provisions of Article 62, paragraph (1) is to be added, as specified by Cabinet Order, to the amount of the employees' pension for surviving family calculated based on the insured period associated with the person's time in one category among the categories of EPI insured periods.

４　前三項に定めるもののほか、遺族厚生年金の額の計算及びその支給の停止に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

(4)　Beyond as specified in the preceding three paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amounts of employees' pensions for surviving family and suspending payment.

第七十八条の三十三　第七十八条の三十の規定による障害厚生年金及び第七十八条の三十一の規定による障害手当金の支給に関する事務は、政令で定めるところにより、当該障害に係る初診日における被保険者の種別に応じて、第二条の五第一項各号に定める者が行う。

Article 78-33　(1)　Pursuant to Cabinet Order, the person specified in the items of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) for the insured category of the insured on the day of initial examination for the disability in question carries out the administrative functions connected with the payment of an employees' disability pension under the provisions of Article 78-30 and an employees' disability allowance under the provisions of Article 78-31.

２　前項の規定は、前条第一項の規定による遺族厚生年金の支給に関する事務について準用する。

(2)　The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to the administrative functions connected with the payment of the employees' pension for surviving family pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

第七十八条の三十四　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者の遺族について、二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間に基づく遺族厚生年金を受けることができる場合には、一の期間に基づく遺族厚生年金についての第六十七条又は第六十八条第一項若しくは第二項の規定による申請は、当該一の期間に基づく遺族厚生年金と同一の支給事由に基づく他の期間に基づく遺族厚生年金についての当該申請と同時に行わなければならない。

Article 78-34　If a surviving family member of a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories is eligible to receive an employees' pension for surviving family based on the time that the relevant person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories, the surviving family member must file an application under the provisions of Article 67, or Article 68, paragraph (1) or (2) for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in one category at the same time as filing any application for the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in another category that is based on the same grounds for payment as the grounds for payment of the employees' pension for surviving family based on the person's time in that one category.

第七十八条の三十五　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者について、第七十八条の二第一項の規定を適用する場合においては、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る標準報酬についての同項の規定による請求は、他の期間に係る標準報酬についての当該請求と同時に行わなければならない。

Article 78-35　(1)　When the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the person's time in one category of the categories of EPI insured period must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.

２　前項の場合においては、その者の二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有する者とみなして第七十八条の二及び第七十八条の三の規定を適用し、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに第七十八条の六及び附則第十七条の十の規定を適用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

(2)　In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be a person who has only the insured period associated with the time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-2 and Article 78-3 apply; the provisions of Article 78-6, and Article 17-10 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period that constitutes a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

第七十八条の三十六　二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者について、第七十八条の十四第一項の規定を適用する場合においては、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間のうち一の期間に係る標準報酬についての同項の規定による請求は、他の期間に係る標準報酬についての当該請求と同時に行わなければならない。

Article 78-36　(1)　When the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) are applied to a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, a request under the provisions of that paragraph concerning the standardized remuneration for the time in one category, among the categories of EPI insured period, must be made at the same time as the relevant request concerning the standardized remuneration for time in another category.

２　前項の場合においては、その者の二以上の被保険者の種別に係る被保険者であつた期間を合算し、一の期間又は当該一の期間に係る被保険者期間のみを有する者とみなして第七十八条の十四第一項及び第七十八条の二十第一項の規定を適用し、各号の厚生年金被保険者期間に係る被保険者期間ごとに第七十八条の十四第二項及び第三項、第七十八条の二十第二項及び第五項並びに附則第十七条の十一から第十七条の十三までの規定を適用する。この場合において、必要な読替えその他必要な事項は、政令で定める。

(2)　In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the time that the person spent as an insured under two or more insured categories is added up, the person is deemed to be either a person who has spent time in one category only or a person who has only the insured period associated with that time in one category, and the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (1) and Article 78-20, paragraph (1) apply; the provisions of Article 78-14, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and Article 78-20, paragraph (2) and paragraph (5), and the provisions of Article 17-11 through Article 17-13 of the Supplementary Provisions apply to each insured period constituting a category of EPI insured period. Cabinet Order provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms and other necessary particulars in such a case.

第七十八条の三十七　この章に定めるもののほか、二以上の種別の被保険者であつた期間を有する者に係る保険給付の額の計算及びその支給停止その他この法律の規定の適用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 78-37　Beyond as provided for in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with calculating the amount of insurance benefits associated with a person who has spent time as an insured in two or more categories, suspending payment of those benefits, and otherwise applying this Act.

第七十九条　政府等は、厚生年金保険事業の円滑な実施を図るため、厚生年金保険に関し、次に掲げる事業を行うことができる。

Article 79　(1)　For the purpose of ensuring the smooth operation of employees' pension insurance services, the government and the implementing organizations may engage in the following services in relation to employees' pension insurance:

２　政府等は、厚生年金保険事業の実施に必要な事務（国民年金法第九十四条の二第一項及び第二項の規定による基礎年金拠出金（以下「基礎年金拠出金」という。）の負担及び納付に伴う事務を含む。）を円滑に処理し、被保険者等の利便の向上に資するため、電子情報処理組織の運用を行うものとする。

(2)　The government and the implementing organizations are to smoothly handle the administrative functions that are necessary to implement employees' pension insurance services (including administrative functions involved in bearing monetary contributions to basic pensions and the payment thereof under the provisions of Article 94-2, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the National Pension Act (hereinafter referred to as "basic pension contributions")) and operate an electronic data processing system in order to contribute to enhanced convenience for insureds, beneficiaries, and other such persons.

３　政府は、第一項各号に掲げる事業及び前項に規定する運用の全部又は一部を日本年金機構（以下「機構」という。）に行わせることができる。

(3)　The government may entrust the services set forth in each of the items of paragraph (1) and the operations provided for in the preceding paragraph, in whole or in part, to the Japan Pension Service (hereinafter referred to as "JPS").

４　政府は、独立行政法人福祉医療機構法（平成十四年法律第百六十六号）第十二条第一項第十二号に規定する小口の資金の貸付けを、独立行政法人福祉医療機構に行わせるものとする。

(4)　The government is to have the Welfare and Medical Service Agency, IAA, finance the small fund provided for in Article 12, paragraph (1), item (xii) of the Act on the Welfare and Medical Service Agency, Incorporated Administrative Agency (Act No. 166 of 2002).

第七十九条の二　積立金（年金特別会計の厚生年金勘定の積立金（以下この章において「特別会計積立金」という。）及び実施機関（厚生労働大臣を除く。次条第三項において同じ。）の積立金のうち厚生年金保険事業（基礎年金拠出金の納付を含む。）に係る部分に相当する部分として政令で定める部分（以下「実施機関積立金」という。）をいう。以下この章において同じ。）の運用は、積立金が厚生年金保険の被保険者から徴収された保険料の一部であり、かつ、将来の保険給付の貴重な財源となるものであることに特に留意し、専ら厚生年金保険の被保険者の利益のために、長期的な観点から、安全かつ効率的に行うことにより、将来にわたつて、厚生年金保険事業の運営の安定に資することを目的として行うものとする。

Article 79-2　Any investment of the reserves (meaning the reserves of the employees' pension account under the pension special account (hereinafter referred to as "special account reserves" in this Chapter) and the part of the reserves of an implementing organization (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare: the same applies in paragraph (3) of the following Article) that is specified by Cabinet Order as the part that is equivalent to the part with the employees' pension insurance services (including the payment of the basic pension contributions) (hereinafter referred to as "implementing organization reserves"); the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter), is to be undertaken with particular mindfulness of the fact that the reserves are a part of the insurance premiums collected from insureds covered under employees' pension insurance and that they are a valuable source of future pension benefits payments; all investment of those reserves is to be undertaken with the purpose of contributing to the sound management of employees' pension insurance services for years to come, and is to be undertaken safely, efficiently, from a long term perspective, and for the sole benefit of insureds covered under employees' pension insurance.

第七十九条の三　特別会計積立金の運用は、厚生労働大臣が、前条の目的に沿つた運用に基づく納付金の納付を目的として、年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人に対し、特別会計積立金を寄託することにより行うものとする。

Article 79-3　(1)　Any investment of special account reserves is to be carried out by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare by making a bailment of special account reserves to the Government Pension Investment Fund, IAA, with the objective of making payments based on investment that is in line with the purpose of the preceding Article.

２　厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定にかかわらず、同項の規定に基づく寄託をするまでの間、財政融資資金に特別会計積立金を預託することができる。

(2)　Notwithstanding of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may deposit the special account reserves with the fiscal loan fund until making a bailment of the special account reserves under the provisions of that paragraph.

３　実施機関積立金の運用は、前条の目的に沿つて、実施機関が行うものとする。ただし、実施機関積立金の一部については、政令で定めるところにより、国家公務員共済組合法（昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号）、地方公務員等共済組合法（昭和三十七年法律第百五十二号）又は私立学校教職員共済法（以下「共済各法」という。）の目的に沿つて運用することができるものとし、この場合における同条の規定の適用については、同条中「専ら厚生年金保険」とあるのは、「厚生年金保険」とする。

(3)　Any investment of implementing organization reserves is carried out by the implementing organization in line with the purposes referred to in the preceding Article; provided, however, that the investment of a part of the implementing organization reserves may be, as specified by Cabinet Order, carried out in line with the purposes of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No.128 of 1958), the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act (Act No. 152 of 1962), or the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Acts on mutual aid"), and to apply the provisions of that Article, the phrase "for the sole benefit of insureds covered under employees' pension insurance" in that Article is deemed to be the phrase "for the benefit of insureds covered under employees' pension insurance".

第七十九条の四　主務大臣は、積立金の管理及び運用が長期的な観点から安全かつ効率的に行われるようにするための基本的な指針（以下「積立金基本指針」という。）を定めるものとする。

Article 79-4　(1)　The competent ministers are to establish the basic policy that is meant to ensure that the reserves are managed and invested safely and efficiently from a long-term perspective (hereinafter referred to as the "basic policy for reserves").

２　積立金基本指針においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。

(2)　The competent ministers are to prescribe the following particulars in the basic policy for reserves:

３　主務大臣は、財政の現況及び見通しが作成されたときその他必要があると認めるときは、積立金基本指針に検討を加え、必要に応じ、これを変更するものとする。

(3)　When the current budget status and projections report has been prepared or upon otherwise finding that it is necessary to do so, the competent ministers are to review the basic policy for reserves and revise it as needed.

