①In the case of applying the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act (including where applied with the deemed replacement of terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act) to a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories, the provisions of Article 8-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act apply to each employees' old-age pension of that person based on a category of EPI insured period. In this case, in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "item (i) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "in that Article, the phrase 'employees' old-age pension' is deemed to be replaced with 'employees' old-age pension based on a category I EPI insured period', and item (i) of that Article"; in paragraph (4) of that Article, the phrase "item (i) of that Article" is deemed to be replaced with "in that Article, the phrase 'employees' old-age pension' is deemed to be replaced with 'employees' old-age pension based on a category III EPI insured period', and item (i) of that Article", and the phrase ", respectively" is deemed to be replaced with " respectively".

②In the case of applying the provisions of Articles 9-2 through 9-4 and Articles 11 through 11-6 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act to a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories and who is a beneficiary of an employees' old-age pension under the provisions of Article 8 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, the phrase "in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article" is deemed to be replaced with "hereinafter in this paragraph and in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the following Article", and the phrase "the amounts of the employees' old-age pension based on each category of EPI insured period" is deemed to be replaced with "the amounts of the employees' old-age pension based on each category of EPI insured period (limited to the amount equivalent to the amount obtained by multiplying by 12 the base monthly amount that forms the basis for calculating the amount of payment to be suspended, where that amount is calculated under the provisions on suspension of payment during employment (meaning Article 46, paragraph (1) and other provisions on the suspension of payment of that employees' old-age pension, which would apply in the month that includes a day on which the person is an insured person, etc. if the beneficiary of the employees' old-age pension were not a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories))".

②In the case of the preceding paragraph, for the application of the provisions of Article 8-2-4, the phrase "Article 13-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "Article 13-5, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 8-6, paragraph (1)", and the phrase "insured period" is deemed to be replaced with "insured period that forms the basis for calculating the amount of the employees' old-age pension based on the time in one category".

②In applying Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, where any of the employees' old-age pensions based on the time in another category prescribed in that Article is an employees' old-age pension under Article 7-3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, the number of months in the insured period that constitutes the basis for calculating the amount of that employees' old-age pension is to be excluded, until the day before the day on which the beneficiary reaches the age of 65, from the number of months in the insured period that constitutes the basis for calculating the amount of the employees' old-age pension based on the time in another category prescribed in Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act.

①In applying Article 4-2-11 and Article 4-2-13 where the provisions of Article 84-6 of the Act as replaced pursuant to Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are applied, the phrase "the amount used to calculate contributions prescribed in Article 84-6, paragraph (1) of the Act" in Article 4-2-11, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the amount used to calculate contributions prescribed in Article 84-6, paragraph (1) of the Act as replaced pursuant to Article 23, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act", the phrase "the amount arrived at by adding them together" is deemed to be replaced with "the amount arrived at by adding, to the amount arrived at by adding them together, the amount arrived at by multiplying the estimated amount used to calculate contributions for that fiscal year by the estimated value of the expenditure allocation rate for that fiscal year (meaning the expenditure allocation rate prescribed in Article 84-6, paragraph (1) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter) (hereinafter referred to as the "estimated expenditure allocation rate")", the phrase "and the estimated reserves allocation rate" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with ", the estimated reserves allocation rate and the estimated expenditure allocation rate", the phrase "the amount arrived at by adding them together" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the amount arrived at by adding, to the amount arrived at by adding them together, the amount arrived at by multiplying the estimated amount used to calculate contributions after the change by the estimated expenditure allocation rate for the implementing organization for that fiscal year set by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2)", the phrase "and the estimated reserves allocation rate" in paragraph (6) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with ", the estimated reserves allocation rate and the estimated expenditure allocation rate", the phrase "合算した額に、" (the sum, followed by a comma) in Article 4-2-13, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "合算した額に" (the sum, without that comma), the phrase "the total amount" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the total amount, to which the amount arrived at by multiplying the sum so added together by the mutual aid association's expenditure allocation rate is added", the phrase "the same applies in item (ii) of the following paragraph)" in paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the same applies in item (ii) of the following paragraph) multiplied by 50/100", and the phrase "the rate arrived at by deducting the percent of revenue from premiums from 1" in paragraph (3), item (ii) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the rate arrived at by multiplying by 50/100 the rate arrived at by deducting the percent of revenue from premiums from 1".

②The mutual aid association's expenditure allocation rate prescribed in Article 4-2-13, paragraph (1) as replaced pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is the rate arrived at by multiplying the rate listed in item (i) by the rate listed in item (ii).

