②Payment of child allowance begins with the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient made the claim for certification under the provisions of the preceding Article, and ends with the month that includes the day on which the grounds for payment of child allowance ceased to exist.

③If an eligible recipient has changed domicile, or was unable to make the claim for certification under the provisions of the preceding Article due to a disaster or other unavoidable reason, and makes the claim within 15 days after the eligible recipient changed domicile or after the unavoidable reason ceased, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, payment of child allowance begins with the month following the month that includes the day on which the eligible recipient changed domicile or the day on which the eligible recipient became unable to make the claim for certification due to the unavoidable reason.

④Child allowance is paid in six periods, in February, April, June, August, October and December of each year, covering the portion up to the month preceding each of those months; provided, however, that child allowance that should have been paid in the preceding payment month, and child allowance for the period in the case where the grounds for payment have ceased to exist, are to be paid even in a month that is not a payment month.