４　積立金基本指針を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、厚生労働大臣は、あらかじめ、積立金基本指針の案又はその変更の案を作成し、財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣に協議するものとする。

(4)　Before seeking to establish or revise the basic policy for reserves, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of the basic policy for reserves or a draft of its revision and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

５　財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣は、必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働大臣に対し、積立金基本指針の変更の案の作成を求めることができる。

(5)　The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, on finding it to be necessary to do so, may request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to prepare a draft of a revision to the basic policy for reserves.

６　主務大臣は、積立金基本指針を定め、又は変更したときは、速やかに、これを公表するものとする。

(6)　Having established or revised the basic policy for reserves, the competent ministers are to promptly make this public.

第七十九条の五　管理運用主体は、積立金基本指針に適合するよう、共同して、次条第一項に規定する管理運用の方針において同条第二項第三号の資産の構成を定めるに当たつて参酌すべき積立金の資産の構成の目標を定めなければならない。

Article 79-5　(1)　The management and investment entities must jointly establish the target asset structure for reserves to be considered when they prescribe the asset structure referred to in paragraph (2), item (iii) of that Article in the management/investment guidelines provided for in the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article, so that the target asset structure conforms to the basic policy for reserves.

２　管理運用主体は、財政の現況及び見通しが作成されたときその他必要があると認めるときは、共同して、前項に規定する積立金の資産の構成の目標に検討を加え、必要に応じ、これを変更しなければならない。

(2)　When a current budget status and projections report has been prepared or if the management and investment entities find it to be necessary to do so, they must jointly review the target asset structure for the reserves provided for in the preceding paragraph and revise this as needed.

３　管理運用主体は、第一項に規定する積立金の資産の構成の目標を定め、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、共同して、これを公表するとともに、主務大臣に送付しなければならない。

(3)　The management and investment entities, having prescribed or revised the target asset structure for reserves provided for in paragraph (1), must jointly make this public without delay and send this to the competent ministers.

４　主務大臣は、第一項に規定する積立金の資産の構成の目標が積立金基本指針に適合しないと認めるときは、管理運用主体に対し、当該目標の変更を命ずることができる。

(4)　If a competent minister finds that the target asset structure for reserves provided for in paragraph (1) does not conform to the basic policy for reserves, the minister may order the management and investment entities to revise the target.

５　前項の規定による命令をしようとするときは、厚生労働大臣は、あらかじめ、積立金基本指針に適合するよう変更させるべき内容の案を作成し、財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣に協議するものとする。

(5)　Before seeking to issue an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first prepare a draft of the content to be revised to conform to the basic policy for reserves, and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

第七十九条の六　管理運用主体は、その管理する積立金（地方公務員共済組合連合会にあつては、地方公務員共済組合連合会が運用状況を管理する実施機関の実施機関積立金を含む。以下この章において「管理積立金」という。）の管理及び運用（地方公務員共済組合連合会にあつては、管理積立金の運用状況の管理を含む。以下この章において同じ。）を適切に行うため、積立金基本指針に適合するように、かつ、前条第一項に規定する積立金の資産の構成の目標に即して、管理及び運用の方針（以下この章において「管理運用の方針」という。）を定めなければならない。

Article 79-6　(1)　A management and investment entity must establish guidelines on management and investment (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter as "management/investment guidelines") for the purpose of carrying out appropriate management and investment (for the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, this includes managing the circumstances of investment of the reserves under its management; the same applies hereinafter in this Chapter) of the reserves under its management (for the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, this includes the implementing organization reserves of the implementing organization whose investment circumstances the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials manages; hereinafter in this Chapter referred to as "managed reserves") so as to conform to the basic policy for reserves and in line with the target asset structure for reserves provided for in the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

２　管理運用の方針においては、次に掲げる事項を定めるものとする。

(2)　The following particulars are to be prescribed in the management/investment guidelines:

３　管理運用主体は、積立金基本指針が変更されたときその他必要があると認めるときは、管理運用の方針に検討を加え、必要に応じ、これを変更しなければならない。

(3)　If the basic policy for reserves has been revised or on otherwise finding that it is necessary to do so, a management and investment entity must review the management/investment guidelines and revise these as needed.

４　管理運用主体は、管理運用の方針を定め、又は変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、当該管理運用主体を所管する大臣（以下この章並びに第百条の三の三第二項第一号及び第三項において「所管大臣」という。）の承認を得なければならない。

(4)　Before seeking to establish or revise management/investment guidelines, a management and investment entity must first obtain approval of the minister with administrative jurisdiction over it (hereinafter referred to in this Chapter and Article 100-3-3, paragraph (2), item (i) and paragraph (3) as "the minister with jurisdiction").

５　管理運用主体は、管理運用の方針を定め、又は変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。

(5)　Having established or revised management/investment guidelines, a management and investment entity must make this public without delay.

６　管理運用主体は、積立金基本指針及び管理運用の方針に従つて管理積立金の管理及び運用を行わなければならない。

(6)　A management and investment entity must manage and invest managed reserves in accordance with the basic policy for reserves and management/investment guidelines.

７　所管大臣は、その所管する管理運用主体の管理運用の方針が積立金基本指針に適合しなくなつたと認めるときは、当該管理運用主体に対し、その管理運用の方針の変更を命ずることができる。

(7)　The minister with jurisdiction, on finding that the management/investment guidelines of a management and investment entity under the jurisdiction thereof no longer conform to the basic policy for reserves, may order the management and investment entity to revise its management/investment guidelines.

第七十九条の七　所管大臣は、その所管する管理運用主体が、管理積立金の管理及び運用に係る業務に関しこの法律の規定若しくはこれに基づく命令の規定に違反し、又は当該管理運用主体の管理積立金の管理及び運用の状況が、積立金基本指針若しくは当該管理運用主体の管理運用の方針に適合しないと認めるときは、当該管理運用主体に対し、当該業務の運営を改善するために必要な措置又は当該管理積立金の管理及び運用の状況を積立金基本指針若しくは当該管理運用の方針に適合させるために必要な措置をとることを命ずることができる。

Article 79-7　If the minister with jurisdiction finds a management and investment entity under the jurisdiction thereof to be in violation of the provisions of this Act or the provisions of any order based on this Act, or finds that the circumstances of the management or investment of managed reserves by such a management and investment entity do not conform to the basic policy for reserves or to the management and investment entity's management/investment guidelines, the minister may order the management and investment entity to take the necessary measures for improving its business operations or the necessary measures to cause the circumstances of the management and investment of managed reserves to conform to the basic policy for reserves or the management/investment guidelines.

第七十九条の八　管理運用主体は、各事業年度の決算完結後、遅滞なく、当該事業年度における管理積立金の資産の額、その構成割合、運用収入の額その他の主務省令で定める事項を記載した業務概況書を作成し、これを公表するとともに、所管大臣に送付しなければならない。

Article 79-8　(1)　After completion of the settlement of accounts for each business year, a management and investment entity must prepare, without delay, an outline of its business operations stating the asset amount, asset structure proportion, amount of investment income from managed reserves in the relevant business year, and any other particulars specified by order of the competent ministry, and must disclose this to the public and send it to the minister with jurisdiction.

２　所管大臣は、その所管する管理運用主体の業務概況書の送付を受けたときは、速やかに、当該管理運用主体について、管理積立金の管理及び運用の状況（第七十九条の三第三項ただし書の規定による運用の状況を含む。）その他の管理積立金の管理及び運用に関する主務省令で定める事項について評価を行い、その結果を公表するものとする。

(2)　Having received the outline of the business operations of a management and investment entity under the jurisdiction thereof, the minister with jurisdiction is to evaluate the circumstances of management and investment (including the conditions of investment under the provisions referred to in the proviso of Article 79-3, paragraph (3)) of managed reserves and other particulars of management and investment of managed reserves specified by order of the competent ministry with regard to that management and investment entity, and is to disclose the results of this to the public, promptly.

３　所管大臣は、第一項の規定による業務概況書の送付を受けたときは、前項の規定による評価の結果を添えて、当該業務概況書を主務大臣に送付するものとする。

(3)　Having received an outline of business operations under the provisions of paragraph (1), the minister with jurisdiction is to send that outline of business operations to the competent ministers accompanied by the result of the evaluation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

４　年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人について第一項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「決算完結後」とあるのは、「独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第三十八条第一項の規定による同項に規定する財務諸表の提出後」とする。

(4)　When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to the Government Pension Investment Fund, IAA, the phrase "After completion of the settlement of accounts" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "After the submission of the Financial Statements prescribed in Article 38, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999) under the provisions of that paragraph".

第七十九条の九　主務大臣は、毎年度、主務省令で定めるところにより、積立金の資産の額、その構成割合、運用収入の額、積立金の運用の状況の評価その他の積立金の管理及び運用に関する事項を記載した報告書を作成し、これを公表するものとする。

Article 79-9　(1)　The competent ministers are to prepare and disclose to the public, each fiscal year, a written report stating the asset amount, asset structure proportion, amount of investment income of the reserves, evaluation of the circumstances of the investment of reserves, and other particulars of the management and investment of reserves.

２　前項の報告書を作成しようとするときは、厚生労働大臣は、あらかじめ、その案を作成し、財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣に協議するものとする。

(2)　Before seeking to prepare the written report referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of this and consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

３　主務大臣は、第一項の報告書における評価の結果に基づき、管理運用主体の管理積立金の管理及び運用の状況が積立金基本指針に適合しないと認めるときは、当該管理運用主体の所管大臣に対し、当該管理運用主体の管理積立金の管理及び運用の状況を積立金基本指針に適合させるために必要な措置をとるよう求めることができる。

(3)　A competent minister, on finding based on the results of the evaluation concerning the written report referred to in paragraph (1) that the circumstances of a management and investment entity's management and investment of managed reserves do not conform to the basic policy for reserves, may request the minister with jurisdiction over that management and investment entity to take the necessary measures to cause the circumstances of the management and investment entity's management and investment of managed reserves to conform to the basic policy for reserves.

４　前項の規定による措置を求めようとするときは、厚生労働大臣は、あらかじめ、積立金基本指針に適合させるために必要な措置の案を作成し、財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣に協議するものとする。

(4)　Before seeking to make a request for measures under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to first prepare a draft of the necessary measures to cause the circumstances to conform to the basic policy for reserves, and is to consult with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

第七十九条の十　積立金の運用に係る行政事務に従事する厚生労働省、財務省、総務省及び文部科学省の職員（政令で定める者に限る。以下「運用職員」という。）は、積立金の運用の目的に沿つて、慎重かつ細心の注意を払い、全力を挙げてその職務を遂行しなければならない。

Article 79-10　Officials of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications; and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology who are engaged in administrative functions associated with the investment of reserves (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter referred to as an "investment official") must pay the most prudent and meticulous attention and put forth their utmost efforts in the execution of their duties, in accordance with the purpose of the investment of the reserves.