③In applying Article 4-2-12, and Article 4-2-13 as replaced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), where Article 23-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act is applied during the period from fiscal year 2015 through fiscal year 2026, the phrase "calculated pursuant to the provisions of" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with "calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 23-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act and the provisions of".

The mutual aid associations specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are the mutual aid associations based on the following orders:

The period specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act is the period calculated by the example of the calculation of an insured period under employees' pension insurance, with regard to the period during which the person was a member to whom, among the provisions of orders based on the Order for the Former Army Mutual Aid Association prescribed in that Article and the orders prescribed in each item of the preceding Article (hereinafter referred to as the "former Mutual Aid Association Orders"), the provisions concerning benefits for which retirement is the reason for payment, paid by a mutual aid association based on the former Mutual Aid Association Orders, apply; provided, however, that this excludes the following periods:

A period deemed, pursuant to Article 28-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, to be a period during which the person was an insured person other than an insured mine worker or a mariner insured under the Act is to be regarded as having been deemed to be a category I EPI insured period.

The person specified by Cabinet Order as equivalent to a person who does not fall under Article 42, item (ii) of the Act, as prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, is a person prescribed in Article 63, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the 1985 Amendment Act who has not satisfied the period constituting a requirement for eligibility to receive an old-age pension, aggregated old-age pension or special old-age pension under the former Act, or an old-age pension, aggregated old-age pension or special old-age pension under the former Mariners Insurance Act.

The insurance benefits specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are as follows:

Where the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) and Article 98, paragraph (4) of the Act are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, the phrase "the employees' old-age pension" in Article 41, paragraph (1) of the Act is deemed to be replaced with "the lump-sum withdrawal payment", and the phrase "If a beneficiary has died" in Article 98, paragraph (4) of the Act is deemed to be replaced with "If a beneficiary (limited to a beneficiary of a lump-sum withdrawal payment based on a category I EPI insured period; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) has died".

Where a person who makes a request for a lump-sum withdrawal payment pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act at the same time makes a request for a lump-sum withdrawal payment under the National Pension Act pursuant to Article 9-3-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2-5 of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, the administrative affairs concerning the payment of the lump-sum withdrawal payment under Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act for that person are to be performed by the person specified in Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (9) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act.

①Where the amount of the lump-sum withdrawal payment is calculated, for a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, by following the example of the provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act, in paragraph (3) of that Article, the phrase "the period during which the person was an insured person" is deemed to be replaced with "the insured period in the case where the insured periods relating to the periods during which the person was an insured person under two or more insured categories, of a person who has spent time as an insured person in two or more categories, are added together and the person is deemed to have only an insured period relating to the time in one category (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph referred to as the 'combined insured period')", the phrase "that constitutes the basis for calculating the insured period" is deemed to be replaced with "that constitutes the basis for calculating the insured period relating to the time in one category", and the phrase "by the payment rate" is deemed to be replaced with "by the payment rate, and then the amounts obtained by multiplying that amount by the number obtained by dividing the number of months in the insured period relating to that time in one category by the number of months in the combined insured period are added together"; and in paragraph (4) of that Article, the phrase "the day on which the person last lost status as an insured person" is deemed to be replaced with "the day on which the person last lost status as an insured person (meaning the latest of the days on which the person last lost status as an insured person under each insured category, for each insured category relating to the category of EPI insured period)", and the phrase "the period during which the person was an insured person" is deemed to be replaced with "the combined insured period".

②In the case where the amount of the lump-sum withdrawal payment is calculated by following the example of the provisions of Article 29, paragraphs (3) and (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, for the application of the provisions of Article 12-2, the phrase "the insured period relating to the period during which the person was an insured person" in that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the combined insured period prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1)".

③The administrative affairs concerning the payment of a lump-sum withdrawal payment under Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act are to be performed by the person specified in the relevant item of Article 2-5, paragraph (1) of the Act, according to the insured category relating to the final month prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (4) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as replaced pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).

④Where a person who makes a request for a lump-sum withdrawal payment pursuant to Article 29, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act as applied pursuant to the provisions of Article 30 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act at the same time makes a request for a lump-sum withdrawal payment under the National Pension Act pursuant to Article 9-3-2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the National Pension Act, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the administrative affairs concerning the payment of the lump-sum withdrawal payment under Article 29, paragraph (2) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act for that person are to be performed by the person specified in Article 2-5, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act.