If a person who, on the day preceding the Effective Date, has received certification from the President of Japan National Railways or a person delegated by him or her under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 105 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) satisfies, on the Effective Date, the requirements for payment of child allowance or of the benefit under Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "special benefit"), then with regard to the payment of child allowance or special benefit to that person, certification by the mayor of the municipality (including the head of a special ward) under the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Child Allowance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 105 is deemed to have been made on the Effective Date; in this case, payment of the child allowance or special benefit for which certification is deemed to have been made is to begin in April 1987, notwithstanding Article 8, paragraph (2) of that Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Act).