第七十九条の十一　運用職員は、その職務に関して知り得た秘密を漏らし、又は盗用してはならない。

Article 79-11　It is prohibited for an investment official to divulge or misappropriate any secret learned in the course of duty.

第七十九条の十二　運用職員が前条の規定に違反したと認めるときは、その職員の任命権者は、その職員に対し国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）に基づく懲戒処分をしなければならない。

Article 79-12　Upon finding that an investment official has violated the provisions of the preceding Article, the person with the power to appoint that investment official must take disciplinary action against that official based on the provisions of the National Civil Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947).

第七十九条の十三　積立金の運用については、この法律に定めるもののほか、年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人法（平成十六年法律第百五号）、国家公務員共済組合法、地方公務員等共済組合法又は日本私立学校振興・共済事業団法（平成九年法律第四十八号）の定めるところによる。

Article 79-13　Beyond what is provided for in this Act, the Act on the Government Pension Investment Fund, Independent Administrative Agency (Act No. 105 of 2004), the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials, and the Act on the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (Act No. 48 of 1997) govern the investment of reserves.

第七十九条の十四　この章に定めるもののほか、積立金の運用に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 79-14　Beyond as provided in this Chapter, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the investment of reserves.

第八十条　国庫は、毎年度、厚生年金保険の実施者たる政府が負担する基礎年金拠出金の額の二分の一に相当する額を負担する。

Article 80　(1)　In each fiscal year, the national treasury bears an amount equal to one-half of the amount of basic pension contributions that is to be borne by the government as an executor of employees' pension insurance.

２　国庫は、前項に規定する費用のほか、毎年度、予算の範囲内で、厚生年金保険事業の事務（基礎年金拠出金の負担に関する事務を含む。次項において同じ。）の執行（実施機関（厚生労働大臣を除く。）によるものを除く。）に要する費用を負担する。

(2)　In addition to the expenses prescribed in the preceding paragraph, in each fiscal year, the national treasury bears the required expenses for the performance (excluding performance by the implementing organizations (other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare)) of administrative functions related to employees' pension insurance services (including administrative functions connected with the bearing of basic pension contributions; the same applies in the following paragraph) within the limit of budget.

３　実施機関（厚生労働大臣を除く。以下この項において同じ。）が納付する基礎年金拠出金及び実施機関による厚生年金保険事業の事務の執行に要する費用の負担については、この法律に定めるもののほか、共済各法の定めるところによる。

(3)　Beyond as provided in this Act, the burden of basic pension contributions to be paid by the implementing organizations (other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and the expenses needed for the performance of administrative functions by the implementing organizations are governed by the Acts on mutual aid.

第八十一条　政府等は、厚生年金保険事業に要する費用（基礎年金拠出金を含む。）に充てるため、保険料を徴収する。

Article 81　(1)　The government and the implementing organizations collect insurance premiums for allocation to the expenses needed for employees' pension insurance services (including basic pension contributions).

２　保険料は、被保険者期間の計算の基礎となる各月につき、徴収するものとする。

(2)　The government and the implementing organizations are to collect insurance premiums for each month that forms a basis for calculating an insured period.

３　保険料額は、標準報酬月額及び標準賞与額にそれぞれ保険料率を乗じて得た額とする。

(3)　The amount of insurance premiums is the amount arrived at when the insurance premium rate is multiplied by the standardized monthly amount of remuneration and by the standardized amount of bonuses.

４　保険料率は、次の表の上欄に掲げる月分の保険料について、それぞれ同表の下欄に定める率とする。

(4)　For insurance premiums in the months set forth in the left-hand column of the following table, the insurance premium rate is the corresponding rate shown in the right-hand column of that table:

第八十一条の二　育児休業等をしている被保険者（次条の規定の適用を受けている被保険者を除く。）が使用される事業所の事業主が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出をしたときは、前条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該被保険者に係る保険料であつてその育児休業等を開始した日の属する月からその育児休業等が終了する日の翌日が属する月の前月までの期間に係るものの徴収は行わない。

Article 81-2　(1)　Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, if the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable) is employed has filed a request with the implementing organization as specified by order of the competent ministry, the insured's insurance premiums are not collected during the period from the month that includes the day on which the insured's childcare/parental leave begins until the month before the month that includes the day after the insured's childcare/parental leave end date.

２　第二号厚生年金被保険者又は第三号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料について、前項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「除く。）が使用される事業所の事業主」とあるのは、「除く。）」とする。

(2)　When the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applied to a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer of a place of business at which an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable) is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "an insured on childcare/parental leave (excluding an insured to whom the provisions of the following Article are applicable)".

第八十一条の二の二　産前産後休業をしている被保険者が使用される事業所の事業主が、主務省令で定めるところにより実施機関に申出をしたときは、第八十一条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当該被保険者に係る保険料であつてその産前産後休業を開始した日の属する月からその産前産後休業が終了する日の翌日が属する月の前月までの期間に係るものの徴収は行わない。

Article 81-2-2　(1)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 81, paragraph (2), if the employer of the place of business at which an insured on maternity leave is employed has filed a request with the implementing organization as specified in the order of the competent ministry, the insured's insurance premiums are not collected during the period from the month that includes the day on which the maternity leave begins until the month before the month that includes the day after the maternity leave end date.

２　第二号厚生年金被保険者又は第三号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料について、前項の規定を適用する場合においては、同項中「被保険者が使用される事業所の事業主」とあるのは、「被保険者」とする。

(2)　When the provisions of the preceding paragraph are applied to a category II EPI insured or a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer of a place of business at which an insured on maternity leave is employed" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "an insured on maternity leave".

第八十一条の三　削除〔平成二五年六月法律六三号〕

Article 81-3　Deleted (Act No. 63 of June 2013)

第八十二条　被保険者及び被保険者を使用する事業主は、それぞれ保険料の半額を負担する。

Article 82　(1)　The insured and the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums.

２　事業主は、その使用する被保険者及び自己の負担する保険料を納付する義務を負う。

(2)　An employer has the obligation to pay the insurance premiums borne by the insureds it employs and those that it bears itself.

３　被保険者が同時に二以上の事業所又は船舶に使用される場合における各事業主の負担すべき保険料の額及び保険料の納付義務については、政令の定めるところによる。

(3)　If an insured is employed by two or more places of business or ships at the same time, the amount of insurance premiums that is to be borne by each employer and the obligation to pay insurance premiums is as prescribed by Cabinet Order.

４　第二号厚生年金被保険者についての第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「事業主は」とあるのは、「事業主（国家公務員共済組合法第九十九条第六項に規定する職員団体その他政令で定める者を含む。）は、政令で定めるところにより」とする。

(4)　When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category II EPI insured, the phrase "the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employer (including an employee organization as provided for in Article 99 paragraph (6) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act and other persons specified by Cabinet Order) employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums, as specified by Cabinet Order".

５　第三号厚生年金被保険者についての第一項の規定の適用については、同項中「事業主は」とあるのは、「事業主（市町村立学校職員給与負担法（昭和二十三年法律第百三十五号）第一条又は第二条の規定により給与を負担する都道府県その他政令で定める者を含む。）は、政令で定めるところにより」とする。

(5)　When the provisions of paragraph (1) are applied to a category III EPI insured, the phrase "the employer employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums" in that paragraph is deemed to be the phrase "the employer (including a prefecture who bears the salary pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 or Article 2 of the Act on Sharing of Salaries for Personnel of Municipal Schools (Act No. 135 of 1948)) employing the insured each bear half the cost of the insurance premiums, as specified by Cabinet Order".

第八十三条　毎月の保険料は、翌月末日までに、納付しなければならない。

Article 83　(1)　The insurance premiums for each month must be paid by the last day of the following month.

２　厚生労働大臣は、納入の告知をした保険料額が当該納付義務者が納付すべき保険料額をこえていることを知つたとき、又は納付した保険料額が当該納付義務者が納付すべき保険料額をこえていることを知つたときは、そのこえている部分に関する納入の告知又は納付を、その納入の告知又は納付の日の翌日から六箇月以内の期日に納付されるべき保険料について納期を繰り上げてしたものとみなすことができる。

(2)　If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has learned that the amount of insurance premiums for which a payment notice has been issued exceeds the amount of insurance premiums that the person obligated to pay is to pay, or has learned that an amount of insurance premiums that was paid exceeds the amount of insurance premiums that the person obligated to pay was to pay, the payment notice for the portion in excess may be deemed to have been issued with a payment due date that was moved forward, or the payment of the portion in excess may be deemed to have been made for a payment due date that was moved forward, for any insurance premiums that are to be paid by a due date within the six months after the day following the date of the payment notice or the date of the payment.

３　前項の規定によつて、納期を繰り上げて納入の告知又は納付をしたものとみなしたときは、厚生労働大臣は、その旨を当該納付義務者に通知しなければならない。

(3)　If it is deemed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph that a payment notice has been issued or a payment has been made for a payment due date that was moved forward, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify the person obligated to pay to that effect.

第八十三条の二　厚生労働大臣は、納付義務者から、預金又は貯金の払出しとその払い出した金銭による保険料の納付をその預金口座又は貯金口座のある金融機関に委託して行うことを希望する旨の申出があつた場合には、その納付が確実と認められ、かつ、その申出を承認することが保険料の徴収上有利と認められるときに限り、その申出を承認することができる。

Article 83-2　If a person obligated to pay files a request indicating that the person wishes to entrust insurance premium payments made by withdrawing cash from the person's deposits or savings to the financial institution with which the person has a deposit or savings account, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may approve the request only if it is found that payments will be reliable and that the approval of the request will be beneficial to the collection of insurance premiums.

第八十四条　事業主は、被保険者に対して通貨をもつて報酬を支払う場合においては、被保険者の負担すべき前月の標準報酬月額に係る保険料（被保険者がその事業所又は船舶に使用されなくなつた場合においては、前月及びその月の標準報酬月額に係る保険料）を報酬から控除することができる。

Article 84　(1)　If remuneration is paid to an insured in currency, the employer may deduct the insurance premiums that the insured is to bear in connection with the previous month's standardized monthly amount of remuneration (or, if the insured ceased to be employed by that place of business or ship, the insurance premiums that the insured is to bear in connection with the previous and current months' standardized monthly amounts of remuneration) from the insured's remuneration.

２　事業主は、被保険者に対して通貨をもつて賞与を支払う場合においては、被保険者の負担すべき標準賞与額に係る保険料に相当する額を当該賞与から控除することができる。

(2)　If a bonus is paid to an insured in currency, the employer may deduct from the relevant bonus the amount equal to the insurance premiums that the insured is to bear in connection with the standardized amount of the bonus.

３　事業主は、前二項の規定によつて保険料を控除したときは、保険料の控除に関する計算書を作成し、その控除額を被保険者に通知しなければならない。

(3)　If an employer deducts insurance premiums pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, it must prepare a calculation sheet concerning the deduction of the insurance premiums and notify the relevant insured of the amount deducted.

第八十四条の二　第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料の徴収、納付及び源泉控除については、第八十一条の二第一項、第八十一条の二の二第一項、第八十二条第二項及び第三項並びに前三条の規定にかかわらず、共済各法の定めるところによる。

Article 84-2　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 81-2, paragraph (1), Article 81-2-2, paragraph (1), Article 82, paragraph (2) and paragraph (3), and the provisions of the preceding three Articles, the collection, payment, and deduction of insurance premiums associated with a category II EPI insured, a category III EPI insured, or a category IV EPI insured is as prescribed by the Acts on mutual aid.

第八十四条の三　政府は、政令で定めるところにより、毎年度、実施機関（厚生労働大臣を除く。以下この条、第八十四条の五、第八十四条の六、第八十四条の八及び第八十四条の九において同じ。）ごとに実施機関に係るこの法律の規定による保険給付に要する費用として政令で定めるものその他これに相当する給付として政令で定めるものに要する費用（以下「厚生年金保険給付費等」という。）として算定した金額を、当該実施機関に対して交付金として交付する。

Article 84-3　Pursuant to Cabinet Order, every fiscal year, the government delivers as a subsidy to the relevant implementing organization (other than the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article, in Article 84-5, Article 84-6, Article 84-8, and Article 84-9) an amount calculated as constituting the things that Cabinet Order specifies as the needed expenses for the insurance benefits under the provisions of this Act for each implementing organization and the expenses for the things that Cabinet Order prescribes as benefits that are equivalent to these for each implementing organization (hereinafter referred to as "expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent").

第八十四条の四　地方公務員共済組合連合会は、政令で定めるところにより、毎年度、地方公務員共済組合（指定都市職員共済組合、市町村職員共済組合及び都市職員共済組合にあつては、全国市町村職員共済組合連合会。以下この条及び第八十四条の七において同じ。）ごとに地方公務員共済組合に係る厚生年金保険給付費等として算定した金額を、当該地方公務員共済組合に対して交付する。

Article 84-4　Pursuant to Cabinet Order, every fiscal year, the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials delivers as a subsidy to the relevant mutual aid association of prefectural government employees an amount calculated as constituting the expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent for each mutual aid association of local government officials (or, for the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, in the case of mutual aid associations for designated city personnel, mutual aid associations for municipal personnel, and mutual aid associations for city personnel,; the same applies hereinafter in this Article and Article 84-7).

第八十四条の五　実施機関は、毎年度、拠出金を納付する。

Article 84-5　(1)　An implementing organization pays contributions every fiscal year.

２　次条第一項に規定する拠出金算定対象額から前項の規定により実施機関が納付する拠出金の合計額及び政府等が負担し、又は納付する基礎年金拠出金保険料相当分（基礎年金拠出金から第八十条第一項、国家公務員共済組合法第九十九条第四項第二号、地方公務員等共済組合法第百十三条第四項第二号又は私立学校教職員共済法第三十五条第一項に規定する基礎年金拠出金の額の二分の一に相当する額を控除した額をいう。次条第一項及び第二項並びに附則第二十三条第二項第一号において同じ。）の合計額を控除した額については、厚生年金保険の実施者たる政府の負担とする。

(2)　The amount arrived at when the total amount of contributions paid by implementing organizations pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and the total amount constituting the part of basic pension contributions that represents insurance premiums (meaning the amount calculated when an amount equivalent to one-half the amount of basic pension contributions provided for in Article 80, paragraph (1), Article 99, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, Article 113, paragraph (4), item (ii) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act, or Article 135, paragraph (1) of the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act is deducted from the basic pension contributions; the same applies in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 23, paragraph (2), item (i) of Supplementary Provisions) borne or paid by the government and the implementing organizations are deducted from the amount used to calculate contributions prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article is borne by the national government which is an executor of employees' pension insurance.

３　財政の現況及び見通しが作成されるときは、厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による実施機関が納付すべき拠出金及び前項の規定による政府の負担について、その将来にわたる予想額を算定するものとする。

(3)　When the current budget status and projections report is compiled, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to calculate the estimated amount in the future with regard to the contributions to be paid by implementing organizations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) and the burden of the national government under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

第八十四条の六　前条第一項の規定により実施機関が納付する拠出金の額は、当該年度における拠出金算定対象額に、それぞれ次に掲げる率を乗じて得た額の合計額から、当該実施機関が納付する基礎年金拠出金保険料相当分の額を控除した額とする。

Article 84-6　(1)　The amount of contributions paid by an implementing organization pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is the amount calculated when the amount constituting the part of basic pension contributions that represents insurance premiums that the implementing organization pays is deducted from the sum total of the amounts arrived at when the amount used to calculate contributions for the relevant fiscal year is multiplied by each of the rates set forth in the following items:

２　前項の拠出金算定対象額は、当該年度における厚生年金保険給付費等の総額に、当該年度において政府等が負担し、又は納付する基礎年金拠出金保険料相当分の合計額を加えた額とする。

(2)　The amount used to calculate contributions referred to in the preceding paragraph is the amount calculated when the total amount constituting the part of basic pension contributions that represents insurance premiums borne or paid by the government and the implementing organizations in the relevant fiscal year is added to the total amount of expenses for EPI benefits and their equivalent in the relevant fiscal year.

３　第一項第一号の標準報酬按分率は、第一号に掲げる率に第二号に掲げる率を乗じて得た率とする。

(3)　The standardized remuneration allocation rate referred to in paragraph (1), item (i) is the rate arrived at when the rate set forth in item (i) is multiplied by the rate set forth in item (ii).

４　第一項第二号の積立金按分率は、第一号に掲げる率に第二号に掲げる率を乗じて得た率とする。

(4)　The reserves allocation rate referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) is the rate arrived at when the rate set forth in item (i) is multiplied by the rate set forth in item (ii).

５　厚生労働大臣は、第三項各号及び前項第一号に規定する厚生労働省令を定めるときは、実施機関を所管する大臣に協議しなければならない。

(5)　Before establishing the Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribed in the item of paragraph (3) and item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must consult with the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the implementing organization.

第八十四条の七　地方公務員共済組合は、政令で定めるところにより、毎年度、地方公務員共済組合連合会が納付すべき拠出金の額のうち、前条の規定により算定した額に準ずるものとして政令で定めるところにより算定した額を負担する。

Article 84-7　Pursuant to Cabinet Order, every fiscal year, a mutual aid association of local government officials bears the part of the amount of the contributions to be paid by the Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials that constitutes the amount calculated as specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.

第八十四条の八　厚生労働大臣は、実施機関に対し、当該実施機関を所管する大臣を経由して、当該実施機関における標準報酬の総額その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項について報告を求めることができる。

Article 84-8　(1)　The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may request, through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over an implementing organization, that the implementing organization report the total amount of standardized remuneration at the implementing organization and other particulars specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

２　実施機関は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該実施機関を所管する大臣を経由して、前項の報告を行うものとする。

(2)　An implementing organization, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to report as referred to in the preceding paragraph through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over that implementing organization.

３　実施機関は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該実施機関を所管する大臣を経由して、第八十四条の五第三項に規定する予想額の算定のために必要な事項として厚生労働省令で定める事項について厚生労働大臣に報告を行うものとする。

(3)　As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an implementing organization is to report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over that implementing organization with regard to the particulars that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare prescribes as being necessary for the purpose of calculation of the estimated amount set forth in Article 84-5, paragraph (3).

４　厚生労働大臣は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、第八十四条の五第三項に規定する予想額その他これに関連する事項で厚生労働省令で定めるものについて、実施機関を所管する大臣に報告を行うものとする。

(4)　The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to report to the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the implementing organization with regard to the estimated amount set forth in Article 84-5, paragraph (3) and the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in relation to this.

５　厚生労働大臣は、前各項に規定する厚生労働省令を定めるときは、実施機関を所管する大臣に協議しなければならない。

(5)　The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when establishing the Order set forth in each of the preceding paragraphs, must consult with the minister with administrative jurisdiction over the implementing organization.

第八十四条の九　厚生労働大臣は、第八十四条の三から前条までの規定の適用に関し必要があると認めるときは、実施機関を所管する大臣に対し、当該実施機関に係る同条第一項の報告に関し監督上必要な命令を発し、又は当該職員に当該実施機関の業務の状況を監査させることを求めることができる。

Article 84-9　The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, on finding it to be necessary to do so with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 84-3 through the preceding Article, may request that the minister with administrative jurisdiction over an implementing organization issue the necessary supervisory orders in connection with the reports referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article for that implementing organization, or have the relevant official audit the business status of the relevant implementing organization.

第八十四条の十　第八十四条の三から前条までに定めるもののほか、交付金の交付及び拠出金の納付に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。

Article 84-10　Beyond as provided in Article 84-3 through the preceding Article, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the delivery of subsidies and the payment of contributions.

第八十五条　保険料は、次の各号に掲げる場合においては、納期前であつても、すべて徴収することができる。

Article 85　In the cases set forth in the following items, insurance premiums may be collected even before the payment due date:

第八十六条　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、これを督促しなければならない。ただし、前条の規定により保険料を徴収するときは、この限りでない。

Article 86　(1)　If a person has failed to pay insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must designate a due date and demand that those monies be paid; provided, however, that this does not apply if insurance premiums are collected pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.

２　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。

(2)　When seeking to issue a demand pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare issues a written demand to the person obligated to pay.

３　前項の規定による督促状は、納付義務者が、健康保険法第百八十条の規定によつて督促を受ける者であるときは、同法同条の規定による督促状に併記して、発することができる。

(3)　If the person obligated to pay is a person being issued a demand pursuant to the provisions of Article 180 of the Health Insurance Act, the written demand under the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be issued by inclusion in a written demand under the provisions of that Article of that Act.

４　第二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。ただし、前条各号のいずれかに該当する場合は、この限りでない。

(4)　The due date designated in a written demand as referred to in paragraph (2) must be a day that falls at least 10 days after the date of issuance of the written demand; provided, however, that this does not apply in a case that falls under one of the items of the preceding Article.

５　厚生労働大臣は、納付義務者が次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合においては、国税滞納処分の例によつてこれを処分し、又は納付義務者の居住地若しくはその者の財産所在地の市町村（特別区を含むものとし、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市にあつては、区又は総合区とする。以下同じ。）に対して、その処分を請求することができる。

(5)　If a person obligated to pay falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may dispose of this as per the rules on measures to collect national tax arrears, or may request that the municipality (including a special ward, and in the case of a designated city under Article 252-19 paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), the ward or administratively consolidated ward; the same applies hereinafter) in which the place of residence or the assets of the person obligated to pay are located, so dispose:

６　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。

(6)　If a municipality has been requested to carry out a disposition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the municipality may dispose of this as per the rules on municipal taxes. In such a case, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must deliver an amount equal to 4 percent of the monies collected to the municipality in question.

第八十七条　前条第二項の規定によつて督促をしたときは、厚生労働大臣は、保険料額に、納期限の翌日から保険料完納又は財産差押の日の前日までの期間の日数に応じ、年十四・六パーセント（当該納期限の翌日から三月を経過する日までの期間については、年七・三パーセント）の割合を乗じて計算した延滞金を徴収する。ただし、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合又は滞納につきやむを得ない事情があると認められる場合は、この限りでない。

Article 87　(1)　Having issued a demand for payment pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare collects delinquency charges calculated by multiplying the amount of insurance premiums by an interest rate of 14.6% per annum (or 7.3% per annum for the period from the day after the due date until the last day in the three-month period thereafter), depending on the number of days in the period from the day after the due date until the day before insurance premiums are paid in full or the day before assets are seized; provided, however, that this does not apply in a case as referred to in one of the following items or if there are acknowledged to be compelling grounds for the arrears:

２　前項の場合において、保険料額の一部につき納付があつたときは、その納付の日以後の期間に係る延滞金の計算の基礎となる保険料は、その納付のあつた保険料額を控除した金額による。

(2)　In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if a part of the amount of insurance premiums has been paid, the amount of insurance premiums that forms the basis for calculating delinquency charges for the period on and after the day of the partial payment is the original amount of the insurance premiums minus the amount thus paid.

３　延滞金を計算するにあたり、保険料額に千円未満の端数があるときは、その端数は、切り捨てる。

(3)　In calculating delinquency charges, the amount of insurance premiums are rounded down to the nearest thousand yen.

４　督促状に指定した期限までに保険料を完納したとき、又は前三項の規定によつて計算した金額が百円未満であるときは、延滞金は、徴収しない。

(4)　If insurance premiums are paid in full by the due date designated in the demand letter, or if the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs is less than 100 yen, delinquency charges are not collected.

５　延滞金の金額に百円未満の端数があるときは、その端数は、切り捨てる。

(5)　Delinquency charges are rounded down to the nearest hundred yen.

６　第四十条の二の規定による徴収金は、前各項の規定の適用については、保険料とみなす。この場合において、第一項中「年十四・六パーセント（当該納期限の翌日から三月を経過する日までの期間については、年七・三パーセント）」とあるのは、「年十四・六パーセント」とする。

(6)　The monies to be collected under the provisions of Article 40-2 are deemed to be insurance premiums for the purpose of the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraphs. This being the case, the phrase "14.6% per annum (or 7.3% per annum for the period from the day after the due date until the last day in the three-month period thereafter)" in paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "14.6% per annum".

第八十七条の二　第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者及び第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料の繰上徴収、保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の督促及び滞納処分並びに延滞金の徴収については、前三条の規定にかかわらず、共済各法の定めるところによる。

Article 87-2　Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three Articles, advance collection of insurance premiums, demands for insurance premiums or other monies to be collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act, measures to collect arrears, and collection of delinquency charges from a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured are governed by the Acts on mutual aid.

第八十八条　保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の先取特権の順位は、国税及び地方税に次ぐものとする。

Article 88　The ordinal position among statutory liens of insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act is following national taxes and local taxes.

第八十九条　保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金は、この法律に別段の規定があるものを除き、国税徴収の例により徴収する。

Article 89　Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act are collected as per the rules for the collection of national taxes.

第八十九条の二　第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者及び第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金については、前二条の規定は、適用しない。

Article 89-2　The provisions of the preceding two Articles do not apply to the insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act for a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured.

第九十条　厚生労働大臣による被保険者の資格、標準報酬又は保険給付に関する処分に不服がある者は、社会保険審査官に対して審査請求をし、その決定に不服がある者は、社会保険審査会に対して再審査請求をすることができる。ただし、第二十八条の四第一項又は第二項の規定による決定については、この限りでない。

Article 90　(1)　A person objecting to a disposition taken by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning status as an insured, standardized remuneration, or insurance benefits may file a request for administrative review with a social insurance examiner and, if the person objects to the decision thereby, may file a request for re-examination with the Social Insurance Examination Committee; provided, however, that this does not apply to a decision under the provisions of Article 28-4, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

２　次の各号に掲げる者による被保険者の資格又は保険給付に関する処分に不服がある者は、当該各号に定める者に対して審査請求をすることができる。

(2)　A person objecting to a disposition taken by a person as set forth in one of the following items concerning status as an insured or insurance benefits may file a request for administrative review with the person prescribed in that item:

３　第一項の審査請求をした日から二月以内に決定がないときは、審査請求人は、社会保険審査官が審査請求を棄却したものとみなすことができる。

(3)　If no decision has been reached within the two months after the date on which a person has filed a request for administrative review as referred to in paragraph (1), the requester may deem the social insurance examiner to have denied the request for administrative review.

４　第一項及び第二項の審査請求並びに第一項の再審査請求は、時効の中断に関しては、裁判上の請求とみなす。

(4)　Requests for administrative review as referred to in paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) and requests for re-examination as referred to in paragraph (1) are deemed to constitute legal claims, as it concerns the renewal of prescription.

５　被保険者の資格又は標準報酬に関する処分が確定したときは、その処分についての不服を当該処分に基づく保険給付に関する処分についての不服の理由とすることができない。

(5)　Once a disposition concerning a person's status as an insured or standardized remuneration has become final and binding, an objection to that disposition may not be used as the grounds for an objection to a disposition concerning insurance benefits that is based thereupon.

６　第二項、第四項及び前項に定めるもののほか、第二項に規定する処分についての審査請求については、共済各法の定めるところによる。

(6)　Beyond what is specified in paragraph (2), paragraph (4), and the preceding paragraph, requests for administrative review of dispositions provided for in paragraph (2) are as prescribed by the Acts on mutual aid.

第九十一条　厚生労働大臣による保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の賦課若しくは徴収の処分又は第八十六条の規定による処分に不服がある者は、社会保険審査会に対して審査請求をすることができる。

Article 91　(1)　A person objecting to a disposition taken by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the imposition or collection of insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act or objecting to a disposition under the provisions of Article 86, may file a request for administrative review with the Social Insurance Examination Committee.

２　前条第二項第一号及び第二号に掲げる者による保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の賦課又は徴収の処分に不服がある者は、当該各号に定める者に対して審査請求をすることができる。

(2)　A person objecting to a disposition taken by a person as set forth in paragraph (2), item (i) or item (ii) of the preceding Article in the imposition or collection of insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act may file a request for administrative review with the person provided for in that item.

３　前条第二項第三号に掲げる者による保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の賦課若しくは徴収の処分又は督促若しくは国税滞納処分の例による処分に不服がある者は、同号に定める者に対して審査請求をすることができる。

(3)　A person objecting to a disposition taken by a person as set forth in paragraph (2), item (iii) of the preceding Article in the imposition or collection of insurance premiums or other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act or objecting to a demand for payment or a disposition as per the rules on measures to collect national tax arrears may file a request for administrative review with the person provided for in that item.

４　前二項に定めるもののほか、前二項の審査請求については、共済各法の定めるところによる。

(4)　Beyond as specified in the preceding two paragraphs, requests for administrative review as referred to in the preceding two paragraphs are as prescribed by the Acts on mutual aid.

第九十一条の二　第九十条第一項及び前条第一項に規定する処分についての前二条の審査請求及び第九十条第一項の再審査請求については、行政不服審査法（平成二十六年法律第六十八号）第二章（第二十二条を除く。）及び第四章の規定は、適用しない。

Article 91-2　The provisions of Chapter II (excluding Article 22) and Chapter IV of the Administrative Appeals Act (Act No. 68 of 2014) do not apply to a request for administrative review as referred to in the preceding two Articles or to a request for re-examination as referred to in Article 90, paragraph (1) concerning a disposition provided for in Article 90, paragraph (1) or in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

第九十一条の三　第九十条第一項に規定する処分の取消しの訴えは、当該処分についての審査請求に対する社会保険審査官の決定を経た後でなければ、提起することができない。

Article 91-3　A person may not bring an action to rescind a disposition provided for in Article 90, paragraph (1) until after a decision has been rendered by the Social Insurance Examination Committee on a request for administrative review of the disposition.

第九十二条　保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金を徴収し、又はその還付を受ける権利は、二年を経過したとき、保険給付を受ける権利（当該権利に基づき支払期月ごとに又は一時金として支払うものとされる保険給付の支給を受ける権利を含む。第四項において同じ。）は、五年を経過したときは、時効によつて、消滅する。

Article 92　(1)　The right to collect insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act and the right to receive a refund thereof are extinguished by prescription once two years have passed, and the right to receive insurance benefits (including the right to receive insurance benefits that are paid, based on the relevant right, in each payment month or as a lump sum; the same applies in paragraph (4)) is extinguished by prescription once five years have passed.

２　年金たる保険給付を受ける権利の時効は、当該年金たる保険給付がその全額につき支給を停止されている間は、進行しない。

(2)　The period of prescription of the right to receive pension insurance benefits does not run during any time in which the payment of the entire amount of pension insurance benefits has been suspended.

３　保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の納入の告知又は第八十六条第一項の規定による督促は、民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第百五十三条の規定にかかわらず、時効中断の効力を有する。

(3)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 153 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896), payment notices for insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act and demands for payment under the provisions of Article 86, paragraph (1) have the effect of renewing prescription.

４　保険給付を受ける権利については、会計法（昭和二十二年法律第三十五号）第三十一条の規定を適用しない。

(4)　The provisions of Article 31 of the Public Accounting Act (Act No. 35 of 1947) do not apply to the right to receive pension insurance benefits.

第九十三条　この法律又はこの法律に基く命令に規定する期間の計算については、この法律に別段の規定がある場合を除くほか、民法の期間に関する規定を準用する。

Article 93　Unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the provisions of the Civil Code concerning periods of time apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of periods of time provided for in this Act and orders issued hereunder.

第九十四条　削除〔昭和四二年五月法律二三号〕

Article 94　Deleted.

第九十五条　市町村長は、実施機関又は受給権者に対して、当該市町村の条例の定めるところにより、被保険者、被保険者であつた者又は受給権者の戸籍に関し、無料で証明を行うことができる。

Article 95　A mayor of municipality may provide free certification to the implementing organization or to the beneficiary, in connection with the family register of an insured, former insured, or a beneficiary, as prescribed by the relevant municipal ordinance.

第九十六条　実施機関は、必要があると認めるときは、年金たる保険給付の受給権者に対して、その者の身分関係、障害の状態その他受給権の消滅、年金額の改定若しくは支給の停止に係る事項に関する書類その他の物件の提出を命じ、又は当該職員をしてこれらの事項に関し受給権者に質問させることができる。

Article 96　(1)　On finding it to be necessary to do so, an implementing organization may order a beneficiary of pension insurance benefits to submit documents or other items in connection with the particulars related to the beneficiary's family relationships, severity of a disability, extinguishment of a right to benefits, revision of the amount of pension, or the suspension of its payment, and may have a competent official question the beneficiary regarding those particulars.

２　前項の規定によつて質問を行なう当該職員は、その身分を示す証票を携帯し、かつ、関係者の請求があるときは、これを提示しなければならない。

(2)　The competent official who carries out questioning pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must carry identification and present it if requested by the person concerned.

第九十七条　実施機関は、必要があると認めるときは、障害等級に該当する程度の障害の状態にあることにより、年金たる保険給付の受給権を有し、又は第四十四条第一項の規定によりその者について加算が行われている子に対して、その指定する医師の診断を受けるべきことを命じ、又は当該職員をしてこれらの者の障害の状態を診断させることができる。

Article 97　(1)　On finding that it is necessary to do so, an implementing organization may order that a child who has the right to receive pension insurance benefits due to having a disability of a degree of severity that is classified as any disability grade or to whose pension an amount is added pursuant to the provisions of Article 44, paragraph (1) due to the child having a disability of a degree of severity that is classified as any disability grade be diagnosed by a medical doctor designated by the Minister, and may have a competent official diagnose the severity of the disability of the child.

２　前条第二項の規定は、前項の規定による当該職員の診断について準用する。

(2)　The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to diagnosis by a competent official under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

第九十八条　事業主は、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、第二十七条に規定する事項を除くほか、厚生労働省令の定める事項を厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。

Article 98　(1)　As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, an employer must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, beyond those that are otherwise provided for in Article 27.

２　被保険者は、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、厚生労働省令の定める事項を厚生労働大臣に届け出、又は事業主に申し出なければならない。

(2)　As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an insured must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of, or report to the employer thereof, the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

３　受給権者又は受給権者の属する世帯の世帯主その他その世帯に属する者は、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣に対し、厚生労働省令の定める事項を届け出、かつ、厚生労働省令の定める書類その他の物件を提出しなければならない。

(3)　As prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a beneficiary or the householder or any other member of the family to which the beneficiary belongs must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare of the particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and must submit thereto the documents and other items prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

４　受給権者が死亡したときは、戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）の規定による死亡の届出義務者は、十日以内に、その旨を厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。ただし、厚生労働省令で定める受給権者の死亡について、同法の規定による死亡の届出をした場合（厚生労働省令で定める場合に限る。）は、この限りでない。

(4)　If a beneficiary has died, the person obligated to report the beneficiary's death pursuant to the provisions of the Family Registration Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare within 10 days; provided, however, that this does not apply if that person has filed a death notification under the provisions of that Act for the death of a beneficiary as provided by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (limited to the cases provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare).

５　第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者、これらの者に係る事業主及び第二号厚生年金被保険者期間、第三号厚生年金被保険者期間又は第四号厚生年金被保険者期間に基づく保険給付の受給権者については、前各項の規定は、適用しない。

(5)　The provisions of each of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured; the employer of any such person; or a beneficiary of insurance benefits based on a category II EPI insured period, category III EPI insured period, or category IV EPI insured period.

第九十九条　厚生年金保険の施行に必要な事務は、厚生労働省令の定めるところにより、その一部を事業主に行わせることができる。

Article 99　(1)　The relevant person, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, may have an employer carry out part of the administrative functions that are necessary for the implementation of employees' pension insurance.

２　第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者に係る事業主については、前項の規定は、適用しない。

(2)　The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the employer of a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured.

第百条　厚生労働大臣は、被保険者の資格、標準報酬、保険料又は保険給付に関する決定に関し、必要があると認めるときは、事業主に対して、文書その他の物件を提出すべきことを命じ、又は当該職員をして事業所に立ち入つて関係者に質問し、若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させることができる。

Article 100　(1)　On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a decision on a person's status as an insured, standardized remuneration, insurance premiums, or insurance benefits, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the employer to submit documents and other items or may have a competent official enter into the place of business and question those concerned or inspect books, documents and other items.

２　第九十六条第二項の規定は、前項の規定による質問及び検査について準用する。

(2)　The provisions of Article 96, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to questioning and inspection under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

３　第一項の規定による権限は、犯罪捜査のために認められたものと解釈してはならない。

(3)　The authority under the provisions of paragraph (1) must not be interpreted as being conferred for a criminal investigation.

４　第二号厚生年金被保険者、第三号厚生年金被保険者又は第四号厚生年金被保険者及びこれらの者に係る事業主については、前三項の規定は、適用しない。

(4)　The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs do not apply to a category II EPI insured, category III EPI insured, or category IV EPI insured; nor do they apply to the employer of such a person.

第百条の二　実施機関は、相互に、被保険者の資格に関する事項、標準報酬に関する事項、受給権者に対する保険給付の支給状況その他実施機関の業務の実施に関して必要な情報の提供を行うものとする。

Article 100-2　(1)　Implementing organizations are to provide one another with the particulars of persons' statuses as insureds, the particulars of standardized remuneration, the payment status of insurance benefits to insureds, and other information necessary for conducting the business of the implementing organizations.

２　実施機関は、被保険者の資格、標準報酬又は保険料に関し必要があると認めるときは、官公署（実施機関を除く。）に対し、法人の事業所の名称、所在地その他の事項につき、必要な資料の提供を求めることができる。

(2)　On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a person's status as an insured, standardized remuneration, or insurance premiums, an implementing organization may request a public agency (other than an implementing organization) to provide necessary materials on the name and address of a corporation's place of business and other particulars.

３　実施機関は、年金たる保険給付に関する処分に関し必要があると認めるときは、受給権者に対する国民年金法による年金たる給付又は受給権者の配偶者に対する第四十六条第六項に規定する政令で定める給付の支給状況につき、これらの給付に係る制度の管掌機関に対し、必要な資料の提供を求めることができる。

(3)　On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a disposition involving pension insurance benefits, an implementing organization may request the agency in charge of the system of these benefits to submit the necessary materials concerning the payment status of pension insurance benefits under the National Pension Act that are to be paid to a beneficiary, or concerning the payment status of benefits set forth in the Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 46, paragraph (6) that are to be paid to the spouse of the beneficiary.

４　実施機関は、年金たる保険給付に関する処分に関し必要があると認めるときは、衆議院議長、参議院議長又は地方公共団体の議会の議長に対し、必要な資料の提供を求めることができる。

(4)　On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a disposition involving pension insurance benefits, an implementing organization may request the Chairperson of the House of Representatives, the Chairperson of the House of Councillors, or the chairperson of the assembly of the local governments to submit the necessary materials.

５　厚生労働大臣は、第一号厚生年金被保険者の資格、標準報酬又は保険料に関し必要があると認めるときは、第一号厚生年金被保険者であり、若しくはあつた者（以下この項において「被保険者等」という。）又は健康保険若しくは国民健康保険の被保険者若しくは被保険者であつた者の氏名及び住所、個人番号（行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律（平成二十五年法律第二十七号）第二条第五項に規定する個人番号をいう。）、資格の取得及び喪失の年月日、被保険者等の勤務又は収入の状況その他の事項につき、官公署、健康保険組合若しくは国民健康保険組合に対し必要な資料の提供を求め、又は銀行、信託会社その他の機関若しくは事業主その他の関係者に報告を求めることができる。

(5)　On finding it to be necessary to do so in connection with a person's status as a category I EPI insured or in connection with the standardized remuneration or insurance premiums of a category I EPI insured, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may ask a public agency, the Health Insurance Society, or the National Health Insurance Society to submit the necessary materials on the name and address, individual number (meaning the individual number provided for in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)), dates of acquisition and forfeiture of status, employment status, or income status of a person who is or was a category I EPI insured (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as a "current or former insured") or of a person who is or was an insured covered by health insurance or national health insurance, or other particulars; or may ask a bank, trust company, or other such institution, or the employer or other relevant person to report those particulars.

第百条の三　実施機関（厚生労働大臣を除く。以下この条において同じ。）は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該実施機関を所管する大臣を経由して、第四十三条の二第一項第二号イに規定する標準報酬平均額の算定のために必要な事項として厚生労働省令で定める事項について厚生労働大臣に報告を行うものとする。

Article 100-3　(1)　Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, an implementing organization (excluding the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies hereinafter in this Article), through the minister with administrative jurisdiction over that implementing organization, is to report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare the particulars specified by Order of the Ministry the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as necessary for the calculation of the average standardized amount of remuneration provided for in Article 43-2, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a).

２　厚生労働大臣は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、前項に規定する標準報酬平均額その他これに関連する事項で厚生労働省令で定めるものについて、実施機関を所管する大臣に報告を行うものとする。

(2)　Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to report the average standardized amount of remuneration provided for in the preceding paragraph and the particulars related to this that are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, to the minister with administrative jurisdiction over an implementing organization.

第百条の三の二　実施機関は、被保険者等の利便の向上に資するため、政令で定めるところにより、他の実施機関の処理する事務の一部を行うものとする。

Article 100-3-2　(1)　Pursuant to Cabinet Order, an implementing organization is to conduct a part of the administrative functions to be handled by another implementing organization, for the purpose of contributing to the enhanced convenience of insureds, beneficiaries, and other such persons.

２　前項の場合において、実施機関相互間の連絡及び調整に関し必要な事項は、主務省令で定める。

(2)　Order of the competent ministry provides for the necessary particulars in connection with the liaison and coordination among implementing organizations in a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

第百条の三の三　第四章の二及び第三項における主務大臣は、厚生労働大臣、財務大臣、総務大臣及び文部科学大臣とする。

Article 100-3-3　(1)　The competent ministers referred to in Chapter IV-II and paragraph (3) of this Article are the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications; and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

２　この法律における主務省令は、政令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣、財務大臣、文部科学大臣又は地方公務員等共済組合法第百四十四条の二十九第一項の規定による主務大臣の発する命令とする。ただし、次の各号に掲げる主務省令については、当該各号に定めるとおりとする。

(2)　In this Act, order of the competent ministry means an order that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; the Minister of Finance; the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; or a competent minister under the provisions of Article 144-29, paragraph (1) of the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act issues pursuant to Cabinet Order; provided, however, that the orders of the competent ministry set forth in the following items are as prescribed respectively in those items:

３　所管大臣は、前項第一号に掲げる主務省令を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、あらかじめ、主務大臣に協議するものとする。

(3)　Before establishing, amending, or repealing an order of the competent ministry set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph the minister with jurisdiction is to consult with the competent ministers in advance.

第百条の三の四　厚生年金保険は、国家公務員法第二条に規定する一般職に属する国家公務員又は地方公務員法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十一号）第三条に規定する一般職に属する地方公務員については、それぞれ国家公務員法第百七条に規定する年金制度又は地方公務員法第四十三条に規定する共済制度の一部とする。

Article 100-3-4　For national public officers in regular service provided for in Article 2 of the National Public Service Act, employees' pension insurance is a part of the pension system provided for in Article 107 of the National Public Service Act; for local civil servants in regular government service provided for in Article 3 of the Local Public Service Act (Act No. 261 of 1950), employees' pension insurance is a part of the mutual aid system provided for in Article 43 of the Local Public Service Act.

第百条の四　次に掲げる厚生労働大臣の権限に係る事務は、機構に行わせるものとする。ただし、第三十二号から第三十四号まで及び第三十六号から第三十八号までに掲げる権限は、厚生労働大臣が自ら行うことを妨げない。

Article 100-4　(1)　The administrative functions associated with the following authorities of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare are entrusted to JPS; provided, however, that this does not prevent the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare from being the one to exercise the authority under items (xxxii) through (xxxiv) and items (xxxvi) through (xxxviii):

２　機構は、前項第二十九号に掲げる国税滞納処分の例による処分及び同項第三十一号に掲げる権限（以下「滞納処分等」という。）その他同項各号に掲げる権限のうち厚生労働省令で定める権限に係る事務を効果的に行うため必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、厚生労働大臣に当該権限の行使に必要な情報を提供するとともに、厚生労働大臣自らその権限を行うよう求めることができる。

(2)　If JPS finds it to be necessary to do so in order to effectively undertaking the administrative functions associated with dispositions as per the rules on measures to collect national tax arrears provided for in item (xxix) of the preceding paragraph or the authority provided for in item (xxxi) of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "measures to collect arrears and related authority") or other authority provided for in the items of that paragraph and prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, JPS may provide the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with the information necessary to exercise that authority and ask that the Minister be the one to exercise that authority, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

３　厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による求めがあつた場合において必要があると認めるとき、又は機構が天災その他の事由により第一項各号に掲げる権限に係る事務の全部若しくは一部を行うことが困難若しくは不適当となつたと認めるときは、同項各号に掲げる権限の全部又は一部を自ら行うものとする。

(3)　If a request is made pursuant to the preceding paragraph and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary to do so, or if the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be difficult or inappropriate for JPS to carry out the whole or a part of the administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) due to a natural disaster or other reasons, the Minister is to be the one to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of that paragraph.

４　厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定により第一項各号に掲げる権限の全部若しくは一部を自ら行うこととし、又は前項の規定により自ら行つている第一項各号に掲げる権限の全部若しくは一部を行わないこととするとき（次項に規定する場合を除く。）は、あらかじめ、その旨を公示しなければならない。

(4)　Before the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare either decides to be the one to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or decides not to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) that the Minister has been the one exercising pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (other than in cases provided for in the following paragraph), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must first issue public notice of this.

５　厚生労働大臣は、第三項の規定により自ら行うこととした滞納処分等について、機構から引き継いだ当該滞納処分等の対象となる者が特定されている場合には、当該者に対し、厚生労働大臣が当該者に係る滞納処分等を行うこととなる旨その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を通知しなければならない。

(5)　With regard to measures to collect arrears and related authority that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has decided to be the one to carry out pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), if the person who will be the subject of measures to collect arrears and related authority that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has taken over from JPS has been specified, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must notify that person that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare will undertake the measures to collect arrears and related authority involving that person and of any other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

６　厚生労働大臣が、第三項の規定により第一項各号に掲げる権限の全部若しくは一部を自ら行うこととし、又は第三項の規定により自ら行つている第一項各号に掲げる権限の全部若しくは一部を行わないこととする場合における同項各号に掲げる権限に係る事務の引継ぎその他の必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。

(6)　Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the handing over of the administrative functions associated with the authority set forth in the items of paragraph (1) and any other necessary particulars for cases in which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare either decides to be the one to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1), pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), or decides not to exercise the whole or a part of the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) that the Minister has been the one exercising pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3).

７　前各項に定めるもののほか、機構による第一項各号に掲げる権限に係る事務の実施又は厚生労働大臣による同項各号に掲げる権限の行使に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。

(7)　Beyond as provided in each of the preceding paragraphs, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the necessary particulars in connection with JPS's implementation of the administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in the items of paragraph (1) and in connection with the exercise, by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, of the authority provided for in the items of that paragraph.

第百条の五　厚生労働大臣は、前条第三項の規定により滞納処分等及び同条第一項第三十号に掲げる権限の全部又は一部を自らが行うこととした場合におけるこれらの権限並びに同号に規定する厚生労働省令で定める権限のうち厚生労働省令で定めるもの（以下この条において「滞納処分等その他の処分」という。）に係る納付義務者が滞納処分等その他の処分の執行を免れる目的でその財産について隠ぺいしているおそれがあることその他の政令で定める事情があるため保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金の効果的な徴収を行う上で必要があると認めるときは、政令で定めるところにより、財務大臣に、当該納付義務者に関する情報その他必要な情報を提供するとともに、当該納付義務者に係る滞納処分等その他の処分の権限の全部又は一部を委任することができる。

Article 100-5　(1)　If, pursuant to paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has decided to be the one to undertake the whole or apart of the measures to collect arrears and related authority and the authority set forth in paragraph (1), item (xxx) of that Article, but, because it is likely that a person obligated to pay in connection with what is prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare among the authority in question and the authorities prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in that item (hereinafter referred to in this Article as a "measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions"), has concealed assets with the purpose of evading the execution of the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions or because of the existence of any other circumstances prescribed by Cabinet Order, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it to be necessary to do so in order to effectively carry out the collection of insurance premiums or any other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, may provide the Minister of Finance with information on the person obligated to pay and with any other necessary information, and delegate the whole or a part of the authority for the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions involving the person obligated to pay to the Minister of Finance.

２　財務大臣は、前項の委任に基づき、滞納処分等その他の処分の権限の全部又は一部を行つたときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、滞納処分等その他の処分の執行の状況及びその結果を厚生労働大臣に報告するものとする。

(2)　If the Minister of Finance has exercised the whole or a part of the authority for measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions under the delegation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the minister is to report the status of execution and the results of the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

３　前条第五項の規定は、第一項の委任に基づき、財務大臣が滞納処分等その他の処分の権限の全部又は一部を行う場合の財務大臣による通知について準用する。この場合において、必要な技術的読替えその他滞納処分等その他の処分の対象となる者に対する通知に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。

(3)　The provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to notices issued by the Minister of Finance if the Minister exercises the whole or a part of the authority in measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions under the delegation referred to in paragraph (1). Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the necessary technical replacement of terms in such a case and for any other necessary particulars in connection with notices issued to the person who will be the subject of the measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions in such a case.

４　財務大臣が、第一項の委任に基づき、滞納処分等その他の処分の権限の全部若しくは一部を行うこととし、又は同項の委任に基づき行つている滞納処分等その他の処分の権限の全部若しくは一部を行わないこととする場合における滞納処分等その他の処分の権限に係る事務の引継ぎその他の必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。

(4)　Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for the handing over of the administrative functions associated with the authority for measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions and for any other necessary particulars for cases in which the Minister of Finance either decides to exercise the whole or a part of the authority in measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions under the delegation referred to in paragraph (1), or decides not to exercise the whole or a part of the authority in measures to collect arrears, related authority, and other such dispositions that the Minister has been exercising under the delegation referred to that paragraph.

５　財務大臣は、第一項の規定により委任された権限、第二項の規定による権限及び第三項において準用する前条第五項の規定による権限を国税庁長官に委任する。

(5)　The Minister of Finance delegates authority that has been delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), authority under paragraph (2), and authority under the provisions of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3), to the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency.

６　国税庁長官は、政令で定めるところにより、前項の規定により委任された権限の全部又は一部を納付義務者の事業所又は事務所の所在地を管轄する国税局長に委任することができる。

(6)　The Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, may delegate the whole or a part of the authority that has been delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the commissioner of the regional taxation bureau with jurisdiction over the locality of the place of business or office of a person obligated to pay.

７　国税局長は、政令で定めるところにより、前項の規定により委任された権限の全部又は一部を納付義務者の事業所又は事務所の所在地を管轄する税務署長に委任することができる。

(7)　The commissioner of a regional taxation bureau, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, may delegate the whole or a part of the authority that has been delegated thereto pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph to the district director of the tax office with jurisdiction over the locality of the place of business or office of a person obligated to pay.

第百条の六　機構は、滞納処分等を行う場合には、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けるとともに、次条第一項に規定する滞納処分等実施規程に従い、徴収職員に行わせなければならない。

Article 100-6　(1)　When JPS undertakes measures to collect arrears and related authority, in addition to obtaining the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance, it must have collection officials undertake measures to collect arrears and related authority in accordance with the operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority provided for in paragraph (1) of the following Article.

２　前項の徴収職員は、滞納処分等に係る法令に関する知識並びに実務に必要な知識及び能力を有する機構の職員のうちから、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、機構の理事長が任命する。

(2)　The collection officials referred to in the preceding paragraph are appointed by the president of JPS with the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, from among JPS officials with knowledge in the laws and regulations concerning measures to collect arrears and related authority, and with the necessary knowledge and abilities for practical operations.

３　機構は、滞納処分等をしたときは、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、速やかに、その結果を厚生労働大臣に報告しなければならない。

(3)　Having undertaken measures to collect arrears and related authority, JPS must report the results to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

第百条の七　機構は、滞納処分等の実施に関する規程（以下この条において「滞納処分等実施規程」という。）を定め、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。これを変更しようとするときも、同様とする。

Article 100-7　(1)　JPS must establish regulations for implementing measures to collect arrears and related authority (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority") and have them authorized by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies if it seeks to revise them.

２　滞納処分等実施規程には、差押えを行う時期、差押えに係る財産の選定方法その他の滞納処分等の公正かつ確実な実施を確保するために必要なものとして厚生労働省令で定める事項を記載しなければならない。

(2)　In the operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority, JPS must specify the timing of seizures, the way of selecting assets to seize, and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as being necessary for ensuring fair and reliable execution of measures to collect arrears and related authority.

３　厚生労働大臣は、第一項の認可をした滞納処分等実施規程が滞納処分等の公正かつ確実な実施上不適当となつたと認めるときは、機構に対し、その滞納処分等実施規程を変更すべきことを命ずることができる。

(3)　If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that the operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority authorized thereby as referred to in paragraph (1) have become inappropriate in terms of the fair and reliable execution of measures to collect arrears and related authority, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order JPS to revise its operative regulations for measures to collect arrears and related authority.

第百条の八　機構は、第百条の四第一項第三十三号、第三十四号又は第三十六号に掲げる権限に係る事務を行う場合には、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けなければならない。

Article 100-8　(1)　Before carrying out administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in Article 100-4, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii), item (xxxiv) or item (xxxvi), JPS must first obtain the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

２　機構が第百条の四第一項第三十三号、第三十四号又は第三十六号に掲げる権限に係る事務を行う場合における第七十七条第一号、第九十六条、第九十七条及び第百条第一項の規定の適用については、これらの規定中「当該職員」とあるのは、「機構の職員」とする。

(2)　To apply the provisions of Article 77, item (i), Article 96, Article 97, and Article 100, paragraph (1) to a case in which JPS carries out administrative functions associated with the authority provided for in Article 100-4, paragraph (1), item (xxxiii), item (xxxiv), or item (xxxvi), the phrase "competent official" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "JPS official".

第百条の九　この法律に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限（第百条の五第一項及び第二項に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限を除く。）は、厚生労働省令（第二十八条の四に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限にあつては、政令）で定めるところにより、地方厚生局長に委任することができる。

Article 100-9　(1)　The authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in this Act (excluding the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 100-5, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2)) may be delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).

２　前項の規定により地方厚生局長に委任された権限は、厚生労働省令（第二十八条の四に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限にあつては、政令）で定めるところにより、地方厚生支局長に委任することができる。

(2)　The authority delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (or pursuant to Cabinet Order, in the case of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4).

３　第一項の規定により第二十八条の四に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限が地方厚生局長に委任された場合（前項の規定により同条に規定する厚生労働大臣の権限が地方厚生支局長に委任された場合を含む。）には、同条第三項中「社会保障審議会」とあるのは、「地方厚生局に置かれる政令で定める審議会」とする。

(3)　If, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in Article 28-4 has been delegated to the director-general of a regional bureau of health and welfare (or if, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare provided for in that Article has been delegated to the director-general of a regional branch bureau of health and welfare), the phrase "the Social Security Council" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be the phrase "the council specified by Cabinet Order which is established in the regional bureau of health and welfare".

第百条の十　厚生労働大臣は、機構に、次に掲げる事務を行わせるものとする。

Article 100-10　(1)　The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to have JPS carry out the following administrative functions:

２　厚生労働大臣は、機構が天災その他の事由により前項各号に掲げる事務の全部又は一部を実施することが困難又は不適当となつたと認めるときは、同項各号に掲げる事務の全部又は一部を自ら行うものとする。

(2)　If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it has become difficult or inappropriate for JPS to implement the whole or a part of the administrative functions set forth in one of the items of the preceding paragraph due to a natural disaster or for any other reason, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to be the one to carry out the whole or a part of the administrative functions set forth in the items of that paragraph.

３　前二項に定めるもののほか、機構又は厚生労働大臣による第一項各号に掲げる事務の実施に関し必要な事項は、厚生労働省令で定める。

(3)　Beyond as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare provides for any other necessary particulars in connection with JPS's or the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare's implementation of the administrative functions provided for in the items of paragraph (1).

第百条の十一　厚生労働大臣は、会計法（昭和二十二年法律第三十五号）第七条第一項の規定にかかわらず、政令で定める場合における保険料その他この法律の規定による徴収金、年金たる保険給付の過誤払による返還金その他の厚生労働省令で定めるもの（以下この条において「保険料等」という。）の収納を、政令で定めるところにより、機構に行わせることができる。

Article 100-11　(1)　Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Public Accounting Act (Act No. 35 of 1947), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to Cabinet Order, may have JPS undertake the receipt, in the cases provided for by Cabinet Order, of insurance premiums and other monies to be collected under the provisions of this Act, monies returned due to overpayment of pension insurance benefits, and any other monies prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "insurance premiums and other such monies").

２　前項の収納を行う機構の職員は、収納に係る法令に関する知識並びに実務に必要な知識及び能力を有する機構の職員のうちから、厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて、機構の理事長が任命する。

(2)　The JPS officials undertaking the receipt of monies paid over as referred to in the preceding paragraph are appointed by the President of JPS with the authorization of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, from among JPS officials with knowledge in the laws and regulations concerning the receipt of monies paid over and the knowledge and abilities necessary for practical operations.

３　機構は、第一項の規定により保険料等の収納をしたときは、遅滞なく、これを日本銀行に送付しなければならない。

(3)　Having received insurance premiums or other such monies pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), JPS must send these to the Bank of Japan without delay.

４　機構は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、収納に係る事務の実施状況及びその結果を厚生労働大臣に報告するものとする。

(4)　JPS is to report the implementation status of administrative functions related to the receipt of monies paid over and the results thereof to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

５　機構は、前二項に定めるもののほか、厚生労働大臣が定める収納に係る事務の実施に関する規程に従つて収納を行わなければならない。

(5)　Beyond as provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, JPS must undertake the receipt of monies paid over in accordance with the regulations on implementation of administrative functions related to receipt of monies paid over that are established by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

６　前各項に定めるもののほか、第一項の規定による保険料等の収納について必要な事項は、政令で定める。

(6)　Beyond as provided in each of the preceding paragraphs, Cabinet Order provides for the necessary particulars regarding receipt of insurance premiums and other such monies.

第百条の十二　機構は、厚生労働大臣に対し、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、被保険者の資格に関する事項、標準報酬に関する事項その他厚生労働大臣の権限の行使に関して必要な情報の提供を行うものとする。

Article 100-12　Pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, JPS is to provide the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare with the particulars of persons' statuses as insureds, the particulars of standardized remuneration, and other necessary information related to the exercise of the authority of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

第百条の十三　厚生労働大臣及び機構は、厚生年金保険事業が、適正かつ円滑に行われるよう、必要な情報交換を行うことその他相互の密接な連携を確保しなければならない。

Article 100-13　The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and JPS must undertake the necessary exchanges of information and otherwise ensure close coordination between themselves so that employees' pension insurance services are performed properly and smoothly.

第百条の十四　厚生労働大臣は、機構の協力の下に、厚生年金保険事業に関する事務に従事する厚生労働省の職員に対し、当該事務を適正かつ円滑に行うために必要な知識及び技能を習得させ、及び向上させるために必要な研修を行うものとする。

Article 100-14　With the cooperation of JPS, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to provide the officials of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare who are engaged in the administrative functions connected with employees' pension insurance services with the necessary training to acquire and improve knowledge and skills necessary to ensure appropriate and smooth operation of the those functions.

第百条の十五　この法律に基づき政令を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、政令で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、所要の経過措置を定めることができる。

Article 100-15　When a Cabinet Order is enacted, amended, or repealed based on this Act, any necessary transitional measures may be prescribed by Cabinet Order to the extent judged to be reasonably necessary for its enactment, amendment, or repeal.

第百一条　この法律に特別の規定があるものを除くほか、この法律の実施のための手続その他その執行について必要な細則は、厚生労働省令又は主務省令で定める。

Article 101　Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or order of the competent ministry prescribes the procedures for implementing this Act and other necessary detailed rules regarding its enforcement.

第百二条　事業主が、正当な理由がなくて次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、六月以下の懲役又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 102　If an employer falls under one of the following items without a legitimate reason therefor, the employer is subject to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

第百三条　事業主以外の者が、第百条第一項の規定に違反して、当該職員の質問に対して答弁せず、若しくは虚偽の陳述をし、又は検査を拒み、妨げ、若しくは忌避したときは、六月以下の懲役又は三十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 103　If, in violation of the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (1), a person other than an employer has failed to answer the questions of a competent official or has given a false statement to that official, or has refused, disrupted, or evaded that official's inspection, the person is subject to imprisonment for a period of not more than six months or a fine of not more than 300,000 yen.

第百三条の二　次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

Article 103-2　A person falling under one of the following items is subject to a fine of not more than 500,000 yen:

第百四条　法人（法人でない社団又は財団で代表者又は管理人の定めがあるもの（以下この条において「人格のない社団等」という。）を含む。以下この項において同じ。）の代表者（人格のない社団等の管理人を含む。）又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務又は財産に関して、第百二条から前条までの違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人又は人に対しても、各本条の罰金刑を科する。

Article 104　(1)　If the representative of a corporation (this includes an association or foundation that is not a corporation but that has a designated representative or administrator; hereinafter in this Article referred to as an "association or foundation without legal personality"; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (that representative may be an administrator of an association or foundation without legal personality) or the agent, employee, or other worker of a corporation or individual has violated one of the provisions from Article 102 through the preceding Article in connection with the business or assets of the corporation or individual, in addition to the offender being subject to punishment, the corporation or individual is also subject to the fine set forth in the relevant Article.

２　人格のない社団等について前項の規定の適用がある場合においては、その代表者又は管理人がその訴訟行為につき当該人格のない社団等を代表するほか、法人を被告人又は被疑者とする場合の刑事訴訟に関する法律の規定を準用する。

(2)　When the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply to an association or foundation without legal personality, its representative or administrator represents it in any judicial proceedings, and legal provisions concerning criminal proceedings in which a corporation is the defendant or the suspect apply mutatis mutandis.

第百四条の二　次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、その違反行為をした管理運用主体の役員又は職員は、二十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 104-2　In a case falling under one of the following items, the management and investment entity officer or employee who committed the violation is subject to a fine not exceeding 200,000 yen:

第百四条の三　機構の役員は、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合には、二十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 104-3　In a case falling under either of the following items, a JPS officer is subject to a civil fine of not more than 200,000 yen:

第百五条　左の各号に掲げる場合には、十万円以下の過料に処する。

Article 105　In a case as set forth in one of the following items, a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen is imposed: